SonTek HydroSurveyor Acoustic Doppler Profiler
Features
- Sound speed integration and interpolation (with CastAway-CTD)
- Speed over ground (Acoustic Bottom Tracking)
- Interface for customer-supplied GPS and/or heading sensor
- Expedited repair and warranty service
- Lifetime technical support
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The HydroSurveyor is a system designed to collect bathymetric, water column velocity profile, and acoustic bottom tracking data as part of a hydrographic survey. The two key components of the system are the HydroSurveyor Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) platform, and the powerful, yet user-friendly, data collection software. With the HydroSurveyor platform, SonTek is able to offer an exclusive 5-beam depth sounding device, with built-in navigation, full water column velocity (currents) profiling, full compensation for speed of sound (with the CastAway-CTD), and integrated positioning solution.
| Beam Range | 0.2m to 80m vertical; 0.2m to 40m slanted |
| Beam Angles | 8° vertical; 3° slanted |
| Depth — Accuracy | 0.02m (sound speed corrected) |
| Depth — Resolution | 0.001m |
| Swath Width | 50° |
| Profiling Range — Distance | 0.06m to 40m |
| Profiling Range — Velocity | ± 10 m/s |
| Velocity — Accuracy | Up to ± 0.25%, ± 0.2 cm/s |
| Velocity — Resolution | 0.001 m/s |
| Number of Cells | Up to 128 |
| Cell Size | 0.02m to 4m |
| Acoustic Bottom Tracking — Range | ± 10 m/s |
| Acoustic Bottom Tracking — Altitude | 0.2 – 40m |
| SonTek RTK GPS — Horizontal Precision (Repeatability) | <0.03m |
| SonTek DGPS — SBAS GPS Horizontal Accuracy | <1.0m |
| Transducer Configuration | 8-beam Janus (4 x 1MHz; 4 x 3MHz) and 1 Vertical Beam (0.5 MHz) |
| Temperature Sensor — Resolution | ± 0.01°C |
| Temperature Sensor — Accuracy | ± 0.1°C |
| Compass — Type | Solid State type, with Built-in Inclinometer |
| Compass — Range | Full 360° |
| Compass — Heading Accuracy | ± 2° |
| Compass — Tilt Accuracy | ± 1° |
| Power | 12-18 VDC |
| Operating Temperature | -5°C to 45°C |
| Storage Temperature | -20°C to 70°C |
- HydroSurveyor acoustic Doppler current profiler
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- Power supply
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