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SEAEXPLORER

Low-logistics & Innovative Glider

KEY BENEFITS

  • Rechargeable Battery
  • Interchangeable Payload Sections
  • Large Ballasting Volume: High speed & Manoeuvrability
  • Large Payload Sections
  • Shallow & Deepwater Operations
SEAEXPLORER underwater glider by ALSEAMAR

SEAEXPLORER

Low-logistics & Innovative Glider

SEAEXPLORER underwater glider by ALSEAMAR

KEY BENEFITS

  • Rechargeable Battery
  • Interchangeable Payload Sections
  • Large Ballasting Volume: High speed & Manoeuvrability
  • Large Payload Sections
  • Shallow & Deepwater Operations

The SEAEXPLORER underwater glider is a powerful autonomous sensing platform designed to collect water column data profiles with very wide spatio-temporal coverage (thousands of km and weeks to months of endurance).

Driven by buoyancy changes, the vehicle silently glides up and down the water column while collecting physical, chemical, biological and/or acoustic data depending on the fitted sensors.

The SEAEXPLORER glider is a very cost-effective solution for data collection as it reduces reliance on large vessels with high daily running costs: no surface supervision boat is required during the mission. The SEAEXPLORER is easy to operate and can be deployed and recovered by reduced crews in coastal waters using small boats.

Contact ALSEAMAR

by e-mail
Contact name
David DIAZ

Specifications

Body size (D×L)

0.25 × 2 m
+ 1 m foldable antenna

Wingspan

56.5 cm
Wingless design

Weight

59 kg in air

Communications

GPS / Satellite (Iridium) / Radio
Triple antenna

Navigation mode

Survey / Virtual mooring / Drifting / Bottoming

Safety

Autonomous drop-weight & Strobe light
Option: Locator Pinger (ULB) and/or Argos

Architecture

2 independant low-power CPUs for payload & navigation

Depth rating

1,000 m

Ballast volume

1,000 cc (± 500 cc)

Speed

Nominal 0.5 kt / Maximum 1 kt

Battery

Rechargeable Li-ion

Range (Endurance) *

1,700 km (110 days)
With a CTD, DO and Fluorometer

* Range and Endurance largely depends on sensors, sampling strategy and mission environment

General Features

Up to 6 sensors in two sections (wet & dry): 9L / 8kg
Altimeter
Opensource C++ firmware / Independent Linux CPU
Compressed CSV (native)
Data downloading through external Ethernet cable (no vehicle opening)

Standard Sensors

CTD (pumped or non-pumped)
Dissolved Oxygen (Optode or Electrochemical) Chlorophyll / Turbidity / CDOM
PAR
ADCP
Nitrates
pCO2
Echo sounder
Fluorometers options (Puck)

Exclusive Sensors

Hydrocarbons / Sewage / Pesticides
μTurbulence
Methane
Passive Acoustic Recorder (customizable)

On-demand Sensors

Metal traces & Micronutrients
FRRF
Others upon request

Applications

MARINE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

  • Oceanographic Research & Monitoring

OIL & GAS

  • Exploration & Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS)

DEFENSE & SECURITY

  • Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA)
  • Acoustic Intelligence
  • Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)

 

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