Q-Boats in Action:
Improving Hydrologist Safety and Efficiency
| | VIDEO: Q-Boat 1800P in AL |
Montgomery, AL
Oceanscience customers around the world use the Q-Boat 1800 to minimize personnel exposure to dangerous conditions such as working on highway bridges or fast flowing water.
Watch this video to see discharge transects collected from the USGS during an Oceanscience training visit to Montgomery, Alabama. The two boats delivered to Alabama were specially outfitted to handle the SonTek M9 or the TRDI Rio Grande profilers.
Why use Q-Boats in Montgomery?
According to Will Mooty of the USGS, "The boats were purchased for safety reasons. Many measurement sites require our staff to restrict traffic to safely work from the bridges. Having the Q-Boat allows us to stay off the bridges entirely; and it saves time too!"
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| | VIDEO: NIWA StreamPro Q-Boat |
New Zealand
The Q-Boat 1800 eliminates tag lines and simplifies the measurement process. Discharge measurements can now be made more safely, faster, and at a lower cost. The Q-Boat 1800 can be adapted for all of the common profilers including the compact TRDI StreamPro.
Thanks to NIWA in New Zealand for sending in their video of the Q-Boat/StreamPro combination. Click on picture to see a measurement being taken.
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| | VIDEO: Melbourne Water |
Melbourne, Australia
Watch the video from Melbourne Water in Australia as they compare the latest streamgauging technology - the Oceanscience Q-Boat 1800P and the SonTek RiverSurveyor M9 ADP - with a traditional cableway current meter. The new approach saves time, manpower, and provides better data. The remote-control boat with 5 m/s top speed allows safe and fast response to flood events.
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| | VIDEO: Q-Boat in Slow Mode |
United Kingdom
The latest Q-Boat outdrive design features new high performance motor controllers. The latest boats allow profiling at very low water velocities, less than 0.5 m/s, as well as higher speed flood conditions, over 3 m/s.
The Environment Agency (UK) has taken advantage of Oceanscience's upgrade programs and switched from previous generation motors to the latest version. View the video for an example of the new Q-Boat outdrives at very low speed.
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Q-Boats in Action:
Environmental Monitoring and Bathymetry
| | VIDEO: Q-1800D Autonomous Carp Monitoring |
Minnesota, USA
The Q-Boat can be deployed with an array of different sensors. For example, depth sounders, water quality monitoring probes, GPS, and custom instrumentation can be integrated onto the platform.
Watch an autonomous Q-Boat in action as it tracks the invasive Asian Carp in the Minnesota Lakes. Video courtesy of University of Minnesota.
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High Speed Riverboat:
For Fast and Turbulent Waters
 | | VIDEO: High-Speed Riverboat with SonTek M9 |
The High-Speed Riverboat allows ADCP measurements in places that were previously inaccessible as a result of rough or fast flowing water conditions. Hydrologists in Japan and China use the High-Speed Riverboat in addition to the standard Riverboat and have expanded the number of measurement sites suitable for ADCP's.
The High-Speed Riverboat can accommodate common profilers such as the SonTek M9 and the TRDI Rio Grande. Contact us to discuss if the High-Speed Riverboat is right for you!
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Service Alert:
End of Life for DT Series Radio Modems
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The DT01, DT02, and DT04 models (with the blue and clear plastic cases) have reached their end of life and will no longer be supported by Oceanscience. We have been forced to this decision by the lack of continued support by outside suppliers and the unavailability of parts.
Many of the DT series radio modems remain in good working order, but be aware that we will no longer be able to repair broken or damaged cables and parts.
Oceanscience is offering upgrade opportunities. Contact us with the DT series serial number and our staff will be happy to assist you. The upgrades require the return of the Riverboat main hull, DT radios, and all related cables and antennae.
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Tidbits:
Win a $25 Visa Gift Card
Enter for a chance to win a $25 Visa gift card.
We are looking for recent field photos and videos of Oceanscience products. Think tethered Riverboats, Q-Boats, and Cable Chimps. Submit your media files and we will enter you into a drawing for a $25 Visa Gift Card.
Winners will be contacted via email and announced in the next quarterly newsletter. Please send all submissions to: Shannon at info@oceanscience.com, or call (760) 754-2400 x102 to upload via FTP.
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