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RiverCAT System
The RiverCAT is SonTek's turnkey integrated river discharge measurement system. It comes complete with catamaran, GPS interface, and radio modem interface and uses a Mini-ADP along with SonTek’s RiverSurveyor package. The package includes a 10cm diameter transducer head, an integral compass/tilt sensor, external DGPS interface, and replaceable alkaline battery power. The reduced diameter head creates very little flow disturbance, making it ideal for measurements in shallow rivers.
The RiverCAT integrates the RiverSurveyor with a set of rugged 69cm aluminum pontoons into one package that is ideal for towed or tethered applications at flow speeds less than 1.5 m/s. This "Pack and Go" acoustic Doppler current profiler/discharge measurement system weighs less than 12 kg when assembled, and neatly fits into a portable hard-plastic case with wheels.
The RiverCat comes with two pontoon options:
- Rugged and compact aluminum hulls, two plastic pontoons for high flow applications
- The trimaran for added stability under adverse conditions.
Easily removable from the pontoons, the RiverCAT electronics can be used on alternative platforms of your choice. A seamless integrated DGPS system (optional) makes the RiverCAT a complete package for bathymetric surveying.
No other river profiler can match the features, flexibility, and performance this system offers. The RiverCAT can be tethered from a line and towed across the river (remote operation) or mounted directly to a boat (vessel-mount operation).
- 69cm aluminum catamaran (with case)
- Integrated, two-way, spread-spectrum radio modems
- Battery compartment with replaceable "C" cells (Mini only)
- Hard plastic shipping case with wheels
- Pressure sensor for transducer depth corrections (all configurations)
- Landmarks and navigation waypoints
- Summary reports
- Built-in recorder
- Four-beam transducer head (Standard system only)
- Tetherable OceanScience Trimaran (molded plastic) with battery power and radio telemetry (Standard system only)
- Integrated DGPS system via ADP electronics
- 1m molded plastic OceanScience Catamaran hull