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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=10617' target='_blank'>SG005</a> from US: UNITED STATES.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : ThomasRyan (thomas.ryan@noaa.gov)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 33TK
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=10617' target='_blank'>SG005</a>
<br />Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 27: sub-surface gliders (buoyancy-based propulsion capable at variable depths not constrained to be near sea surface)
<br />Current Length : 1.8
<br />Notes : Underwater Seaglider glider (number 005) owned by the Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington. Data for 2009
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.apl.washington.edu/projects/seaglider/specifications.html
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<br /> - http://iop.apl.washington.edu/seaglider/index.php
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />US NODC already uses 33XE for another platform (USS EXCEL, PC-1598) not currently in the ICES list. Please assign a different code for the vessel SG005.
<br />(Don Collins 02/06/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Size: Body 1.8 m, 30 cm diameter
<br />Wing span 1m
<br />Antenna mast length 1 m
<br />Weight: 52 kg (dry)
<br />Maximum Depth: 1000 m
<br />Maximum Range/Duration: 4600 km (650 dives to 1km depth)
<br />Batteries: Lithium primaries, 24V and 10 V packs, 10 MJ
<br />Typical Speed: 25 cm/s
<br />Glide Angle: 16-45 degrees
<br />Mechanical Features: Isopyonal hull
<br />No external moving parts
<br />Low drag, flooded fiberglass fairing
<br />RF Data Telemetry: Iridium satellite data telemetry
<br />Guidance and Control: Control and system commands transmitted on
<br />any dive. Dead reckoning between GPS fixes
<br />using pitch, roll, heading. Kalaman filter
<br />prediction for mean and oscillatory currents.
<br />Bathymetry map for surface to near-bottom
<br />dives.
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<br />Owned and operated:
<br />Applied Physics Laboratory
<br />University of Washington
<br />1013 NE 40th Street
<br />Box 355640
<br />Seattle, WA 98105-6698
<br />(ThomasRyan 22/04/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://vocab.ices.dk/Request" target="_new">ICES Code Requests Application</a>
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