The NOMAD Met Ocean Buoy is a reliable data collection buoy for extreme weather conditions and remote deployments.

NOMAD Met Ocean Buoy

FEATURES & BENEFITS » Real-time meteorological,

oceanographic and water quality data

» Withstands extreme marine weather

» Low operational costs

» Successfully deployed worldwide

» Expandable to allow new sensors

» Supports a variety of telemetry options

» Monitor and control from your office

● TYPICAL SENSORS Wind speed, wind direction, air temperature/relative humidity, solar radiation, barometric pressure, wave height, direction and period, current speed and direction, GPS, compass, CTD, radiation and water quality sonde.

● TELEMETRY OPTIONS - UHF/VHF - INMARSAT IsatData Pro - IRIDIUM - GPRS/HSPA - CDMA/EVDO

● POWER 1 Kw wind turbine Solar supplemented rechargeable batteries 2 x 200W solar panels

● POSITION GPS package indicates whether buoy is on-station WatchCircle Alarm Position Verification

● HULL CONSTRUCTION Welded aluminum. Four watertight compartments for electronics, batteries and sensors. Aluminum superstructure and steel substructure are bolted onto the hull.

● FINISH Marine grade epoxy.

● BALLAST Up to 1360Kg of lead keel ballast. Up to 2720Kg of lead internal ballast.

● WEIGHT 5200Kg (not including ballast).

● DIMENSIONS 6m (l) x 3.1m (w) x 9m (h)

● MOORING Inverse catenary, chain, semi-taut, or false bottom

● NAVIGATION AIDS IALA standard lamp Radar reflector AIS transponder

● ELECTRONICS AXYS WatchMan500™ data acquisition and processing system

Applications ● Weather forecasting

● Oceanographic research

● Environmental monitoring

● Marine and coastal engineering

● Wave energy conversion studies

● Climate studies

NOMAD Met Ocean Buoy The NOMAD (Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device) hull was originally designed in the 1940s for the U.S. Navy’s offshore data collection program. The hull was adapted by both U.S. National Data Buoy Centre (NDBC) and Environment Canada to be equipped with met sensors and telemetry payloads and deployed along the extensive coasts of both countries.

AXYS made modifications to the NOMAD hull to improve its functionality as a metocean buoy, which was adopted by Canada’s Atmospheric Environment Service for deep ocean stations off the East and West coasts of Canada. A full complement of meteorological and oceanographic sensors can be accommodated, while a wind turbine, solar panels and rechargeable batteries provide power to operate the electronics payload.

There is sufficient space on and in the hull to carry additional payload systems, including AXYS’ WindSentinel and Ocean Sentinel configurations.

Specifications

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