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Sea-Bird Scienti? Sea-Bird Scienti? c c 13431 NE 20th Street13431 NE 20th Street

Bellevue, Wash. 98005 Bellevue, Wash. 98005

T: +1-425-643-9866 T: +1-425-643-9866

E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

W: http://sea-birdscienti? c.com W: http://sea-birdscienti? c.com

CEO/President: Casey MooreCEO/President: Casey Moore

No. of Employees: 200 No. of Employees: 200 ver 40+ years, Sea-Bird Scienti? c has developed nies; engineering ? rms; environmental consulting busi- award-winning technologies to solve the most dif- nesses; and navies throughout the world. Our products

O? cult problems in natural water. Its CTDs are the are used in numerous critical environmental research and centerpiece of most oceanographic moorings, AUVs and monitoring efforts, ranging from determining the ocean’s pro? ling systems. The global Argo Array, with unprec- role in, and the associated impact from, climate changes edented accuracy and stability in temperature and salinity, to the monitoring of environmental impacts of major has enabled scientists to detect ocean climate trends not episodic events such as oil spills and tsunamis.

previously possible. Sea-Bird Scienti? c has an extensive internal science

Sea-Bird Scienti? c combines the capabilities of Sea- team, with a number of Ph.D. oceanographers spanning

Bird Electronics, WET Labs, and Satlantic to provide several focus areas to determine scienti? c requirements sensors and systems for oceanographic research and for our instruments, test and evaluate prototypes, oversee environmental water quality monitoring of physical and production calibration processes, and answer questions biogeochemical properties. Today Sea-Bird Scienti? c from scientists using our instruments around the world. employs more than 200 people in the U.S., Canada, and As a member of Team Durafet, we have been selected

Europe in the development, manufacture, calibration, as a ? nalist for the $2M Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health sales, and support of our products. We provide products XPRIZE, a global competition to create pH sensor tech- and services through two commercial businesses: nology that will accurately measure ocean acidi? cation. • The Ocean Research Business Unit works with our Team Durafet includes representatives from Honeywell, research and oceanographic customer base and remains Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), the source of most of the core products and services of and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), as well

Sea-Bird Electronics, WET Labs, and Satlantic. It also as Sea-Bird Scienti? c. Other key oceanographic param- manages the ? rms’ growing capabilities in autonomous eters measured by our instruments include temperature, platforms and sensors. salinity, pressure, oxygen, pH, ? uorescence, turbidity, • The Sea-Bird Coastal Business Unit addresses the nitrate, phosphate, and irradiance. Its instruments are emerging requirements for improved monitoring of the used on shipboard pro? ling systems, moored platforms, world’s coastal margin zones and inland waters. autonomous ? oats, and moored pro? lers. Sea-Bird Scien-

Our customers include universities and research insti- ti? c also manufactures several platforms for integration tutes; ocean observing programs; national, regional, and with sensors, including autonomous pro? ling ? oats and local government agencies/departments; energy compa- moored pro? lers.

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