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A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SEAKEEPERS TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- Concept design and implementation of a modular automated ocean
and meteorological data acquisition and telemetry system. The
package includes a weather station, a NEMA4 enclosure for the
computer and INMARSAT C transceiver, an instrument enclosure
with oceanographic sensors, a sea surface temperature probe,
and a pair of thru-hull valves. CAT5 and coaxial cables link
the unit with the ship’s computer, instrument locations
on the mast and the antenna.
- Currently, the system samples the following oceanographic information:
salinity, dissolved oxygen, redox, pH, sea surface temperature.
- Currently, the systems sample the following meteorological
information: winds speed and direction, air temperature, relative
humidity, barometric pressure.
- The U.S. Government awarded SeaKeeper 1000TM a patent on March
25th 2003.
- Partnerships with manufacturers to design sensors to fit our “footprint.”
- Design, evaluation and implementation of a biocide generator
for the module (AFD = antifouling device)
- Creation of a software package to control system, log data
and transmit data via INMARSAT, Iridium or GOES.
- Acceptance, after rigorous testing by the National Data Buoy
Center of our Ocean monitoring system for us eon 3-meter buoys,
6-meter buoys and C-MAN stations.
- We have satisfactorily demonstrated our ability on more than
40 platforms to have equipment work reliably with minimal maintenance
for periods of one year and longer.
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This we know . . . Whatever befalls earth, befalls the sons of earth.
Man did not weave the web of life: he is merely a strand in it. Whatever
he does to the web, he does to himself.
Chief Seattle of the Duamish
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80 percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from land-based sources, such as runoff pollution. Runoff pollution includes many small sources, like septic tanks, cars, trucks and boats, plus larger sources, such as farms, ranches and forest areas. (International Year of the Ocean Homepage - NOAA) |
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