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BOTTOM-MOUNTED GAUGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

As the survey operations frequently take place away from [the] mainland or suitable islands or coral reefs, a bottom mounted tide gauge (BMTG) was needed. These gauges had to have [an] operational depth limit of at least [200 metres] and produce [a] depth data with an accuracy of 0.05%. Several deployment options were envisaged; from a free standing bottom deployment for long term data acquisition without telemetry, through shallow water installation with a hard wire connection to a shore telemetry station, to a bottom mounted gauge equipped with an acoustic modem for communication with [a] surface telemetry buoy for retransmission of the data ...

Key term(s)
  • bottom mounted tide gage
  • bottom mounted gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)

Spanish

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