Ocean Physics
– 2 SBE 911plus CTD systems
– 2 SBE 19 CTD systems
– 4 Aanderaa SeaGuard RCM
– 4 Aanderaa RCM11
– 4 Aanderaa RCM9
– 1 300kHz RDI Workhorse ADCP
– 1 300kHz RDI Workhorse LADCP
– 1 75kHz RDI Ocean Surveyor SADCP
– 1 SBE21 Thermosalinograph
– 6 SBE 37 CT
– 2 RBR Concerto3 CT
– 6 IXSEA Oceano 2500 Acoustic Releasers
– 1 Guildline 8410A Salinometer
– 1 Low resolution radioactivity sensor (KATERINA)
– 1 Medium resolution radioactivity sensor (GeoMAREA)
Marine Chemistry
– 1 UV-2600 Shimadzu UV/Visible Spectrophotometer
– 2 UV/Visible 365 Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometers
– 1 DENOVIX Fluorometer QFX
– 1 Metrohm AG Model 876 Dosimat titrator plus for dissolved oxygen measurements
– 1 SEAL QUAATRO nutrient autoanalyzer
– 1 SEAL nutrient autoanalyzer III
– 1 WTW-208262 respirometry for Biological Oxygen Demand measurements
– 1 EUT-ECION70040SIon 700 Meter equipped with a EUT-9609BNWP Fluoride ion plus Sure-Flow combination electrode
– 1 Versatile instrument (VINDTA 3C) for the determination of titration alkalinity combined with an extraction unit for quantitative transfer of released CO2 to the coulometer for dissolved inorganic carbon measurements
– 1 SeaFAST SP3 system (ESI, Elemental Scientific, USA) an automated sample introduction treatment system for multi-mode determination of ultra-trace metals in undiluted seawater
– 1 Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph (GC) equipped with a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) onboard R/V Aegaeo
– 1 Ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) device for in situ separation of High-Low molecular weight organic matter
– 2 Stainless steel 142mm and various other filter holders coupled to various vacuum/peristaltic pumps for in situ filtration
– 2 Manta-nets (330 μm) for sampling of seasurface microplastics
Biological Oceanography
– 4 WP2-200μm and 45 μμ plankton nets (HYDROBIOS type)
– 2 WP3 200 μm and 500 μm plankton nets (HYDROBIOS type)
– Various nets for microplankton samplings USNEL (0.1m2)
– MultiNet type Midi MPS92 (equipped with 5 nets of 200 μm and 5 nets of 300 μm) McConelly
– CYTOSENSE BENCHTOP FLOW CYTOMETER (allows to resolve major plankton functional types within the entire size range: picoplankton (< 2 μm), nanoplankton (2-20 μm), microplankton (20-200 μm), mesoplankton (> 200 μm). It can be used for monitoring plankton communities with high spatial and temporal resolution).
– 6 Box Corers
– 1 Craib corer
– 1 Fish trap
– 1 Hyperbenthic Sled
– 3 Multicorers
– 1 SMITH MCINTYRE (0.1 m2, Custom)
– 1 VAN VEEN (0.2 m2)
– 2 VAN VEEN (0.1 m2) MORS
– 3 PONAR (0.045 m2) MORS (x5)
– 1 Anchor dredge Aandera (x3)
– 1 Agassiz trawl (Custom)
– Various mussel cages (Technicap)
– 3 Buoys with light (custom)
– Acoustic Release Deck Unit (Technicap)
– Acoustic Release (Vitrovex)
– Current meter
– Flotation spheres
– Lander control unit
– Sediment trap rotor moters
– Sediment trap
– Digital camera with underwater housing (Olympus TG5)
– Underwater drone Qysea FIFISH V6 (300m long umbilical cable, operational depth 100m)
– SCUBA diving equipment (tanks, portable air compressor, BCDs, regulators, wetsuits, drysuits, full face mask with underwater communications, etc) supporting a team of 4 scientific divers.
Marine Geology-Geophysics
– 1 Single beam bathymetry system Ocean Data Bathy 1500, up to 6000m depth (R/V Aegaeo hull–mounted)
– 1 Single beam bathymetry system Hamminbird 998c (portable)
– 1 Single beam bathymetry system Lowrance X-15c
– 1 High resolution Multibeam system (Sea Bat 7125 RESON, 200/400kHz, hull mounted, S/V Alcyone)
– 1 Deeptow 2000 (geochirp & sidescan sonar): includes electro-hydraulic winch with 6.000m -long homoaxial tow-cable, tow fish combined
– 1 Sidescan sonar/chirp sub bottom profiler, USBL positioning of the towfish
– Sidescan sonars:
− Model 2094 Digital (Geoacoustics) with selectable dual frequencies 114/410 KHz
− Model SS982 Analog (Geoacoustics) with selectable dual frequencies 114/410 KHz
− Winch with 2000m cable (Geoacoustics)
– 1 High resolution subbottom profiler (GeoPulse GEOACOUSTICS, 3.5 KHz, hull mounted, S/V Alcyone)
– 1 GeoPulse GEOACOUSTICS subbottom profiler, 3.5 KHz frequency, configured with a total of 16 transducers, surface towed
– 1 Boomer subbottom profiler (Geoacoustics Ltd.) UPGRADE 2010
– 1 Airgun reflection seismics system (Bolt USA) with chamber of 5-10-40 inch3
– 1 Air-compressor (75 SCFM capacity) for compressed air supply to the airgun reflection seismics system.
– 1 Ocean Bottom Seismographs (GEOPRO SA)
– 1 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) (MALA Company with 2 RAMAC RTC 50 & 100 MHz antennas)
– 1 Optical Laser diffraction instruments (LISST) for measuring particle size and concentration of suspended sediments in seawater
– Gravity corers (Benthos type) with lengths vary between 3-5m
– 2 Stainless steel Box-corers
– Sediment samplers (Van Veen, Smith McNtyre, Hydro-bios, e.t.c.)
– 10 Sediment Traps. System for settling particles in sea water column. (TECHNITRAP, FRANCE)
– 2 Drifting sediment traps (2 sets of 8 PVC cylinders mounted on an aluminium cross frame)
– 1 New 2000m long tow cable (Geoacoustics)
– LISST-HOLO2 holographic camera for field and in vitro visualization of suspended particles
– 1 SediGraph III PLUS particle size analyzer
– 1 Single beam bathymetry system Humminbird Helix 7
– 1 MultiBeam bathymetry system Wartilla ELAC 3030, at 26 kHz to 7000m depth (hull mounted R/V Aegaeo)
– 1 High resolution Multibeam bathymetry system Reson T50 at 200-400 kHz (hull mounted S/V Alcyone)
– 1 Side Scan Sonar Pulsar GeoAcoustics with selectable dual frequencies 550 kHz / 1 MHz
– 1 Sub-bottom profiler Sparker Applied Acoustics Dura Spark 400+
– 1 Inertial System (INS) Coda Octopus F 185 +
Ocean Observatories and Operational Oceanography
Fixed mooring stations
– 11 SeaWatch fixed mooring stations (manufactured by Fugro Oceanor)
– 5 WaveScan fixed mooring stations (manufactured by Fugro Oceanor)
Sensors
– 11 Wind Speed and Direction (Young 04106 JR-MA)
– 11 Air-pressure (Vaisala PTB220)
– 11 Air-temperature oceanor/omega 44004
– 8 GILL Combo Meteo stations
– 11 SST-SSS (Aanderaa 3919A, SBE37-SIP)
– 11 Current speed and direction (Aanderaa DCS 3900)
– 2 Relative humidity (Vaisala/HMP 45A)
– 2 Precipitation (R.M Young self-syphoning rain gauge)
– 2 Short wave radiation (Eppley/PSP)
– 2 Long wave radiation (Eppley PIR)
– 18 CTD SBE16plus
– 36 CTD SBE37
– 8 Chlorophyll-A Chelsea Instruments/Aquatracker III
– 10 Chrorophyll-A WetLabs (8flntus-rt)
– 4 Photosynthetically Active Radiation Licor LI-193
– 4 Multispectral radiometer Satlantic/ OCR 507
– 11 Dissolved oxygen, Aanderaa/Optode 4175 (5), SBE43 (4). SBE 63 Optode (2)
– 1 Hyperspectral Absorption and Attenuation Meter: Wetlabs ac-s
– 3 Passive Acoustic Sensors – PAL
– 2 Current profiler NORTEK Aquadopp
– 3 HydroC CO2 sensor (CONTROS)
Autonomous sea bed platforms
– 1 Deep Sea Platform: High-resolution pressure sensor (Paroscientific), Standard CTD sensors (SBE16, Temperature, Salinity, Pressure)
– 1 Deep Sea Platform:High-resolution pressure sensor (Paroscientific), CT sensor (SBE37SI, Temperature, Salinity), DO (Aanderaaoptode), Current profiler (Aanderaa SEAGUARD), CH4 & CO2 (CONTROS), pH (AWT), Turbidity (Aanderaa)
Cabled sea bed platform
– 1 cabled deep sea platform:CTD SBE 16 Plus V2, Oxygen Sensor SBE63, Chlorophyll and Turbidity Wetlabs FLNTU RTD, Pro Oceanus CO2 sensor PSI CO2-ProCV, AMT pH sensor, Paroscientific401K tsunami detection sensor, Guralp 40T seismometer, Bio acoustic sensor icListen HF, RDI Long Ranger ADCP 75kHz, INGV Vectorial Magnetometer, AGI Gravity Meter, SS120 pan tilt system, SS429 Color Camera, SS184 Lightingsystem
Argo profiles
– 25 Argo floats NOVA (Met-Ocean) deployed between 2015-2021 (8 with additional O2 sensors)
– 6 Arvor I (NKE) profilers
Gliders
– 1 SeaExplorerGlider (ALSEAMAR, France), Scientific Payload: Seabird GPCTD (pumped) integrated with Seabird Oxygen optode SBE43F, Operational depth: 700m.
– 1 SeaExplorerGlider (ALSEAMAR, France), Scientific Payload: Seabird GPCTD (pumped) integrated with Seabird Oxygen optode SBE43F, Operational depth: 1000m
– 1 SeaExplorerGlider (ALSEAMAR, France), Scientific Payload: Seabird GPCTD (pumped) integrated with Seabird Oxygen optode SBE43F, WetLabs/Seabird ECOPuck (Chlorophyll-A, Turbidity, DOM) Operational depth: 1000m
HF Radar
– 1 Surface currents monitoring system based on WERA HF Remote Sensing system (HelzelMesstechnik GmbH, Germany)
Ferry Box systems
– 4H-Jena: SBE 45 MicroTSGThermosalinograph (Temperature/Conductivity), Scufa II Turner (Fluorescence /Turbidity), Aanderaoptode 3835 (DO), Meinsberg electrode (pH), OceanPack pCO2 analyzer MK2 (pCO2)
– SubCTech: SBE 45 MicroTSGThermosalinograph (Temperature/Conductivity), Aanderaoptode 4835 (DO), SubCtech pH Sensor (pH), Wetlabs Combi Fluorometer and Turbidity ECOFLNTU, OceanPack pCO2 analyzer MK2 (pCO2)
Tide gauges
– 2 Tide gauges installed in Palaia Fokaia and Skopelos island: Radar Sea level sensor (OTT RLS), Gill Maximet-GMX600 meteorological station (atmospheric pressure, wind, air temperature, rainfall), Leica GM30 GNSS Reference station
Lab facilities
Calibration Lab
– 2 Deep Ocean Standards Thermometer SBE 35 – Temperature calibration (ITS-90), Range: -5 to +35 °C, Accuracy: 0.001 °C, Resolution: 0.000025 °C
– 1 AutoSal 8400B – Conductivity Ratio (Salinity) – Range: 0.005 to 42 ppt, Accuracy: 0.003 ppt, Resolution: 0.0002 ppt
Computing facilities
High Performance Computers
– 1 HPE Superdome Flex Server, 8 sockets, 192 cores Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @2.4GHz, 1536 GB RAM
– 1 HPC SGI-Altix UV2000, 18 nodes, 208 cores Intel Xeon E5-4650 @ 2.60GHz, 768 GB RAM,
Storage Facilities
– 1 SGI Infinite Storage 5000, 6 enclosures, 120 TB (nominal), 4x SAS interfaces.
– 1 NetApp SAN/NAS FAS8040 Enterprise Class Storage, 92 TB (nominal)