NOAA Ship RAINIER

Survey Equipment


Equipment

  • Sonar Systems
    • 2 Knudsen 320M Vertical -beam Echosounders
    • 2 Reson 8101 Multi-beam Sonar Systems
    • 1 Reson 8125 Multi-beam Sonar System
    • 2 SeaBeam/Elac 1180 Multi-beam Sonar Systems
    • 1 SeaBeam/Elac 1050D MK II Multi-beam Sonar System
    • 1 Klein 5100 Side Scan Sonar
    • 1 Klein 3000 Side Scan Sonar
  • Positioning and Orientation Systems
    • 1 TSS MAHRS attitude and heading sensor
    • 2 TSS DSM-05 attitude sensors
    • 1 TSS Meridian Surveyor Gyrocompass
    • 2 TSS/Applanix POS/MV v4 attitude heading and position sensors
    • 3 TSS/Applanix POS/MV v3 attitude heading and position sensors
    • 3 Trimble DSM-212L DGPS receivers
    • 4 Trimble ProBeacon DGPS receivers
    • 1 CSI Wireless MBS-3S DGPS receiver
    • 2 Trimble ProXRS “backpack” GPS receivers with TSCe data collectors
  • Sound Velocity
    • 2 Seabird SBE-19 Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Sensors
    • 4 Seabird SBE-19+ Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Sensors
    • 2 Digibar Pro Sound Velocimeters
  • Additional Equipment
    • 4 Sutron 8210 Nitrogen bubbler Tide Gages
    • 4 Zeis Ni-2 Optical Levels
    • 4 Ashtech Z-FX GPS receivers and data loggers
    • 4 Ashtech Shielded L1-L2 GPS Antennas
    • 4 Ashtech Unshielded L1-L2 GPS Antennas
    • 1 Divers Least Depth Gage Model III
RESON 8101 Processor
Two launches carry a RESON 8101 transducer
for multibeam acquisition.

Monitor Repeater
The coxswain drives acquisition survey lines using a
repeater (black box) which displays Hypack Max.

computers
The computer monitors in a launch.


Software

  • Acquisition Software
    • Hypack Max Survey Data Acquisition Program
    • POS/MV Controller for positioning
    • Isis Software for multibeam acquisition
    • Hydrostar for multibeam acquisition
  • Processing Software
    • Hydrosoft Software for singlebeam data manipulation and conversion
    • CARIS HIPS/HDCS with Exceed for data processing and analysis
    • MapInfo for data plotting and analysis
  • Utilities
    • Tides and Currents for Windows
  • Horizontal Control Software
    • TSIP Talker
    • DSX/National Geodetic Society DSData Extraction
    • Ashtech WinPrism and Mission Planner
    • Fillnet
  • Vertical Control Software
    • Sound Velocity VelocWin
    • MS DOS SeaCat Profiler
    • Newiz Leveling Software
    • Tides LogPlot
    • Tides LogStat
    • Tides LogPrn Convert
Launch Acquisition Software
Each launch contains Hypack Max software (front)
and a Knudsen Echosounder (back).

Ship Acquisition Software
This survey tech uses ISIS, Hydrostar, and Hypack Max
to acquire multibeam data through the ship's
Seabeam 1050 D MKII transducer.

plot room
Survey techs working hard to process and clean data


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•  Updated: February 23, 2007