Custom Oceanographic Buoys

Example One

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This station was designed to measure ocean currents with an InterOcean current meter and conductivity using a SeaBird CTD SeaCat. The ZENO® 3200 data acquisition system is at the heart of this system communication and controlling both "smart" sensors via a serial RS-232 connection. The ZENO® collects and processes the data then radios it to a shore station. This system had the optional 10 Mbytes storage capability and is shown a completely submersible o-ring sealed canister. The system can be powered by either an external 12 volt DC supply or by an internal battery pack that will run the system for 6 or 12 months.

Example Two

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This picture shows a 6 meter NOMAD buoy with a Coastal Environmental Systems ZENO® payload. It is a Canadian Weather Service buoy that was built by another manufacturer, but carries a Coastal electronics payload. This system takes data from a variety of sensors and formats it for a GOES satellite transmission. Coastal manufactures custom payloads for your exact needs to fit on existing and new buoy platforms. We have manufactured systems for both research and routine monitoring.

Example Three

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This custom system was made for experiments on a number of ships. It had to have a non-moving part wind speed and direction sensor as well as being self-orienting. A hot wire anemometer was integrated into a WEATHERPAK® system which has a flux-gate compass for automatic true north alignment. The system was going to be used on a variety of ships so a radio transmitter was put into the WEATHERPAK® to make wiring for communications unnecessary. The entire system, which measures wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity and barometric pressure sets up in less than 20 minutes.
 
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Custom Buoy Systems

Coastal builds a wide variety of custom buoy systems. This one was used in the last Americas Cup Race.

Coastal's numerous customer oceanographic systems range from custom buoy payloads for an existing customer's buoy to complete ocean monitoring stations attached to an oil rig or a pier. In size and scope we have constructed systems that measure one or two sensors and store the data, to systems with 52 sensors that measure, calculate and store the data as well as transmitting it to a shore station. The shore station can then be called up by telephone and the data is reported to the listener in several languages.