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-Dynamic positioning for precise station keeping using bow thrusters,
controllable pitch propellers, and independent rudders and controlled by a
Kongsberg Simrad DP system which is tied to a TSS POS/ MV 320 Position,
Attitude, Heading, and Vertical Reference Sensor.
-A transducer suite that includes ADCP transducers for measuring ocean
currents, a 7 x 3.5kHz transducer array for sub-bottom profiling, and a 12kHz
transducer for deep water bathymetry.
-A moon pool between the hulls for drilling or coring operations.
-A notched stern to facilitate handling equipment into the water using the
A-frame.
-An A-frame, a conductor wire winch, a hydro wire winch, two cranes on the
after end of the 01 deck, space for vans, space for small boats, tie downs on
both decks on 2 foot centers.
-Sea water flowing systems with pick ups at the bow and space in the wet lab
for instrumentation that would typically include a thermosalinograph, a
partial CO2 monitor, a nutrient monitor, fluorometers, and a dissolved oxygen
monitor.
-Meteorological sensors include wind speed and direction, air temperature,
relative humidity, barometric pressure, and solar radiation.
-Over-the-side systems include a Sea Bird CTD system with a fluorometer on a
12 bottle rosette.
-A W. S. Ocean undulating system that allows continuous, underway vertical
sampling through a pre-set section of the water column. It can be equipped
with a variety of sensors.
-Vessel control stations are located in the bridge, on the 01 deck wings, and
at the after control station on the 01 deck
The vessel will be built to USCG Subchapter T specifications and will have an
ABS International Load Line.
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