Example Data: Temperature and Conductivity are two of the most important values taken into consideration when our instrument calculates the practical salinity of seawater. When one sees a change in a measured value, such as temperature, that change will affect your...
Whether the tau correction is applied depends on where the system is being deployed.nnIf the system is to be used in shallow, coastal waters where large vertical gradients that change quickly are expected, the tau correction should be applied, as it accounts for the...
There are several considerations when determining whether the deck box and CTD underwater unit will be compatible.nn(1) In most cases (with the exception being (2), below), instruments with the "-plus" designation are compatible with each other, but the "-plus"...
The pH sensor will be shipped dry but was pre-conditioned in seawater (generally from Pacific Ocean waters near Hawaii). While conditioning and evaluating the pH sensor, only expose it filtered, sterilized natural seawater. Do not use seawater CRMs (Certified...
There are two ways the N2 can start a mission without the user explicitly starting pressure activation or mission execute.nnNot Freezing the float:nIf the float is not frozen (I F command) and the dongle is removed, the N2 will eventually timeout. This is more of a...
The only warning of eventual failure is that prior to full battery depletion, the float will typically see a voltage drop with 5-15% of the float life remaining.
This issue can have a few different causes. The most common cause is noise from your Data I/O connector on your CTD. This noise can be caused by a shorted serial deployment cable or water intrusion under the dummy plug on the I/O connector. To solve this issue, we...
CAPO4 is the phosphate concentration that the instrument reports as its measurement. CAPO4 is the calculated concentration of an ambient sample using the CAS slope, where CAS is the manufacturer's scale factor, which is provided by Sea-Bird. nnVAPO4 is used in a QC...
Cells that have been contaminated with foreign material generally read low of the actual conductivity. Your zero (in air) conductivity reading is generally unaffected.nnThe conductivity error due to fouling will generally be proportional to the conductivity value....
Please join us alongside BioSonics, Marine Technology Society, and Sequoia Scientific as we host a Seattle Ocean Science & Technology Conference Happy Hour! Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from 5:30 - 8:30pm Location: National Nordic Museum | 2655 NW Market...
We were excited to be featured in ECO magazine’s latest digital edition of their Deep-Sea Exploration series. In the spring of 2018, Triton Submarines reached out to the team at Sea-Bird Scientific, to express interest in using our SBE 49 FastCAT CTD (conductivity,...
Sea-Bird Scientific is excited to be attending ADMT-24 in Hobart, Tasmania from October 23 - 27. The Argo Data Management Team Meeting is a time for the data managers who contribute to international Argo to come together and discuss technical matters pertaining to the...