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Each year, R/V Meridata spends six months in active duty with development and field testing of new Meridata systems and product demonstrations. In addition, time is devoted to training sonar system operators for our customers. |
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 | Length: 11.70 m |
| Width: 3.70 m |
| Draft: 0.80 m |
| Displacement: 11 t |
| Propulsion: 2*248 kW Marine diesel engines, water jets |
| Speed: 30 kn max. |
For deployment of sound sources and hydrophones, the vessel has two in-hull acoustic "viewports", one fixed and one that allows "on-the-fly" mounting of sound source or transducer.
R/V Meridata is equipped with Meridata sonar systems for demonstration and training sessions in bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling. Vessel positioning and attitude sensors are integrated to the survey systems to allow in-depth analysis of survey techniques and navigational aspects as well as sonar system operation.
Partial listing of equipment on board R/V Meridata:
| MD 100 echo sounder |
| MD 500 echo sounder system, dual-frequency for combined bathymetry and sediment echo sounding |
| MD DSS sonar system, chirp 2-9 kHz and 10-20 kHz sub-bottom profiling operation |
| Side scan sonars with operating frequencies 100 kHz, 400 kHz and 900 kHz |
| Seismic reflection profiling system (boomer) with an operating frequency of 0.5 to 3 kHz |
| sound sources, transducers and hydrophones for the above systems |
| sonar workstation |
| navigation workstation |
| DGPS position, heading and attitude measurement system |
