A low power ocean data recorder

Author

Dorson, Donald L.

Author_Institution

Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., Woods Hole, MA, USA

fYear

1974

fDate

21-23 Aug. 1974

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

52

Abstract

An instrument has been designed to record vertical current information. It does this by sequentially monitoring pressure, temperature, and rotation sensors. The data is stored on a digital cassette tape recorder. In addition, it generates a signal for acoustically telemetering part of the data. This permits a check on performance without the need for recovery. The instruments can be readily adapted to a wide range of sensors. Its original use was in the long range floats used in the Mid Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE I).

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; data acquisition; data recording; digital audio tape; geophysical signal processing; oceanographic equipment; pressure sensors; temperature sensors; underwater acoustic telemetry; Mid Ocean Dynamics Experiment; digital cassette; long range floats; low power ocean data recorder; pressure sensor; rotation sensor; tape recorder; temperature sensor; vertical current information; Current measurement; Driver circuits; Frequency; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic recording; Oceans; Packaging; Sea measurements; Shift registers; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in the Ocean Environment, Ocean '74 - IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1974.1161428

Filename

1161428