SonTek HydroSurveyor

SonTek HydroSurveyor M9 at Dawes Glacier in Alaska

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SKUHS-M9


The HydroSurveyor is designed to collect bathymetric, water column velocity profile, and acoustic bottom tracking data as part of a hydrographic survey.  The two key components of the system are the HydroSurveyor Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP®) platform and the powerful yet user-friendly data collection software. With the HydroSurveyor platform, SonTek can offer an exclusive 5-beam depth sounding device with built-in navigation, full water column velocity (currents) profiling, full compensation for speed of sound (with the CastAway-CTD), and an integrated positioning solution.

  • Overview

    Flexible and Fast

    Water sound speed corrections are interpolated in both space and time with the fully integrated CastAway-CTD.

    All-Inclusive

    Full water column velocity mapping, 5-beam depth sounding, and acoustic bottom tracking (for speed over the ground when GPS is lost) provide comprehensive data for a complete solution with a single package.

    Software Centric

    With built-in automatic data gridding and interpolation, even intricate surveys will not require specialized, complex software, saving you time and money.

    •    Sound speed integration and interpolation (with CastAway-CTD)
    •    Speed over ground (Acoustic Bottom Tracking)
    •    5-beam depth soundings (50° swath)
    •    Water column velocity (currents) mapping
    •    Automatic data gridding and interpolation
    •    360° compass and two-axis tilt sensor
    •    Interface for customer-supplied GPS and/or heading sensor

    Additional Options:

    •    CastAway-CTD
    •    Upgrade for existing RiverSurveyor M9 systems
    •    SonTek RTK GPS or DGPS
    •    Delrin/aluminum boat mount
    •    Bluetooth/spread spectrum telemetry

  • Specifications
    Beam Specifications       
    Vertical Beam         Slanted Beams       
    Range 0.2m to 80m     0.2m to 40m
    Beam Angles

    Specifications  
    Depth — Accuracy 0.02m (sound speed corrected)
    Depth — Resolution

    0.001m

    Swath Width 0.0001 m/s
    Profiling Range — Distance

    0.06m to 40m

    Profiling Range — Velocity ± 10 m/s

    Velocity — Accuracy

    Up to ± 0.25%, ± 0.2 cm/s

    Velocity — Resolution

    0.001 m/s

    Number of Cells Up to 128
    Cell Size

    0.02m to 4m

    Acoustic Bottom Tracking — Range ± 10 m/s
    Temperature Sensor — Accuracy ±0.1°C
    Acoustic Bottom Tracking — Altitude

    0.2 – 40m

    SonTek RTK GPS — Horizontal Precision (Repeatability) <0.03m
    SonTek DGPS — SBAS GPS Horizontal Accuracy <1.0m
    Transducer Configuration 8-beam Janus (4 x 1MHz; 4 x 3MHz) and 1 Vertical Beam (0.5 MHz)
    Temperature Sensor — Resolution ± 0.01°C
    Temperature Sensor — Accuracy ± 0.1°C
    Compass — Type Solid State type, with Built-in Inclinometer
    Compass — Range

    Full 360°

    Compass — Heading Accuracy ± 2°
    Compass — Tilt Accuracy ± 1°
    Power 12-18 VDC
    Operating Temperature -5°C to 45°C
    Storage Temperature -20°C to 70°C
  • Accessories

    River/HydroSurveyor Antenna

    2.4-GHz Antenna (2 dBi)

    River/HydroSurveyor GPS Antenna

    DGPS / RTK GPS Antenna

  • Software
    hydrosurveyor

    HydroSurveyor Software - V 1.50

    The user-friendly HydroSurveyor software package offers a central recording and processing platform that allows users to develop bathymetric maps with modest accuracy, using properly gridded data points. Features include CastAway-CTD integration, data gridding and interpolation, automatic track switching and a central recording platform.



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  • Video

    SonTek HydroSurveyor M9 at Dawes Glacier in Alaska

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