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MetOcean - Polar Ocean Profiling System (POPS)
MetOcean designed the Polar Ocean Profiling System (POPS) for deployment on the Arctic ice cap. The POPS is an advanced-generation payload for ice platforms. The company"s experience with sensors, telemetry, and data acquisition have played a major role in the development of the POPS platform.
The MetOcean POPS platform provides meteorological and oceanographic sub-surface data, transmitted via Iridium telemetry. The system consists of six major elements: system controller, compact flash data logger, ice platform, meteorological sensors, data telemetry, and Global Positioning System. In addition, POPS includes a subsurface CTD vertical profiling system.
MetOcean’s CPU manages all data acquisition, processing, formatting, and messaging. The CPU has been adapted from the highly successful Iridium reporting drifting buoy family of products.
The illustration to the right shows a POPS platform using closed-cell Ionomer foam as the flotation collar. The system features a waterproof communication port for easy configuration and verification. The system power supply consists of D-size lithium cells for long-term deployment.
The subsurface system is mounted on a 0.156-inch-diameter oceanographic cable. The cable is interfaced to the platform using a strain relief. The inductive modem ground plane is located on the top plate of the platform. Signals are passed to the POPS Platform using a waterproof connector.