 |
Address:
Ocean
Marine Industries, Inc.
2810 Hudson Street
Chesapeake, Virginia 23324
Tel:
757-382-7616
Fax:
757-382-5012 |
|
| Undulating Tow Vehicles |
U-Tow is a rugged high capability undulating
or fixed depth towed-vehicle providing the capacity to
accommodate a large payload of oceanographic sensors,
analyzers and samplers. Developed in collaboration with
the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS),
U-Tow has been identified as the potential replacement
for the CPR (Continuous Plankton Recorder).
U-Tow Onboard Lough Foyle Recovering 07
High Capability Undulating Towed-Vehicle
U-Tow is an undulating, or fixed-depth, towed vehicle
with a large adaptable payload for oceanographic sensors,
analyzers and samplers. The system can be supplied as
a basic vehicle for equipping with user supplied instrumentation
or as a complete integrated system, tailored to suit a
particular application.
U-Tow has been carefully designed as a rugged and reliable
high capability vehicle, offering predictable flight characteristics
and an extremely user friendly, easy to operate Windows
front-end.
The U-Tow design was originally commissioned by the Sir
Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences (SAHFOS) in
the mid 1990's as an enhancement of the Continuous Plankton
Recorder (CPR), a device that has been extensively used
for over 50 years, but has only a limited plankton sampling
capability and can only operate near surface at a fixed
depth. U-Tow by comparison can be fitted with the advanced
PSM (Plankton Sampling Mechanism) and a suite of sophisticated
multi-parameter sensors. It also has the significant advantage
of being able to undulate.
Key Benefits
High reliability = low risk operation
Superior hydrodynamic / control
system design
Backed my extensive science-led
development program
Rugged, durable and easy to maintain
Low cost of ownership
Applications
Rapid large-scale spatial surveys
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
sampling
Autonomous use in ferry / cargo
ship mode
Large Marine Ecosystem programs
Standard tool for research vessel
use
Features Rugged,
reliable and adaptable
User friendly and easy to operate
High capability - wide towing
speed / depth range
Purpose designed ecosystem monitoring
tool
Hydrodynamically stable
|
|
