introducing the new castaway-ctd

Introducing the NEW CastAway-CTD

Product Overview: • What is a CTD castable system • What is the CastAway-CTD system• Interactive Guide• Software overview

What is a CTD cast?

• Halocline = boundary between water layers of different salinity •Thermocline = location of a change in the temperature gradient

Actual data from Miami, FL

Measuring Sound Speed

Temperature and salinity strata through the water column affect the speed of sound which in turn affects the distance measured by the echosounder

Traditional CTD Deployments

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CastAway CTD Cast

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System Description

Measurement Cell

ConductivityTemperature

Pressure

FLOWJacket

Screen

“Button”LED

ContentsField Case

Quick StartGuide

Line & Clip

Spare AABatteries

Stylus Pens

Bluetooth &Software USBs

Maintenance•Factory Calibration @ 1 year•Change batteries (@ 40 hr cont.)•Wash/rinse measurement cell

Specifications

Interactive CastAway Guide

Software Overview

• System Interaction• Data Download• Data Display•Maps & Geo referenced images• Data Plots• Projects• Filtering• Data Import & Export• Multi-language Support

Applications

Oceanography

Hydrographic Surveying Hydrology