Customer Applications | Oil Spill Deployment Recommendations | Customer Satisfaction Survey | Field Service Bulletins | Glider Payload CTD | Argo Float Pressure Sensors | UIMM | WET Labs Acquisition | Current Software | Sea-Bird Move | Absolute Salinity | Deployment Endurance Calculator | E-mail Subscription | Career Opportunities
Customer Applications
(July
2010)
Please share your knowledge with the oceanographic community by
providing information for posting on the Sea-Bird website -- see
Customer Applications
using Sea-Bird Instruments.
Oil Spill Deployment Recommendations
(May
2010)
We have received a number of inquiries
regarding deploying Sea-Bird CTDs in the Gulf of Mexico for monitoring the oil
spill. The oil will not cause long-term damage to the CTD. If the oil
coats the inside of the conductivity cell and dissolved oxygen sensor membrane,
it can possibly affect the sensor's calibration (and thus affect the measurement and the
data). See the following Quick Reference documents for simple measures to minimize the ingestion of oil,
and to reduce the
impact on the calibration.
IMPORTANT! When sending in instruments for calibration and/or repair, let us know if the instruments were deployed in the Gulf of Mexico during/after the Spring 2010 oil spill. A line has been added to our Service Request Form (below the RMA number) for you to provide this information.
Customer Satisfaction Survey
(June
2010)
Do you have a few minutes to
help us improve our products and support? Go to
www.surveymonkey.com/s/Sea-Bird_Survey1
to take a short customer satisfaction survey.
Recent
Field Service Bulletins
-
SBE 16plus V2
SEACAT Firmware Error (April 2010):
Firmware update required to eliminate a bug related to the use of the delayed
logging feature (StartDateTime= and StartLater).
-
SBE 55 ECO Water
Sampler Mechanical Modification (April 2010): Retrofit with shims required
to minimize potential for cracks in the latch assembly.
- Click here for a complete
list of Field Service Bulletins.
New
Glider Payload
CTD Development Completed (April
2010)
Sea-Bird has finalized designs and
prototyping of two different pumped CTDs for gliders; a
Slocum-specific
payload CTD, and a more generic
Glider Payload CTD.
A defining mechanical design criteria of the Slocum Glider Payload CTD was to
provide a retrofit/replacement for CTDs on the global fleet of existing Slocum
gliders. Both designs share many features, but there are also differences in
packaging, sampling abilities and power consumption, and in their installation
as described in their individual data sheets.
Argo Float Druck
Pressure Sensor Micro-Leak Problem and Warranty Replacement
(July 2009; updated March 2010)
Sea-Bird has been working to understand the details of
a problem with the Druck pressure sensors used in SBE 41 and SBE 41CP CTDs on
Argo floats. Click here
for details of the problem, warranty information, and instructions for returning
these CTDs to Sea-Bird.
- March 2010 Update -- posted
Notice 2: Request for
Help from the Argo Data Management Group.
Underwater Inductive Modem Module (UIMM)
(February 2010)
Sea-Bird introduced
Underwater Inductive Modem Module
(UIMM), which provides a quick way for
system integrators and instrument/sensor manufacturers to adapt new or
pre-existing RS-232 instruments, such as acoustic current meters, Doppler
profilers, optical sensors, etc., for integration with real-time moorings using
Sea-Bird’s Inductive Modem (IM) telemetry.
WET Labs Acquisition
(February 2010)
Sea-Bird is pleased to announce that on 2
February 2010 we acquired WET Labs, the premier manufacturer of oceanographic
optics sensors that measure Inherent Optical Properties (e.g. fluorometers,
transmissometers, scattering sensors, and spectrometers). WET Labs will remain
located in Philomath, Oregon, and Bridgetown, Rhode Island, and the entire
management team remains unchanged. This acquisition is part of our continuing
focus to provide the highest quality instruments and measurements available to
our oceanographic customers. We are very pleased that WET Labs has joined with
us as partners in that effort.
Current Software
(changes in previous 2 months in red)
SeatermV2:
1.00l
Seaterm:
1.59
SeatermAF:
1.24
Deployment Endurance Calculator:
1.0
Seasave V7 and SBE Data
Processing:
7.20f
Seasoft for Waves:
1.18b
Sea-Bird moved
around the corner
Sea-Bird moved around the corner in January 2010.
Our new address is:
Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.
13431 NE 20th Street
Bellevue, Washington 98005
USA
Click here for directions.
Absolute Salinity
and TEOS-10: Sea-Bird's Implementation Plans
(July 2009)
In June 2009, a new Thermodynamic Equation of State of Seawater, referred to as
TEOS-10, was adopted by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and the
International Association of Physical Sciences of the Ocean Working Group 127.
The new equation incorporates a more accurate representation of salinity known
as Absolute Salinity. Application Note 90
discusses this new equation, and Sea-Bird's plans for implementation.
New
Deployment Endurance Calculator
(June 2009)
Our new Calculator determines deployment length for
moored instruments, based on user-input deployment schemes, instrument power
requirements, and battery capacity.
Click here for details, and a
link to download the software.
E-mail Subscription
Form (July 2008)
Fill out our
Subscription Form to receive
e-mail notification of new products, significant product changes,
software updates, etc.
Career Opportunities
See Career
Opportunities for opening for a Production Area
Manager and Machined Parts Inspector.
For old announcements, see our Announcement Archive page.
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