scholarly journals Technical Note: Animal-borne CTD-Satellite Relay Data Loggers for real-time oceanographic data collection

Ocean Science ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Boehme ◽  
P. Lovell ◽  
M. Biuw ◽  
F. Roquet ◽  
J. Nicholson ◽  
...  

Abstract. The increasing need for continuous monitoring of the world oceans has stimulated the development of a range of autonomous sampling platforms. One novel addition to these approaches is a small, relatively inexpensive data-relaying device that can be deployed on marine mammals to provide vertical oceanographic profiles throughout the upper 2000 m of the water column. When an animal dives, the CTD-Satellite Relay Data Logger (CTD-SRDL) records vertical profiles of temperature, conductivity and pressure. Data are compressed once the animal returns to the surface where it is located by, and relays data to, the Argos satellite system. The technical challenges met in the design of the CTD-SRDL are the maximising of energy efficiency and minimising size, whilst simultaneously maintaining the reliability of an instrument that cannot be recovered and is required to survive its lifetime attached to a marine mammal. The CTD-SRDLs record temperature and salinity with an accuracy of better than 0.005 °C and 0.02 respectively. However, due to the limited availability of reference data, real-time data from remote places are often associated with slightly higher errors. The potential to collect large numbers of profiles cost-effectively makes data collection using CTD-SRDL technology particularly beneficial in regions where traditional oceanographic measurements are scarce or even absent. Depending on the CTD-SRDL configuration, it is possible to sample and transmit hydrographic profiles on a daily basis, providing valuable and often unique information for a real-time ocean observing system.

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1261-1287 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Boehme ◽  
P. Lovell ◽  
M. Biuw ◽  
F. Roquet ◽  
J. Nicholson ◽  
...  

Abstract. The increasing need for continuous monitoring of the world oceans has stimulated the development of a range of autonomous sampling platforms. One novel addition to these approaches is a small, relatively inexpensive data-relaying device that can be deployed on marine mammals to provide vertical oceanographic profiles throughout the upper 2000 m of the water column. When an animal dives, the CTD-Satellite Relay Data Logger (CTD-SRDL) records vertical profiles of temperature, conductivity and pressure. Data are compressed once the animal returns to the surface where it is located by, and relays data to, the Argos satellite system. The technical challenges met in the design of the CTD-SRDL are the maximising of energy efficiency by minimising size, whilst simultaneously maintaining the reliability of an instrument that cannot be recovered and is required to survive its lifetime attached to a marine mammal. The CTD-SRDLs record temperature and salinity with an accuracy of better than 0.005°C and 0.02 respectively. However, due to the limited availability of reference data for post-processing, data are often associated with slightly higher errors. The potential to collect large numbers of profiles cost-effectively makes data collection using CTD-SRDL technology particularly beneficial in regions where traditional oceanographic measurements are scarce. Depending on the CTD-SRDL configuration, it is possible to sample and transmit hydrographic profiles on a daily basis, providing valuable and often unique information for a real-time ocean observing system.


2013 ◽  
Vol 278-280 ◽  
pp. 831-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Sun ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
Xiang Jiang Lu ◽  
Yong Yang

This paper designed a motor winding testing system, it can do the dielectric withstand voltage test of inter-turn under 30kV.The system can communicate effectively between PC and machine, by using the PC's powerful capacity of process data and PLC's better stability and the Labview's convenient UI. So the system has real-time data collection, preservation, analysis and other characteristics. This system is able to achieve factory testing and type testing of the motor windings facilitating. Various performance indicators were stable and reliable by field test during a long time.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-201
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nurul Puji

Pengaturan temperatur (atau besaran fisis lain) banyak dijumpai di lapangan sebagai pengondisi supaya system bekerja pada parameter ukur yang telah ditetapkan. Pengaturan besaran fisis bisa dilakukan dengan mendapatkan nilai dari parameter ukur dengan menggunakan sensor dan diolah sehingga hasil yang diperoleh tersebut dapat dipergunakan untuk mengontrol besaran yang diinginkan melalui aktuator. Pada artikel ini dibuat suatu sistem yang berfungsi sebagai data logger dan pengontrol temperatur pada pemanas air (heater) secara otomatis dengan menggunakan mikrokontroler dan LabVIEW sebagai pengolah dan penyajian datanya. Besaran fisis temperatur diperoleh dengan menggunakan sensor LM35. Kemudian LabVIEW dan mikrokontroler akan berkomunikasi untuk pengambilan data sehingga data temperatur tersebut bisa ditampilkan dalam bentuk grafik secara real time. Data ini kemudian diproses oleh LabVIEW untuk dibandingkan dengan nilai temperatur yang dikehendaki sehingga LabVIEW akan mengontrol pemanas melalui sebuah relay sebagai aktuatornya. Relay akan ON pada saat temperatur berada di bawah batas bawah temperatur yang diset sebelumnya dan akan OFF apabila temperatur lebih tinggi daripada batas atas temperatur yang telah diset sebelumnya. Sehingga temperatur pemanas akan stabil pada temperatur yang dikehendaki.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shibom Basu ◽  
Jakub W. Kaminski ◽  
Ezequiel Panepucci ◽  
Chia-Ying Huang ◽  
Rangana Warshamanage ◽  
...  

At the Swiss Light Source macromolecular crystallography (MX) beamlines the collection of serial synchrotron crystallography (SSX) diffraction data is facilitated by the recent DA+ data acquisition and analysis software developments. The SSX suite allows easy, efficient and high-throughput measurements on a large number of crystals. The fast continuous diffraction-based two-dimensional grid scan method allows initial location of microcrystals. The CY+ GUI utility enables efficient assessment of a grid scan's analysis output and subsequent collection of multiple wedges of data (so-called minisets) from automatically selected positions in a serial and automated way. The automated data processing (adp) routines adapted to the SSX data collection mode provide near real time analysis for data in both CBF and HDF5 formats. The automatic data merging (adm) is the latest extension of the DA+ data analysis software routines. It utilizes the sxdm (SSX data merging) package, which provides automatic online scaling and merging of minisets and allows identification of a minisets subset resulting in the best quality of the final merged data. The results of both adp and adm are sent to the MX MongoDB database and displayed in the web-based tracker, which provides the user with on-the-fly feedback about the experiment.


Author(s):  
Shawn M. Turner

Travel time information is becoming more important for applications ranging from congestion measurement to real-time travel information. Several advanced techniques for travel time data collection are discussed, including electronic distance-measuring instruments (DMIs), computerized and video license plate matching, cellular phone tracking, automatic vehicle identification (AVI), automatic vehicle location (AVL), and video imaging. The various advanced techniques are described, the necessary equipment and procedures are outlined, the applications of each technique are discussed, and the advantages and disadvantages are summarized. Electronic DMIs are low in cost but typically limited to congestion monitoring applications. Computerized and video license plate matching are more expensive and would be most applicable for congestion measurement and monitoring. Cellular phone tracking, AVI, and AVL systems may require a significant investment in communications infrastructure, but they can provide real-time information. Video imaging is still in testing stages, with some uncertainty about costs and accuracy.


Author(s):  
James L. Wofford ◽  
James R. Kimberly ◽  
William P. Moran ◽  
David P. Miller ◽  
Jerry L. Hopping ◽  
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