WatchMaster Buoy.indd - AXYS Technologies Inc.

WATCHMASTER™
Met Ocean Buoy
The WatchMaster™ Met Ocean Buoy is a versatile data
collection buoy for large lakes, rivers, harbours, and open
ocean deployments.
FEATURES & BENEFITS
●● Real-time meteorological,
oceanographic and water quality data
●● Low operational costs
●● Easy to deploy and service
●● Expandable to allow new sensors
●● Supports a variety of telemetry options
●● Monitor and control from your office
●● Rugged hybrid hull construction
WATCHMASTER™
Specifications
Met Ocean Buoy
●● HULL CONSTRUCTION
The WatchMaster™ is a rugged
environmental monitoring buoy in use
worldwide as a navigation aid. It can
be outfitted with a range of sensors
for monitoring weather, air and water
quality, waves, and other parameters in
coastal areas, lakes and rivers.
●● FINISH
Hybrid - rotationally molded in low density
UV-stabilised virgin polyethylene, covering
a 316 marine grade stainless steel frame.
16 kg/m3 expanded polystyrene foam
●● BALLAST
Steel
The WatchMaster™ hull has a hybrid
●● WEIGHT
construction consisting of a stainless
2,400 kg
steel frame surrounded by a segmented
●● DIMENSIONS
polyethylene float and tower assembly.
2.5m diameter or 3m diameter
It is assembled from three main
5m height
components: a float section, middle
superstructure section and top section,
●● MOORING
which form an abrasion-resistant, shock
Inverse catenary, chain, semi-taut, or false
absorbing buoy able to withstand knocks
bottom
and/or collisions.
In event of damage, individual sections
can be easily replaced on the deck of
a buoy tender at sea. This design also
allows the buoy to be easily dismantled
for transportation on land or by ship,
although the assembled buoy was also
designed to fit in a standard shipping
container. The polyethylene material will
also repel marine growth.
●● NAVIGATION AIDS
IALA standard lamp
Radar reflector
AIS transponder
●● 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
800 amp battery capacity
Fully solar powered. Four 50W solar panels
●● POSITION
GPS package indicates whether buoy is onstation
WatchCircle Alarm Position Verification
●● ELECTRONICS
AXYS WatchMan500™ data acquisition and
processing system
Data transmitted from the buoy includes
buoy configuration, status data, position,
and WatchCircle™ Alarm messages. Data
is also stored on the buoy’s internal data
logger.
Applications
●● Weather forecasting
●● Marine and coastal engineering
●● Oceanographic research
●● Marine traffic safety
●● Environmental monitoring
●● Climate studies
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