Instrument: Scanfish

Acronym: Scanfish
External Identifier: skos:broadMatch: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/131/

Description

The Scanfish is a remotely operated, towed, undulating vehicle system designed for collecting 3D profile data of the water column. It includes a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) profiler as part of the instrument package. The Scanfish housing has fins to allow it to dive and rise, an altimeter to determine the depth of the unit, a pump that moves water through the system and a data cable that reports data back to the ship as the fish is being towed through the water behind the vessel. The Scanfish can be configured with additional sensors, e.g. fluorometer.
Dataset NamePI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
Scanfish data from dye injection studies on Georges Bank from R/V Oceanus cruise OC342 in 1999 as part of the U.S. GLOBEC program (GB project)Towed vehicle provided by the University of Rhode Island. Scanfish towed unit was used to moniter the dispersion of dye Scanfish
SCANFISH data from R/V Pelican cruises PE03-NGOMEX, PE04-NGOMEX, PE06-NGOMEX, PE07-NGOMEX, PE09-05, PE11-06 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 28-30N 89-94W; 2003-2010 (GoMX NGOMEX project)Scanfish
Scanfish data from R/V Endeavor cruises EN321 and EN325 in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1999 as part of the U.S. GLOBEC program (GB project)The Scanfish is a towed undulating vehicle carrying a CTD and several other sensors and was utilized on Endeavor Cruises 321 and 325 to Georges Bank. Scanfish
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