HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS

Algal blooms and anoxic events can be harmful to people, animals, drinking water, and have a negative impact on aquatic recreation. The Wirewalker can assist in early detection of (and recovery from) an event.

ApplicationChris KontoesSeptember 15, 2023CTD, Bioluminescence, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Nitrate, PAR

PLUME MONITORING & DREDGING

Whether it’s turbid plumes stirred up from dredging operations or natural phenomena, the Wirewalkers rapid profiling becomes a fantastic monitoring solution.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 27, 2020CTD, Turbidity, Real-time, Chlorophyll-A, Phycoerythrin

LIMNOLOGY

From temperature profiles and turbulence to HABs and anoxia, the Wirewalker is a great solution for autonomous freshwater science. You may be surprised with how little energy is required for wave driven profiling.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 27, 2020CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Turbulence

OIL RESPONSE

Measurement and detection of oil below the surface is made simple through the Wirewalkers ability to constantly and rapidly profile up to 1000m deep.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 27, 2020CTD, Fluorometers, Crude Oil, Real-time

WASTEWATER & POLLUTION MONITORING

The Wirewalker provides an excellent platform for multi-parameter monitoring of human impacts on the ocean. Improve effectiveness by increasing information regarding the ocean’s variability and response to perturbation.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 27, 2020CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Turbidity

BIOPHYSICAL & BIOGEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS

Like ARGO/BGC-ARGO on steroids, the Wirewalker collects an astonishing amount of high-quality water column data in the upper ocean.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 23, 2020CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Radiance, Transmittance, Turbidity

AQUACULTURE

The Wirewalker is great for site assessments and can help keep stocks healthy by continuous profiling a variety of water quality parameters. Data can also be telemetered in real-time.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 23, 2020CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Turbidity, Real-time

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS

The Wirewalker puts your sensors within a meter of the surface while also collecting high-resolution sub-surface profiles necessary for measuring large and small scale heat and gas exchange.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 23, 2020CTD, Currents, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Turbidity

INTERNAL WAVES

With much larger amplitudes and wavelengths than what is seen on the surface, internal waves are often measured by rapid temperature profiling. The Wirewalker expands upon this with potential for profiling with a multi-parameter suite of sensors.

ApplicationChris KontoesOctober 23, 2020CTD, Currents, Turbidity

STRATIFIED OCEAN DYNAMICS

The Wirewalker excels at measuring the mixed layer. Observations of small-scale variations in buoyancy input, momentum, and heat are made possible through fast, continuous profiling.

ApplicationChris KontoesSeptember 1, 2020CTD, Currents, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorometers, Turbidity

TACTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

As a force multiplier, the Wirewalker frees up your ship for other operations while delivering high-resolution mission critical subsea information in real-time, for long durations, autonomously, in forward areas, and at minimal expense.

ApplicationChris KontoesAugust 2, 2020CTD, Sound Velocity, Real-time