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VENUS is a network of marine sensors that monitors and measures a variety of oceanographic conditions. Each instrument is connected to the network either directly into the primary Node, or through a Science Instrument Interface Module (SIIM) where several instruments can be simultaneously connected to a Node port.

Instruments currently deployed in Saanich Inlet

VENUS Instrument Platform (VIP) — 96m
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
CTD SeaBird CTD 16 plus 6536 Sea-Bird Electronics 16plus Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure
Oxygen Sensor Aanderaa Optode 4175 (S/N 1684) Aanderaa Instruments 4175 Dissolved Oxygen
Oxygen Sensor Alec Electronics Rinko 0014 Alec Electronics RINKO Dissolved Oxygen
Gas Tension Device (GTD) Pro-Oceanus GTD 24-36-07 Pro-Oceanus Systems GTD-Pro Gas Tension
Echosounder ASL Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler 1007 ASL Environmental WCP 200 kHz (ZAP) Backscatter
Current Meter AquaDopp Current Meter 1176 Nortek Aquadopp Velocity
 
Camera Platform — 104m
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
         
 
Camera Platform 2 — 96m
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
CTD SeaBird CTD 16 plus 4996 Sea-Bird Electronics 16plus Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure
Oxygen Sensor Aanderaa Optode 4175 (S/N 0580) Aanderaa Instruments 4175 Dissolved Oxygen
DSC Camera VENUS Digital Still Camera 01 (DISCO) VENUS DISCO Digital Images and Video
 
Bottom Boundary Layer Platform — 96m
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
         
 
HD Camera Platform 2— 92m
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
CTD SeaBird CTD 16 plus 6936 Sea-Bird Electronics 16plus Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure
Oxygen Sensor Aanderaa Optode 4175 (S/N 0581) Aanderaa Instruments 4175 Dissolved Oxygen
Turbidity Meter Wetlabs ECO-NTU(RT) 1042 WET Labs NTURT Turbidity
 
Saanich Sill — 95m *Autonomous Deployment
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
         

Instruments currently deployed in Strait of Georgia

Strait of Georgia East Node
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) RDI ADCP 150 kHz WH 17457 RD Instruments 150 kHz WH Water column currents
CTD SeaBird CTD 16 plus 5270 Sea-Bird Electronics 16plus Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure
Oxygen Sensor Aanderaa Optode 4175 (S/N 0579) Aanderaa Instruments 4175 Dissolved Oxygen
Echosounder ASL Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler 1008 ASL Environmental WCP 200 kHz (ZAP) Backscatter
Current Meter Nortek Vector Current Meter 4897 Nortek Vector 3D velocity
Turbidity Meter Wetlabs ECO-NTU(RT) 117 WET Labs NTURT Turbidity
 
Delta Dynamics Laboratory
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
         
 
Strait of Georgia Central Node
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) RDI ADCP 150 kHz WH 8497 RD Instruments 150 kHz WH Water column currents
CTD SeaBird CTD 16 plus 6935 Sea-Bird Electronics 16plus Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure
Oxygen Sensor Aanderaa Optode 4175 (S/N 18) Aanderaa Instruments 4175 Dissolved Oxygen
Acoustic Water Column Profiler ASL AWCP 55036 ASL Environmental MFAWCP Backscatter
Current Meter Nortek Vector Current Meter 4820 Nortek Vector 3D velocity
Turbidity Meter Wetlabs ECO-NTU(RT) 371 WET Labs NTURT Turbidity

Strait of Georgia CODAR

CODAR — 0m
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
CODAR array CODAR Seasonde HF radar system OEA Technologies Seasonde Standard (24-27 MHz) Surface Ocean Current Velocity

Strait of Georgia Ferries

Seakeeper 1: Vancouver-Nanaimo — 0m
Oceanic Sensors
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
Oxygen Sensor Aanderaa Optode 3835 1416 Aanderaa Instruments 3835 Oxygen
Temperature TURO Remote Temperature PT-100 Batch610 002     Temperature
Fluorescence + Backscatter WetLabs ECO Triplet BBFL2 787 WET Labs ECO Triplet CDOM Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Turbidity
Thermosalinograph SeaBird Thermosalinograph SeaKeeper 17 Sea-Bird Electronics   Conductivity, Salinity, Temperature
Meteorological sensors
Type Name Manufacturer Model Property
Pyrgeometer Kipp and Zonen Pyrgeometer CGR-4 100289 Kipp and Zonen CGR-4 Downward Atmospheric Long-Wave Radiation, Housing Temperature, Net Radiation, Upward Irradiance of Detector
Pyranometer Kipp and Zonen Pyranometer CMP-21 100540 Kipp and Zonen CMP-21 Housing Temperature, Solar Radiation
Pressure RM Young Pressure 61202V-56 BPA2717 RM Young 61202V-56 Barometric Pressure
Temperature RM Young Temperature RH 41382VC TS 19119 RM Young 41382VC Air Temperature, Relative Humidity
Wind Monitor RM Young Wind Monitor 5106 17028 RM Young 05106 Wind Direction Corrected, Wind Direction Uncorrected, Wind Speed
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