OCR 500 Multispectral Radiometer
The OCR-500 Series Radiometers are fully digital optical sensors that combine precision optics and high performance microelectronics. The radiometers may be operated as a stand-alone device or in a networked environment as part of a larger system. These units are available in four or seven channel discrete wavelengths. Choose channels from our standard stocked wavelengths.
Features:
- Irradiance and Radiance sensors for in-water and in-air applications
- Standard wavelengths from 400 - 865 nm
- Fully characterized cosine response
- Custom low fluorescence filters
- Networking capability
- Data logging and processing software included
- Fast sampling rate (7 - 24 Hz optional)
- Compatible with the Bioshutter anti-biofouling solution
Read the latest publications using Satlantic Multispectral Radiometers.
View data taken with Satlantic Mulitspectral Radiometers on the Boussole website.
Spatial Characteristics
| Field of view | In-air or in-water Cosine response (Spectrally corrected) |
| Collector Area Detectors | 86.0 mm2 Custom 17 mm2 Silicon photodiodes |
Electrical Characteristics
| Telemetry options | RS232, RS485 |
| Network options | SATNET |
| Input voltage | 6 to 22 VDC |
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SatView is a real-time interactive data logging and display application for use with Satlantic radiometers. SatView makes it easy to connect to your Satlantic instruments and view time series, spectral plots, and depth profiles while capturing data for subsequent conversion and post-processing.
SatView features include:
- Easy set up and configuration management
- Serial communications direct to instruments
- Real-time graphical display of incoming data
- Ancillary sensor integration
- Custom log file headers
- Surface pressure tare
- Support for profiling, in-situ and towing deployments
Download SatView 2.9.4
SatView 2.9 provides Windows 7 compatibility, improved PAR sensor support, wavelength range settings for spectral views, additional cast card fields for post-processing, and many more. Please refer to the release notes for a detailed list of recent improvements.
SatView-2.9.4-b2-x86.exe for Windows XP/Vista/7 SatCon is a software utility for converting raw binary data, as logged by SatView, into readable ASCII text suitable for import by third party applications such as spreadsheets or databases. Data can be extracted in calibrated physical units or raw binary counts. SatCon can be operated interactively through a user friendly graphical interface, or in batch mode as a background process.
For minimum system requirements, installation instructions, and new features, please refer to the release notes in the SatCon User Manual.
Download SatCon 1.5.5
SatCon-1.5.5-b2-x86.exe for Windows XP/Vista/7 ProSoft is an interactive graphical data processing and extraction application for Satlantic sensors. It is highly configurable with optional batch mode operation and a rich user interface. Supported data products include:
- Diffuse attenuation coefficient
- Solar utilities
- Photosynthetically available radiation
- Pigment modeling
- Energy fluxes
- Water leaving
- radiance
- Reflectance data products
- Normalized water leaving radiance
- Water properties
For minimum system requirements, installation instructions, and new features, please refer to the release notes and manual.
Download ProSoft 7.7.16
Prosoft 7.7.16 provides a number of key improvements including Windows 7 compatibility, corrected backscattering coefficient units, robust handling of corrupt timer data, HyperSAS IR camera integration, interruptable processing, and more. For a detailed list of recent fixes and features, please refer to the release notes.
ProSoft7.7.16_Setup.exe for Windows XP/Vista/7 
How do I return my Satlantic instrument for service?
Before returning your Satlantic product to us for service please contact our support team either by calling us or by filling out the Support Contact Form on the left menu of this page. Many times, we can troubleshoot problems remotely and pre-empt the need to send your equipment back to us.
If we determine that you do, indeed, need to return your equipment we will assign you an RMA (Return Materials Authorization) number and provide you with shipping instructions.
What are SIP files?
Files that are delivered with Satlantic and third party equipment to describe the sensors data output and calibration coefficients come in two types. Calibration files or *.cal files and telemetry definition format files or *.tdf files. In some cases, systems are created that network many sensors together and their combined data is provided in one serial output.
The simplest example is a HOCR sensor that generates both light and dark frames. A more complex example is a HPROII profiling system that may contain as many as 5 sensors and 7 individual calibration and tdf files. These files must be used to both collect and process the data.
This can become quite confusing to keep track of all these files so Satlantic developed SIP files. All CAL and TDF files required for a system are zipped using winzip and the extension changed from *.ZIP to *.SIP. The file name includes the system description (usually the network master serial number) and the creation date. This SIP file can then be used in place of individual files to collect and process data.
- Mignot, A, Claustre, H, D'Ortenzio, F, Xing, X, Poteau, A, Ras, J. (2011) From the shape of the vertical profile of in vivo fluorescence to Chlorophyll-a concentration. Biogeosciences Discuss., 8, 3697-3737 doi:10.5194/bg-8-2391-2011 Read Now
- Zibordi, G.; Berthon, J.F.; Melin, F.; & Alimonte, D.D. (2010) Cross-site consistent in situ measurments for satellite ocean color applications: The BiOMaP radiometeric dataset. Remote Sensing of Environment. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.013 Read Now
- Kowalczuk, P, Durako, M.J., Cooper, W.J., Wells, D, Souza, J.J. (2006) Comparison of radiometric quantities measured in water, above water and derived from seaWiFS imagery in the South Atlantic Bight, North Carolina, USA. Continental Shelf Research 26: 2433-53.
- Tzortziou M., J. Herman, C. Gallegos, P.Neale, A. (2006) Subramaniam, L. Harding, & Z. Ahmad, 2006. Bio-optics of the Chesapeake Bay from measurements and radiative transfer closure. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 68(2), 348-362
- Bergmann, T, Fahnenstiel, G, Lohrenz, S, Millie, D, Schofield, O. (2004) Impacts of recurrent resuspension event and variable phytoplankton community composition on remote sensing reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research doi:109: C10S15, DOI: 10.1029/2002JC001575.
- Berthon, J, Zibordi, G. (2004) Bio-optical relationships for the northern Adriatic Sea. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25: 1527-32
Bioshutter II
The Bioshutter II is an autonomous underwater shutter attachment designed for use with Satlantic radiometers. The primary purpose of the shutter is to prevent marine bio-fouling of the sensor optics in moored, time-series application. Copper, and copper-based alloys have long been known to have good resistance against bio fouling and have been used in a diverse variety of commercial applications. Scientists working at the University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Physics Lab under the auspices of the National Ocean Partnership Programs' (NOPP) Ocean System of Chemical, Optical, and Physcial Experiments (O-SCOPE) project developed an underwater shutter device for use with instruments such as Satlantic's OCR-500 and HyperOCR series instruments. The Satlantic Bioshutter II device builds upon the success of this instrument by combining an innovative copper shutter and an input power controlled motor drive assembly to ensure robust operation in harsh marine environments.
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