Jaklyn Vervynck, VENUS Data Manager
Along with core instruments measuring standard ocean parameters such as temperature, oxygen, salinity, and density, VENUS continues to test and deploy novel
instruments and sensors.
One such deployment was the installation of an Axis Webcam in the deepest location of VENUS in
February 2010. The Webcam proved to be a great research tool and as a result, after maintenance, it’s back online, connected to the Strait of Georgia Central Node.
Check it out at http://venus.uvic.ca/data/camera-stream/.
Installing a known instrument in a new setting is another way of advancing research on VENUS. A Technicap Sediment Trap deployed on VENUS in Saanich Inlet has been active for several years. Results of the sediment research on VENUS in Saanich Inlet are appearing in theses and peer-reviewed publications. Following the success and the need from research community, we have now installed a brand new Sediment Trap in the Strait of Georgia, connected to the Central Node, at 300m.
Reliable measurement of chemical properties, such as dissolved gasses, is an ongoing project on VENUS. During the last cruise VENUS deployed a new model of Pro-Oceanus GTD Pro in Saanich Inlet.
In all, after the December 2010 cruise over 20 instruments are collecting data on VENUS even with the East Node out of the water. To download data log on to the data archive at venus.uvic.ca/data/data-archive/. If you are not Registered, please do so, it’s FREE.
Over the last year (2010), VENUS has made good progress on the data delivery front, focusing on our commitment to provide a good service to our users.
Please check our new data products at Download Data, Multimedia Interface; and Data Plots pages. Recent product updates include data from:
- Sequoia Particle Analyser CSV and MAT files;
- Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) binary RDI files;
- Imagenex Sonar HEX and binary data;
- Ocean Data View version 4 files for scalar data;
- Hydrophone raw binary (.hyd files), spectrograms and MP3 files are now available for viewing and downloading using our data plots.
