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UBC Gavia configuration

Platform: Gavia
Manufacturer: Teledyne Gavia
Scientific User: University of British Columbia

Summary

UBC-Gavia is currently capable of measuring the following parameters as she travels: chlorophyll and fluorscein dye fluorescence (Wetlabs Eco-BB3), water temperature and salinity (SBE Fastcat CTD), and velocity (using two RDI-ADCP, one up and one downwards facing), as well as acoustic (RDI-ADCP) and optical (Wetlabs Eco-BB3) backscatter. In order to put these measurements in context with what is occurring at the lake bottom, UBC-Gavia uses a high-frame rate, high-digital-resolution, colour camera with a strobe light system, as well as a side-scan sonar. The ability to measure all of these parameters simultaneously while maintaining fixed elevation above bottom provides an unprecedented opportunity to map the near-lakebed (benthic) environment. This allows for the creation of acoustic and photographic mosaics of lakebeds, over which would be superimposed maps of water properties measured by UBC-Gavia’s in situ sensors. This aggregate of information would reveal patterns of lakebed characteristics in conjunction with near lakebed water properties at the basin scale.

Physical Specs

  • Platform: Gavia Download PDF
  • Body Type: Torpedo
  • Size (LxWxH): 1.80m x 0.20m x 0.30m
  • Body Size (LxWxH): Information not available
  • Hull Material: Aluminum
  • Weight: 49.00kg
  • Maximum Depth: 1,000.00 m
  • Dynamic Buoyancy: No
  • Self-Righting: Yes
  • Obstacle Avoidance: No
  • Endurance (nominal load): 6 hours
  • Manufacturer Website: Link

Primary Missions

  • Geophysical Survey
  • Oceanographic Survey
  • Environmental Monitoring

Propulsion System

  • Method: Thrusters
  • DOF: 3
  • Hovering:
  • Nominal Speed: 1.00
  • Maximum Forward Speed: 3.00

Power System

  • Total Capacity: 0 Wh

Launch and Recovery

  • Hand Held