Our Surface Acquisition Systems (SAS) are designed for above-water measurements of ocean colour using Satlantic's multispectral or hyperspectral digital optical sensors. The system consists of two radiance sensors and one irradiance sensor. The main advantage of the MicroSAS system is it's small size and extremely fast sampling rate. Special adapters can also be mounted to the MicroSAS radiometer to narrow the field of view to a half angle of 1.5º to 0.75º. The HyperOCR SAS radiance sensors are designed with a narrow field of view compared to the in-water version and provide 136 channels of Li and Lt data.

The SAS can be mounted on a variety of vessels to provide continuous monitoring of ocean colour along the ship's track, on towers or other platforms to provide time series observations, or the system can be used for airborne remote sensing of ocean colour.


Applications:

• Estimate concentrations of dissolved organic matter, suspended sediments, and chlorophyll
• Bio-optical algorithm development and modelling
• Satellite calibration and validation
• Environmental monitoring
• Data products include water leaving irradiance, remote sensing reflectance, and energy fluxes

Features:

• Precision measurements of Li, Lt & Es
• Adjustable viewing angles from Nadir to Zenith
• Multiple radiometer options - multi, hyperspectral or combinations
• Full ancillary suite - tilts, sea-surface temperature, GPS
• Data logging and processing software included

Please contact our Sales Department for additional information.