Instruments

Instrument Namesort descending Acronym Description
Force sensor

Instrument that measures forces such as dynamic and quasistatic tensile and compression forces.  Units commonly as Newtons (N).


PI-supplied names:
Kistler 5995 charge amplifier and Kistler 9207 force sensor;
Kinlan orce sensor 9203
Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer FTICR MS

In Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry, the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of an ion is experimentally determined by measuring the frequency at which the ion processes in a magnetic field. These frequencies, which are typically in the 100 KHz to MHz regime, can be measured with modern electronics making it possible to determine the mass of an ion to within +/- 0.000005 amu or 5 ppm.


PI-supplied names:
Bruker Daltonics 12 T Apex Qe FTICR;
FT-ICR MS (Bruker Daltonics);
FT-ICR MS;
more…

Tesla Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer;
12 Tesla Bruker Solarix Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer
Fukui fish trap

Fukui produces multi-species, multi-purpose collapsible or stackable fish traps, available in different sizes.


PI-supplied names:
folding Fukui fish traps;
Fukui fish traps
furnace

An enclosed chamber designed to produce heat.


PI-supplied names:
tube furnace;
combustion furnace;
reduction furnace
fyke net fyke

shore fishing gear


PI-supplied names:
Gamma Ray Spectrometer

Instruments measuring the relative levels of electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths in the gamma-ray waveband.


PI-supplied names:
Canberra model GL2020RS low energy Germanium (LeGe) planar detector;
Ortec low background gamma detector;
Ortec IG detector;
more…

Gamma-spectrometry;
Canberra ultrahigh purity germanium well gamma detector;
Canberra ultrahigh purity germanium well gamma detector Model GCW3024;
Canberra ultra-highpurity germanium well-type detector;
Canberra ultrahigh purity germanium well detector;
gamma spectroscopy;
germanium gamma detector;
low background gas-flow proportional detector with anticoincidence circuitry (G542 System, Gamma Products);
Canberra Germanium Well Detectors GCW3523 and GCW4023;
Canberra germanium detectors;
high purity germanium (HPGe) gamma detector;
Gamma Spectrometer, ORTEC;
Well Germanium Crystal Gamma Ray Detector (WeGe);
High purity germanium (HPGe) gamma detector;
high purity germanium (HPGe) gamma detectors;
well-type gamma spectrometer
Gas Analyzer Gas Analyzer

Gas Analyzers - Instruments for determining the qualitative and quantitative composition of gas mixtures.


PI-supplied names:
Licor LI-700 CO2 detector;
Qubit S151 infrared analyzer;
infrared gas analyzer;
more…

infrared gas analyser;
Gas Analyzer;
non-dispersive infra-red (NDIR) gas analyzer;
gas chromatograph;
ThermoScientific PreCon concentration system;
chemoluminescence gas analyzer;
infrared gas detector;
ThermoFinnigan GasBench + PreCon trace gas concentration system;
Unisense multimeter analyzer;
Sievers 280i Nitric Oxide Analyzer;
Teledyne API Model 200EU Chemiluminescence NO/NOx/NOX analyzer;
Thermo 49C (ozone); Thermo 48 (CO); Thermo 42C (NO, NOx);
Thermo 42i NOx analyzer;
pCO2 analyzer;
nondispersive infrared CO2 detector;
Li‐Cor non‐dispersive IR gas analyzer
Gas Chromatograph Gas Chromatograph

Instrument separating gases, volatile substances, or substances dissolved in a volatile solvent by transporting an inert gas through a column packed with a sorbent to a detector for assay. (from SeaDataNet, BODC)


PI-supplied names:
Gas Chromatograph;
gas chromatograph;
Hewlett Packard 5890;
more…

SRI 310 Gas Chromatograph (GC);
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Gas chromatograph;
gas chromatography/photoionization detector;
gas chromatograph with electron capture detector (GC-ECD);
gas chromatography ;
Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph equipped with a Chromosil 330 column and a flame photometric detector for quantification;
Agilent 7890 gas chromatograph;
gas chromatograph (Trace GC);
Shimadzu GC-14A gas chromatograph;
Shimadzu gas chromatograph GC-8a;
Gas chromatography;
Trace GC gas chromatograph, GC 1310 gas chromatograph;
Shimadzu GC2014-with Flame Photometric Detector;
Thermo Trace GC Ultra;
Agilent DB-5 column ;
Agilent 7890A Gas Chromatograph with electron capture detector;
Trace GC, interfaced via a ConFlo III and GCC device;
Thermo Trace GOLD GC;
Thermo 1310 gas chromatograph;
Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph set with a Phenomenex ZB-WAX plus capillary column;
Agilent 6890 capillary GC;
Agilent 7890B GC with a Poropak Column;
Shimadzu gas chromatograph GC-8a (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments);
Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph;
gas chromatograph (GC) Agilent 7890A ;
Agilent 6890N GC/5975 MS;
SRI 8610C Gas chromatograph;
Agilent 6850 gas chromatograph;
Hewlett-Packard 6890 GC;
Shimadzu Model GC-8A gas chromatograph;
Shimadzu GC-14B Gas Chromatograph;
GC 1310;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Plus IRMS;
Thermo Finnigan GC-C III;
Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph;
Agilent 7980A;
Carle 211AC gas chromatograph;
HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph;
6890N GC (Agilent);
Trace GC Ultra (Thermo);
Agilent 7890A Gas Chromatograph;
SRI Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Gas Chromatograph;
GC-2014 gas chromatograph;
RI Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Gas Chromatograph;
Agilent Technologies 7890A Gas Chromatography system (Agilent Technologies);
Tosoh Bioscience 5-µm particle size TSKgel G3000SWxl size exclusion column;
Shipboard gas chromatography-electron capture detection;
Gas Chromatograph (GC) Hewlett Packard 5890 ;
GC-MS; Agilent 7890A + 5975B;
Shimadzu Instruments GC-2014 Gas Chromatograph with FID Detector and Methanizer;
SRI Instruments 8610C Gas Chromatograph with FID Detector;
custom-built purge and trap gas chromatography with electron capture detection;
Agilent 6890 gas chromatograph and an Hewlett Packard 5890 gas chromatograph with an FID detector;
gas chromatograph flame ionization detector (GC-FID);
gas chromatography;
Shimadzu Instruments GC-2014;
SRI Instruments 8610C;
Shimadzu GC-2014;
Gas chromatograph GC-8a (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, Maryland),;
Agilent 6850 GC-FID;
Gas Chromatography;
SRI 8610C gas chromatograph;
Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector;
Shimadzu GC-14A;
Thermo Fisher Scientific Trace 1310 Gas Chromatograph;
HACH Carle Series 100 AGC Gas Chromatograph;
Thermo Trace Ultra;
Thermo Trace Ultra gas chromatograph (GC);
Ultimate 3000 RSLCnano;
Thermo Trace 1310 gas chromatograph (GC) ;
Thermo Trace GC 1310 gas chromatograph;
Shimadzu GC-FID 8A;
GC-ECD (Shimazu GC-14A gas chromatography-electron capture detector);
Thermo Trace GC gas chromatograph;
Thermo Delta V gas chromatograph isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC-IRMS) ;
trace gas chromatograph (GC);
3 m gas chromatography (GC) column
Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer

Instruments separating gases, volatile substances or substances dissolved in a volatile solvent by transporting an inert gas through a column packed with a sorbent to a detector for assay by a mass spectrometer.


PI-supplied names:
Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific Trace 1310 Gas Chromatograph-IsolinkII-Delta V Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer ;
GC-MS, Shimadzu QP2010 plus;
more…

Thermo Delta V gas chromatograph isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC-IRMS);
Delta V Advantage continuous flow gas chromatograph isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA);
Delta V Advantage and MAT253 continuous flow gas chromatograph isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA);
isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA);
Shimadzu QP2010S;
Shimadzu GCMS-QP2010 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer;
GC/C/IRMS;
Agilent 6890 Series gas chromatograph coupled to a 5973 Mass Selection Detector (GC-MS);
GC-MS,GC-IRMS
Gel Permeation Chromatograph GPC

Instruments that separate components in aqueous or organic solution based on molecular size generally for molecular weight determination. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is a type of size exclusion chromatography (SEC), that separates analytes on the basis of size.


PI-supplied names:
Shimadzu liquid chromatography system;
Gene Analyzer

An automated analyzer designed for a wide range of sequencing and fragment analysis applications with the ability to perform comparative sequencing, linkage analysis, STR analysis, SNP detection, discovery and validation, mutation detection, and many other applications.


PI-supplied names:
AB 3500 Applied Biosystems Gene Analyzer
Generator

A generator is an engine designed to produce electricity or a device designed to produce a vapor or gas.


PI-supplied names:
HP 33120 A function generator
GeoFish Towed near-Surface Sampler GeoFish

The GeoFish towed sampler is a custom designed near surface (<2m) sampling system for the collection of trace metal clean seawater. It consists of a PVC encapsulated lead weighted torpedo and separate PVC depressor vane supporting the intake utilizing all PFA Teflon tubing connected to a deck mounted, air-driven, PFA Teflon dual-diaphragm pump which provides trace-metal clean seawater at up to 3.7L/min. The GeoFish is towed at up to 13kts off to the side of the vessel outside of the ship's wake to avoid possible contamination from the ship's hull. It was developed by Geoffrey Smith and Ken Bruland (University of California, Santa Cruz).


PI-supplied names:
GeoFish;
UCSC designed "GeoFish" towed sampling system ;
;
more…

surface towfish ;
GEOFish;
FISH;
Fish;
Towed fish;
GeoFish Sampler;
Geofish;
Towfish;
trace metal clean towfish;
surface "fish" sampler;
Super-GeoFISH towed surface vehicle;
tow fish;
towed fish;
towfish;
PVC towfish;
towed pumping system
GeoMICROBE GeoMICROBE

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program borehole CORK (Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit) observatories provide long-term access to hydrothermal fluids circulating within the basaltic crust (basement), providing invaluable opportunities to study the deep biosphere. We describe the design and application parameters of the GeoMICROBE instrumented sled, an autonomous sensor and fluid sampling system. The GeoMICROBE system couples with CORK fluid delivery lines to draw large volumes of fluids from crustal aquifers to the seafloor. These fluids pass a series of in-line sensors and an in situ filtration and collection system. GeoMICROBE’s major components include a primary valve manifold system, a positive displacement primary pump, sensors (e.g., fluid flow rate, temperature, dissolved O2, electrochemistry-voltammetry analyzer), a 48-port in situ filtration and fluid collection system, computerized controller, seven 24 V-40 A batteries and wet-mateable (ODI) communications with submersibles. This constantly evolving system has been successfully connected to IODP Hole 1301A on the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. 

Reference: Cowen, J.P., Copson, D., Jolly, J., Hsieh, C.-C., Matsumoto, R., Glazer, B.T. et al. (2012) Advanced instrument system for real-time and time-series microbial geochemical sampling of the deep (basaltic) crustal biosphere., Deep-Sea Research I, 61: 43-56 doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.11.004


PI-supplied names:
GeoMICROBE;
GeoMICROBE sled
Gerard barrel

A barrel used to collect water samples in oceanography. It holds 250 liters of sea water.


PI-supplied names:
Germanium detector

Germanium detectors are semiconductor diodes having a p-i-n structure in which the intrinsic (i) region is sensitive to ionizing radiation, particularly x rays and gamma rays. Under reverse bias, an electric field extends across the intrinsic or depleted region. When photons interact with the material within the depleted volume of a detector, charge carriers (holes and electrons) are produced and are swept by the electric field to the p and n electrodes. This charge, which is in proportion to the energy deposited in the detector by the incoming photon, is converted into a voltage pulse by an integral charge sensitive preamplifier. Germanium detectors are mostly used for gamma spectroscopy in nuclear physics, as well as x-ray spectroscopy.


PI-supplied names:
Canberra Intrinsic High Purity Germanium Well Detectors
Gillnet Gillnet

Gillnetting uses curtains of netting that are suspended by a system of floats and weights; they can be anchored to the sea floor or allowed to float at the surface. A gillnet catches fish by their gills because the twine of the netting is very thin, and either the fish does not see the net or the net is set so that it traps the fish.


PI-supplied names:
Gillnet
Global Positioning System Receiver GPS

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S. space-based radionavigation system that provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to civilian users on a continuous worldwide basis. The U.S. Air Force develops, maintains, and operates the space and control segments of the NAVSTAR GPS transmitter system. Ships use a variety of receivers (e.g. Trimble and Ashtech) to interpret the GPS signal and determine accurate latitude and longitude.


PI-supplied names:
Global Positioning System;
Global Positioning System Receiver;
Global Positioning System Receivers;
more…

R/V Thomas G. Thompson Navigation System;
GPS;
Trimble GPS - PCODE;
YSi Castaway CTD;
YSI Castaway CTD;
GPS receiver;
;
Garmin global positioning system (GPS MAP 546S);
Garmin GPSMap 60x GPS;
hand-held GPS;
Garmin GPS MAP 546S;
Garmin eTrex handheld GPS;
Garmin eTrex handheld GPS unit;
handheld GPS
GM multicounter

A gas flow multicounter  (GM multicounter) is used for counting low-level beta doses.  GM multicounters can be used for gas proportional counting of 32Si to 32P.  For more information about GM multicounter usage see Krause et. al. 2011 .


PI-supplied names:
GM Multicounter;
GM 25-5 multicounter;
GM 25 Multicounters (Risø National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark);
more…

low-background RISO beta multi-counter;
Riso low-level GM beta multi-counter
GO-FLO Bottle GO-FLO

GO-FLO bottle cast used to collect water samples for pigment, nutrient, plankton, etc. The GO-FLO sampling bottle is specially designed to avoid sample contamination at the surface, internal spring contamination, loss of sample on deck (internal seals), and exchange of water from different depths.


PI-supplied names:
Go-flo Bottle;
GO-FLO Bottle;
GO-FLO;
more…

GO-Flo bottle;
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Go-Flo Bottles;
GEOTRACES GO-FLO Rosette;
GoFlo bottle;
Go-flo bottle;
Go-Flo bottles;
GEOTRACES carousel;
GEOTRACES Carousel/GO-FLO bottles;
Go-Flo samplers;
Go-Flo bottle;
GO-FLO bottles;
12L GoFlo bottles;
12L GoFlo;
Teflon-lined GO-FLO bottles (General Oceanics);
GoFlo rosette;
Go-Flo sampling bottles
GO-FLO Teflon Trace Metal Bottle GO-FLO Teflon TM

GO-FLO Teflon-lined Trace Metal free sampling bottles are used for collecting water samples for trace metal, nutrient and pigment analysis. The GO-FLO sampling bottle is designed specifically to avoid sample contamination at the surface, internal spring contamination, loss of sample on deck (internal seals), and exchange of water from different depths.


PI-supplied names:
Trace Metal GoFlo;
GO-FLO Teflon Trace Metal;
;
more…

Teflon-coated GO-FLO bottles;
Go-Flo;
Bottle;
Teflon-coated GO-Flo Bottle;
24 modified 12-L Teflon-coated GO-FLO samplers (General Oceanics) ;
12 L Teflon-lined GO-FLO samplers;
GO-FLO;
Teflon-coated GO-FLO;
GT-C rosette;
trace metal clean rosette (GT-C rosette);
GO-FLO Teflon Trace Metal Bottle;
GT-C/12L GoFlo;
Go-Flo bottles;
Teflon-coated GO-Flo bottles (General Oceanics);
GO-FLO bottles (General Oceanics);
trace-metal clean rosette;
Trace-metal clean sampling system;
Teflon-coated 12 L GO-FLO bottles (Model 10812 T, General Oceanics)
GPS receiver

Acquires satellite signals and tracks your location.

This term has been deprecated. Use instead: https://www.bco-dmo.org/instrument/560


PI-supplied names:
Garmin GPS 76CSX;
Trimble 5800 GPS receiver;
;
more…

Simrad GPS;
Garmin etrex 20;
Garmin eTrex GPS unit;
GPSMAP 76Cx (Garmin);
GPS;
12 channel GPS receiver;
Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx unit;
Garmin C60X GPS;
gnss;
Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx handheld GPS unit;
Garmin 72H handheld unit (Garmin International, Olathe, Kansas, USA);
Hand-held Garmin GPSmap 78;
Garmin GSP 78;
Trimble R6 GPS
Gravity Corer Gravity Corer

The gravity corer allows researchers to sample sediment layers at the bottom of lakes or oceans. The coring device is deployed from the ship and gravity carries it to the seafloor. (http://www.whoi.edu/instruments/viewInstrument.do?id=1079).


PI-supplied names:
Gravity Corer;
Universal corer;
Gravity Core;
more…

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gravity core;
monocorer;
Mono-corer;
Kasten corer;
gravity corer (Uwitec)
Greene Bomber Greene Bomber

The Greene Bomber is a ENDECO V-fin towed body with overall dimensions of length: 139.7 cm; width at front: 66 cm; width at rear: 142.2 cm; height: 48.26 cm. It is constructed primarily of fiberglass. Since the early 1990's it has been towed just below the sea surface with acoustic and environmental sensors to provide continuous profiles of the water column acoustic backscattering and target strengths from zooplankton with a size range of ~ 1.5 mm to 100 mm, and sea surface environmental properties (temperature, salinity, and fluorescence). It was first used with a BioSonics dual-beam acoustic system operating at 420 kHz and 1 MHz or 120 and 420 kHz. The environmental sensing system (ESS) was the ESS used on MOCNESS. In 1997 the acoustics were changed to a HTI acousitic system with 120 and 420 kHz transducers. In 2010, two additional HTI transducers (43 and 200 kHz) were added. For additional detail see:

Wiebe, P. and C. Greene. 1994. The use of high frequency acoustics in the study of zooplankton spatial and temporal patterns. Proc. NIPR Symp. Polar Biol. 7: 133-157.

Wiebe, P.H., D. Mountain, T.K. Stanton, C. Greene, G. Lough, S. Kaartvedt, J. Dawson, and N. Copley. 1996. Acoustical study of the spatial distribution of plankton on Georges Bank and the relation of volume backscattering strength to the taxonomic composition of the plankton. Deep-Sea Research II. 43: 1971-2001.

Wiebe, PH; Stanton, T K; Benfield, M C; Mountain, D G; Greene, CH. 1997. High-frequency acoustic volume backscattering in the Georges Bank coastal region and its interpretation using scattering models. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering22(3): 445-464.


PI-supplied names:
Greene Bomber;
Grooved PVC half-pipe substrate

An artificial colonization substrate (or "settlment plate") made from PVC pipe cut length-wise and engraved with lines to roughen its surface. It is used to determine the extent of colonization and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment.


PI-supplied names:
Grooved PVC settlement plate

An artificial colonization substrate made of a sheet of PVC with engraved lines to roughen its surface. It is used to determine the extent of colonization and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment.


PI-supplied names:
PVC settlement panels;
Artificial settlement panels
Guildline 8410A Portasal Guildline 8410A Portasal

Portasal Salinometer 8410A

Guildline 8410A Portasal is a truly portable, high precision instrument from the world leader in salinometers. The Portasal will deliver salinity calculations on-board ship with laboratory level accuracy. It measures accurate conductivity ratios and displays calculated salinity directly as well as measured parameters.

http://www.osil.co.uk/Products/Ignore/tabid/56/agentType/View/PropertyID/68/Default.aspx


PI-supplied names:
Guildline 8410A Portasal
Gyro Gyro

Compass with a motorized gyroscope that tracks true north (heading).


PI-supplied names:
gyro;
Gyro;
Vehicle Gyro
HADAL-Lander HADAL-Lander

The HADAL-Lander is a free-falling baited lander composed of two major components; the scientific payload and delivery system.

HADAL-Lander A

HADAL-Lander-B


PI-supplied names:
HADAL-Lander;
Hadal Lander
Hand Net Hand Net

A hand net (also called a scoop net or dip net) is a net or mesh basket held open by a hoop. They are used for scooping fish near the surface of the water.


PI-supplied names:
dipnet;
hand net;
large mesh hand nets;
more…

hand nets ;
Hand-held plankton net Hand-net

A Hand-held plankton net is a fine-meshed net designed for sampling microzooplankton, mesozooplankton or nekton.


PI-supplied names:
Hand-net;
handheld 130 μm net
Handline and Jig Handline and Jig

Handline fishing, or handlining, is a fishing technique where a single fishing line is held in the hands. A handline is a relatively large diameter line that can be pulled by hand, and it has a jig attached at the end. Handlines are frequently used for catching fish or squid that are schooling near the surface, thus a long haul by hand is not necessary.


PI-supplied names:
handlines and jigs
Heated Membrane Desolvator HMD

Membrane desolvation module that reduces solvent derived polyatomic interferences in the ICPMS mass spectrum. Both aqueous and organic solutions can be desolvated.


PI-supplied names:
APEX/SPIRO Desolvator
Hemocytometer Hemocytometer

A hemocytometer is a small glass chamber, resembling a thick microscope slide, used for determining the number of cells per unit volume of a suspension. Originally used for performing blood cell counts, a hemocytometer can be used to count a variety of cell types in the laboratory. Also spelled as "haemocytometer". Description from:
http://hlsweb.dmu.ac.uk/ahs/elearning/RITA/Haem1/Haem1.html.


PI-supplied names:
Hemocytometer;
Sedgwick-Rafter Cell S50;
Improved Neubauer hemocytometer;
more…

hemocytometer;
phase hemocytometer (Hausser Scientific, Horsham, USA);
Reichert Brightline hemocytometer;
haemocytometer;
Improved Neubauer Haemocytometer;
Neubauer hemocytometer;
;
Marienfeld Superior Neubauer Improved Chamber;
Hausser Scientific Bright-Line Counting Chamber;
AO Spencer Bright Line Improved Neubauer haemocytometer
Hensen Net Hensen Net

The Hensen Net was invented by Christian Andreas Victor Hensen (February 10, 1835 - April 5, 1924) who was a German researcher considered by many to be the 'father' of Biological Oceanography. Hensen is credited with first using the term 'plankton', and the Hensen Net is one of several sampling devices he invented to help with sample collection. The Hensen Net has a 'reducing cone' forward of the net mouth, a simple closure system and a cod end collection device.

References:
Hensen, V., 1887. Uber die Bestimmung des Planktons oder des im Meere treibenden Materials an Pflanzen und Thieren. Berichte der Kommssion wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel 5, pp. 1-107.

Hensen, V., 1895. Methodik der untersuchungen. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung, Lipsius and Tischer, Kiel.


PI-supplied names:
Hensen Net
Hewlett Packard 5890 Series II gas chromatograph HP 5890 Series II GC

A gas chromatograph that separates and analyses compounds that do not degrade or decompose in the gas phase. The sample is dissolved in a solvent and vaporised in the instrument. A chemically inert gas, (e.g. helium or nitrogen) carries the vaporised analyte through a stationary phase which is coated inside the capillary column that is maintained at an elevated temperature. The analyte mixture separates on the stationary phase leading to chromatographic separation of the molecules. The HP 5890 Series II is completely customisable depending on the application, with choices of inlets, columns, detectors, sampling systems, flow and pressure control components. Optional detectors include Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Nitrogen-Phosphorus Detector (NPD), Electron Capture Detector (ECD), Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD), Photoionisation Detector (PID), Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) and mass spectrometer. The instrument was originally manufactured by Hewlett Packard (HP), but part of this business was sold to Agilent Technologies in 1999. This model is no longer in production.


PI-supplied names:
Hewlett Packard (HP) 5890 Series II gas chromatograph;
HP 5890 Series II Gas Chromatograph
High Frequency Radar HFR

High (5-50 MHz) frequency radar transmits electromagnetic waves and records the backscattered signal. Oceanographic usage includes sea surface radar in which the backscattered signals are analyzed to obtain surface current and wave parameters.


PI-supplied names:
High Frequency Radar (CODAR Ocean Sensors SeaSonde HFR);
High Frequency Radar
High-Performance Computing Cluster HPC

"High-Performance Computing" (HPC) refers to a class of evolving technologies that provide leading-edge computational capabilities, including scalable high-performance computers, high-end graphic systems, and high-speed networks. HPC may be used for molecular modeling, genome analysis, and image processing, among others.


PI-supplied names:
Northeastern's High Performance Computing Cluster;
NCAR Cheyenne supercomputer
High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph HPLC

A High-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) is a type of liquid chromatography used to separate compounds that are dissolved in solution. HPLC instruments consist of a reservoir of the mobile phase, a pump, an injector, a separation column, and a detector. Compounds are separated by high pressure pumping of the sample mixture onto a column packed with microspheres coated with the stationary phase. The different components in the mixture pass through the column at different rates due to differences in their partitioning behavior between the mobile liquid phase and the stationary phase.


PI-supplied names:
High Performance Liquid Chromatography;
High Performance Liquid Chromatograph;
HPLC;
more…

PAD-HPLC;
Thermo Accela High Speed Liquid Chromatography system;
Paradigm MS4 HPLC ;
;
HPLC (Agilent 1100) and UPLC Waters Acquity;
Michrom Advance nanoflow LC and autosampler;
high-performance liquid chromatography;
Temperature-controlled autosampler (Shimadzu SIL10-A vp) with a 500 µl injection loop;
Photodiode array detector (PDA, Shimadzu SPD-M10A vp; 200 to 800 nm range);
Shimadzu HPLC ;
Waters Acquity UPLC quaternary solvent manager system fitted with a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column;
HPLC system;
Agilent RR1200;
1100 HPLC system (Agilent);
Agilent 1100;
Shimadzu Prominence high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system;
Agilent RR1200 HPLC;
ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC);
Agilent 1200;
Agilent 1100 series HPLC;
Michrom BioResources, Inc. HPLC system;
High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) Agilent 1100;
HPLC system with Hitachi fluorescence detec;
Dionex ICS 5000+;
Vanquish UHPLC system (Thermo Fisher Scientific);
Shimadzu HPLC system;
Shimadzu HPLC system ;
Dionex Ultimate nanoLC system;
Agilent 1100 HPLC system;
HPLC system (Waters, Milford, MA);
Shimadzu Prominence ;
Dionex Ultimate 3000;
Dionex nano-HPLC;
nano-HPLC;
Dionex Ultimate 3000 HPLC;
Beckman Model 332 gradient liquid chromatograph;
Agilent 1200 series HPLC with G1315B diode array detector;
Aligent 1200 Series Gradient HPLC System;
Shimadzu high performance liquid chromatography ;
Agilent 1100 series with diode array detector;
Prominence UFLC system (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan);
Prominence UFLC system (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) ;
High-performance liquid chromatography (Shimadzu)
high-speed camera

A high-speed imaging camera is capable of recording rapid phenomena with high-frame rates. After recording, the images stored on the medium can be played back in slow motion. The functionality in a high-speed imaging device results from the frame rate, or the number of individual stills recorded in the period of one second (fps). Common video cameras will typically record about 24 to 40 fps, yet even low-end high-speed cameras will record 1,000 fps.


PI-supplied names:
high-speed video camera;
Photron FASTCAM Mini AX50;
Edgertronic high-speed camera;
more…

Photron FastCam Mini Ux100;
FASTCAM Mini AX200, Photron
Homogenizer Homogenizer

A homogenizer is a piece of laboratory equipment used for the homogenization of various types of material, such as tissue, plant, food, soil, and many others.


PI-supplied names:
Homogenizer ;
;
PowerLyzer 24 Bench-Top Bead-Based Homogenizer;
more…

Retsch Mixer Mill 200;
tissue homogenizer;
FastPrep 24 5-G homogenizer (MP Biomedicals);
Sonics Materials Ultrasonic Processor (model - VCX 130);
mortar and pestle and/or a Wig-L-Bug device;
SPEX Sample Prep 8000M Mixer/Mill;
Fastprep-24 Tissue and Cell Homogenizer (MP Biomedicals, Solon, OH);
Diax 900, Heidolph Instruments;
handheld homogenizer (Diax 900, Heidolph Instruments);
MicroDisTec homogenizer 125 (Thermo Fisher Scientific);
agate pestle and mortar or a Wig-L-Bug grinding mill;
mortar and pestle;
Retsch Mixer Mill 400;
PRO Scientific Bio-Gen PRO200 Homogenizer;
2-ml glass Dounce homogenizer;
Tissue Tearor (BioSpec Products);
SPEX Sample Prep ball mill
Hook and line Hook and line

A type of fishing methodology sometimes used to collect fish census data. It is a hook at the end of a line.


PI-supplied names:
Hook and line
HOV Alvin

Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) Alvin is part of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF). Alvin enables in-situ data collection and observation by two scientists to depths reaching 6,500 meters, during dives lasting up to ten hours.

Commissioned in 1964 as one of the world’s first deep-ocean submersibles, Alvin has remained state-of-the-art as a result of numerous overhauls and upgrades made over its lifetime. The most recent upgrades, begun in 2011 and completed in 2021, saw the installation of a new, larger personnel sphere with a more ergonomic interior; improved visibility and overlapping fields of view; longer bottoms times; new lighting and high-definition imaging systems; improved sensors, data acquisition and download speed.  It also doubled the science basket payload, and improved the command-and-control system allowing greater speed, range and maneuverability.

With seven reversible thrusters, it can hover in the water, maneuver over rugged topography, or rest on the sea floor.  It can collect data throughout the water column, produce a variety of maps and perform photographic surveys.  Alvin also has two robotic arms that can manipulate instruments, obtain samples, and its basket can be reconfigured daily based on the needs of the upcoming dive.

Alvin's depth rating of 6,500m gives researchers in-person access to 99% of the ocean floor.  Alvin is a proven and reliable platform capable of diving for up to 30 days in a row before requiring a single scheduled maintenance day.  Recent collaborations with autonomous vehicles such as Sentry have proven extremely beneficial, allowing PIs to visit promising sites to collect samples and data in person within hours of their being discovered, and UNOLs driven technological advances have improved the ability for scientific outreach and collaboration via telepresence

Alvin is named for Allyn Vine, a WHOI engineer and geophysicist who helped pioneer deep submergence research and technology.

(from https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/, accessed 2022-09-09)


PI-supplied names:
HOV Alvin;
Alvin dives 4562-4574
HROV Nereus HROV Nereus

Nereus is an efficient, multi-purpose “hybrid” vehicle that can explore and operate in the crushing pressures of the greatest ocean depths. An unmanned vehicle, Nereus operates in two complementary modes. It can swim freely as an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to survey large areas of the depths, map the seafloor, and give scientists a broad overview. When Nereus locates something interesting, the vehicle’s support team can bring the vehicle back on board the ship and transforms it into a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) tethered to the ship via a micro-thin, fiber-optic cable. Through this tether, Nereus can transmit high-quality, real-time video images and receive commands from skilled pilots on the ship to collect samples or conduct experiments with a manipulator arm.

Technical specifications:

  • Weight on land: 2,800 kg
  • Payload capacity: 25 kg
  • Maximum speed: 3 knots
  • Batteries: rechargable lithium ion, 15 kilowatt hours in two pressure housings
  • Thrusters: 2 fore and aft, 2 vertical, 1 lateral (ROV mode) 2 fore and aft, 1 vertical (AUV mode)
  • Lights: variable output LED array, strobes
  • Manipulator arm: Kraft TeleRobotics 7-function hydraulic manipulator
  • Sonar: scanning sonar, forward look and profile, 675 KHz
  • Sensors: magnetometer, CTD (to measure conductivity, temperature, and depth)

Nereus supports a variety of science operations: Push coring, measuring heat flow, geotechnical and geochemical sensing, rock sampling and drilling, biological sampling, water sampling, high resolution acoustic bathymetry, and optical still and video imagery.

More information is available from the operator site at URL.


PI-supplied names:
Hydroacoustic Technology Incorporated echosounder HTI

The Hydroacoustic Technology Inc. (HTI) multi-frequency system is a towed digital split-beam/single-beam hydroacoustic system designed specifically to assess the abundance and distribution of fish and plankton. Digital signal processing hardware is combined with a MS Windows2000/XP -based user interface to produce results in real time. (http://www.htisonar.com/multi_frequency_echo_sounder.htm)


PI-supplied names:
hydrogen generator

A gas generator that generates hydrogen gas.


PI-supplied names:
VWR hydrogen generator (model H2PEM-165)
HydroLab DataSonde

Hydrolab DataSonde Multiparameter Probes have sensors for temperature, conductivity, salinity, specific conductance, TDS, pH, ORP, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll a, blue-green algae, Rhodamine WT, ammonium, nitrate, chloride, ambient light (PAR), and total dissolved gas.


PI-supplied names:
HydroLab Datasonde 4 Multiprobe;
Hydrolab Data Sonde 3;
Hydrolab DataSondes
Hydrolab Series 5 probes HydroLab DS5

Multi-parameter probes that can measure from 12 (MS5) to 16 (DS5 and DS5X) parameters simultaneously. Measurements include temperature, depth, conductivity, salinity, specific conductance, TDS, pH, ORP, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll a, blue-green algae, Rhodamine WT, ammonium, nitrate, chloride, PAR and total dissolved gases. These probes can be deployed at depths up to 200 m and can be used in continuous monitoring programs.


PI-supplied names:
HydroLab DS5;
Hydrolab DS5;
Hydrolab DS5X sondes ;
more…

Hydrolab DS5x DataSonde
Hydrophone

A hydrophone is a microphone designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sound. Most hydrophones are based on a piezoelectric transducer that generates electricity when subjected to a pressure change.


PI-supplied names:
;
Ocean Instruments New Zealand;
SoundTrap ST300;
more…

SoundTrap 300 STD Compact recorders
Hydrothermal Organic Geochemistry Sampler HOG sampler

The Hydrothermal Organic Geochemistry (HOG) sampler is designed to collect large volume (2–9 L) fluid samples with minimal introduction of organic or microbial contamination, and to be powered and deployed in real time from a submersible. Additional design constraints include utilizing materials appropriate for sampling fluids with elevated temperatures, fitting the sampler into the space available on the submersible, and minimizing the time needed to remove samples and prepare the sampler for re-deployment between dives. 


PI-supplied names:
HOG (hydrothermal organic geochemistry) sampler
Hygrometer Hygrometer

Hygrometers are used for measuring relative humidity. This term is used when details of the make, model number and measurement principle are not known.


PI-supplied names:
Hygrometer;
Vaisala HMP45
Hyperspectral Radiometer TriOS ACC TriOS ACC

TriOS ACC Hyperspectral Radiometer Sensor


PI-supplied names:
Hyperspectral Radiometer TriOS ACC
Hyperspectral Radiometer TriOS ARC TriOS ARC

TriOS ARC Hyperspectral Radiometer Sensor


PI-supplied names:
Hyperspectral Radiometer TriOS ARC
Ice Corer Ice Corer

An ice corer is used to drill into deep ice and remove long cylinders of ice from which information about the past and present can be inferred. Polar ice cores contain a record of the past atmosphere - temperature, precipitation, gas content, chemical composition, and other properties. This can reveal a broad spectrum of information on past environmental, and particularly climatic, changes. They can also be used to study bacteria and chlorophyll production in the waters from which the ice core was extracted.


PI-supplied names:
IceCoring;
Ice Corer;
;
more…

trace metal clean corer;
TM-clean corer and Kovaks corer;
titanium trace metal coring system;
Polypropylene/titanium trace metal coring system;
various types of corers;
Kovacs Mark II 9 cm diameter ice corer
Ice Profiling Sonar Ice Profiler

The ASL Environmental Sciences (e.g. IPS4 or IPS5) ice profiler is an upward looking sonar device deployed on a mooring for measuring ice keel drafts. The distance between the instrument and the bottom of the ice is measured by sonar at an operating frequency of 420 kHz with a beam width of 1.8 degrees and sampling rate of up to 2Hz. Water depth is measured by a pressure sensor and ice draft is calculated by the difference.


PI-supplied names:
ice profiler
Image scanner scanner

An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer.
OR a receiver designed to search for a signal within a specified frequency range. [Definition Source: NCI]


PI-supplied names:
Epson Perfection V550 scanner;
CanoScan LiDE 110
Imaging FlowCytobot IFCB

The Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) is an in-situ automated submersible imaging flow cytometer that generates images of particles in-flow taken from the aquatic environment. https://mclanelabs.com/imaging-flowcytobot/


PI-supplied names:
Image FlowCytobot (McLane Research Laboratories, Inc.);
Imaging Flow CytoBot (IFCB)
Immersion heater Immersion heater

Submersible heating element for water tanks and aquaria.


PI-supplied names:
Immersion heater;
glass submersible heaters;
King Work Bucket Heater 05-742G 1000W;
more…

Finnex 800W Titanium Heater, Finnex 300W Titanium Heater;
titanium heating elements;
Process Technologies titanium immersion heater;
TITAN heat pump and Optima compact heaters, AquaLogic
Immersion Transducer

An immersion transducer is a single element longitudinal wave transducer with a 1/4 wavelength layer acoustically matched to water. Immersion transducers are specifically designed to transmit ultrasound in applications where the test parts are partially or wholly immersed in water, which allows a uniform and fast coupling technique for rapid scanning of parts.


PI-supplied names:
Olympus immersion transducer
Improved Meteorological Recorder IMET

An IMET Recorder is an instrument package that can be mounted on a ship or buoy to record mean weather data including air and sea-surface temperature, incoming short and long-wave radiation, precipitation, humidity, wind velocity and barometric pressure. Each sensor in the system communicates digitally and returns calibrated values to a central data recorder.


PI-supplied names:
Improved Meteorological Recorder;
IMET
In Situ Ichtyoplankton Imaging System ISIIS

The In Situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System (ISIIS) is an underwater imaging system aimed at capturing in situ, real time images of marine zooplankton of relatively low abundance such as fish larvae and fragile gelatinous organisms. The first prototype, delivered in 2007, was attached to a relatively simple vehicle towed by an oceanographic vessel at a speed of five knots. The vehicle, and associated imaging system and sensors, was moved up and down through the water column by paying cable in and out via an oceanographic winch. Subsequently, a new vehicle has been designed with the capacity of self undulation using motor actuated dive fins. 

The ISIIS system utilizes a high-resolution line-scanning camera with a Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source, modified by plano-convex optics, to create a collimated light field to back-light a parcel of water.

ISIIS was developed in collaboration between the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Atmospheric and Marine Science (RSMAS) and the subsea engineering company, Bellamare, LLC, located in San Diego CA. See complete description from RSMAS.

Reference:
Cowen RK and Guigand CM. 2008. In situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System (ISIIS): system design and preliminary results. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods. 6:126-132. doi:10.4319/lom.2008.6.126


PI-supplied names:
ISIIS;
In situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System (ISIIS)
In-situ incubator in-situ incubator

A device on a ship or in the laboratory that holds water samples under controlled conditions of temperature and possibly illumination.


PI-supplied names:
Amber Bottle;
in-situ incubator;
Percival models LT-36VL and LT-41VLX;
more…

water bath;
flow-through aquaria;
temperature controlled water bath;
;
Incubator;
flow-through on-deck incubator;
on-deck incubator;
Fisher Scientific Isotemp Circulating Water Bath;
Percival incubator;
Modified Niskin incubators;
I-36LLVL Series, Percival Scientific;
incubator;
incubator (Boekel Scientific, Feasterville Trevose, PA, USA)
Indian Ocean Standard Net I.O. Standard Net

The Indian Ocean Standard Net was designed specifically for the International Indian Ocean Exploration project. The net has a mouth area of one square meter and a total length of 5 meters. The net is made of nylon gauze with a mesh size of .333 mm (330um).


PI-supplied names:
Indian Ocean Standard Net
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer ICP Mass Spec

An ICP Mass Spec is an instrument that passes nebulized samples into an inductively-coupled gas plasma (8-10000 K) where they are atomized and ionized. Ions of specific mass-to-charge ratios are quantified in a quadrupole mass spectrometer.


PI-supplied names:
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry;
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer;
Isotope dilution -Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer;
more…

ICP Mass Spec;
ICP-MS;
Thermoquest Finnigan Element 2;
inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES);
;
Themo XSeries2 quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS);
Thermo-Element high resolution XR ICP-MS;
ICPMS;
Thermo-Electron Element 2;
Inductively Coupled Plasma mass spectrometer ;
multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer;
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS);
MC-ICP-MS (ThermoScientific Neptune-Plus);
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS);
ThermoFisher ELEMENT 2 ICP-MS;
ThermoFisher Neptune multi-collector ICP-MS at the WHOI Plasma Facility;
Thermo Scientific Element 2 HR-ICP-MS;
ThermoScientific Element2 high-resolution ICP-MS;
Perkin Elmer Nexion 300D ICP-Mass Spectrometer;
ELEMENT XR High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer;
ThermoFisher Element2;
Element 2, Thermo-Finnigan;
ThermoFisher Element 2;
ThermoFinnigan Element 2 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer coupled (ICP-MS);
Fisons PQ2+;
Perkin Elmer Nexion 350D ICP-MS;
Thermo Element2 HR-ICP-MS;
ThermoFisher Neptune multi-collector ICP-MS;
Thermo ELEMENT 2 HR-ICP-MS;
ThermoFisher Element 2 ICP-MS;
ThermoFinnigan Element 2 High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS);
Thermo-Finnigan Element I (E1) HR-ICP-MS;
Element-1 sector field ICP-MS;
Finnigan Neptune s/n 1002 multi collector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer;
Thermo Neptune multi-collector ICP-MS;
Thermo X-Series II ICP-MS;
Nu Plasma 3 multi-collector ICP-MS;
MC-ICP-MS;
Element XR high-resolution ICP-MS (Thermo);
iCAP-Q inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (Thermo);
iCAP-Q inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (Thermo) ;
Thermo Fisher Element 2 HR-ICP-MS;
Thermo-Finnegan ELEMENT XR Single Collector Magnetic Sector ICP-MS;
SeaFAST pico, Elemental Scientific Inc.;
Element XR high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS);
Thermo-Finnigan Element 1 HR-ICPMS ;
Thermo Neptune Plus MC-ICPMS ;
Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry ;
Thermo Element II Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry ICP-MS;
Element XR Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrophotometer;
Thermo Finnigan Element 2 ICP-SFMS;
Thermo Element 2;
GV/Micromass IsoProbe multicollector ICPMS;
ThermoFinnigan Neptune multicollector ICP-MS;
Thermo-Fisher high resolution ICP-MS with an Apex-FAST high efficiency sample introduction system with Spiro desolvator (Elemental Scientific, Inc.);
Thermo-Finnigan ELEMENT XR Single Collector Magnetic Sector ICP-MS; Thermo-Finnigan Neptune Multicollector ICP-MS;
ThermoFisher iCAP reverse quadrupole ICP-MS;
High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS);
ThermoFisher Element XR;
Thermo iCAP Q ICP-MS;
multi-collector ICP-MS (Thermo Neptune) and high-resolution ICP-MS (Thermo Element 2);
HR-ICP-MS Thermo Fisher Scientific;
Thermo Element XR HR-ICP-MS;
ElementXR (Thermo Fisher Scientific), with SeaFAST SP3 in-line separation-preconcentration system and autosampler (Elemental Scientific);
Thermo Element XR high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS);
Thermo Neptune Plus multi-collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS);
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS, Element 2, Thermo);
Thermo ICAP-Q plasma mass spectrometer;
Thermo Element 2 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS);
Thermo iCAP ICP-MS;
Thermo Scientific X-Series II Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer;
ThermoFinnigan Neptune MC-ICP-MS;
Element 2 ICP-MS;
Thermo-Finnegan Element 2 ICP-MS;
ICP-MS (Thermo Element 2) ;
Thermo Element XR high-resolution ICP-MS;
ThermoFisher Element XR High-Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer;
iCAP-Q inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) (Thermo Scientific);
Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Mass Spectroscopy;
ICP-MS (Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer);
Thermo Element 2 Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS);
Finnegan Element 2 (Thermo Scientific) Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer;
Element 2 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrophotometer;
Agilent 7900e ICP-MS;
Thermo Fisher Scientific ElementXR ICP-MS;
Triple Quadrupole Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific Element XR high resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS);
iCAP Q inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (Thermo-Fisher Scientific)
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer ICP-OES or ICP-AES

Also referred to as an Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscope (ICP-AES). These instruments pass nebulised samples into an inductively-coupled gas plasma (8-10000 K) where they are atomised and excited. The de-excitation optical emissions at characteristic wavelengths are spectroscopically analysed. It is often used in the detection of trace metals.


PI-supplied names:
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES);
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrophotometer ;
Jobin Yvon Ultima C;
more…

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrophotometer (ICPOES);
ICPOES;
Agilent 7900 quadrupole ICP-MS equipped with a glass nebulizer at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY);
ICP-OES;
Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy;
ICP-AES (Inductively Couple Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectrometry);
UH_ICPOES;
Teledyne Instruments, Prodigy Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometer
Inorganic Carbon Analyzer

Instruments measuring carbonate in sediments and inorganic carbon (including DIC) in the water column.


PI-supplied names:
Apollo SciTech infrared-based analyzer;
AIRICA (Marianda Inc.);
Automated Infra Red Inorganic Carbon Analyzer (AIRICA);
more…

AIRICA-23 (MARIANDA, Kiel, Germany);
LICOR-7000;
Apollo SciTech AS-C2 dissolved inorganic carbon analyzer;
AIRICA (Marianda);
Apollo SciTech DIC analyzer model AS-C151;
DIC instrument;
Apollo SciTech AS-C6L DIC Analyzer
Intelligent Operative Net Sampling System IONESS

The Intelligent Operative Net Sampling System (IONESS) is a sampling net system similar to a MOCNESS that is towed through the water column and can be controlled to open and close over specified depth intervals.


PI-supplied names:
Intelligent Operative Net Sampling System
Interocean S4 Current Meter S4 Current Meter

The InterOcean S4 current meter is a basic electromagnetic current meter with two pairs of internal electrodes and a flux-gate compass with an integral data logger. The S4 current meter is designed to directly measure with high precision the true magnitude and direction of current motion using two pairs of titanium electrodes located symmetrically on the equator of the sensor. An internal flux-gate compass provides heading information, used to reference current direction to magnetic North or, for fixed installations, the instrument may be operated in an X-Y orthogonal mode whereby the current vector can be referenced to a landform or structure. For more info, see www.interoceansystems.com/s4main.htm.


PI-supplied names:
S4 Current Meter
Inverted Microscope

An inverted microscope is a microscope with its light source and condenser on the top, above the stage pointing down, while the objectives and turret are below the stage pointing up. It was invented in 1850 by J. Lawrence Smith, a faculty member of Tulane University (then named the Medical College of Louisiana).

Inverted microscopes are useful for observing living cells or organisms at the bottom of a large container (e.g. a tissue culture flask) under more natural conditions than on a glass slide, as is the case with a conventional microscope. Inverted microscopes are also used in micromanipulation applications where space above the specimen is required for manipulator mechanisms and the microtools they hold, and in metallurgical applications where polished samples can be placed on top of the stage and viewed from underneath using reflecting objectives.

The stage on an inverted microscope is usually fixed, and focus is adjusted by moving the objective lens along a vertical axis to bring it closer to or further from the specimen. The focus mechanism typically has a dual concentric knob for coarse and fine adjustment. Depending on the size of the microscope, four to six objective lenses of different magnifications may be fitted to a rotating turret known as a nosepiece. These microscopes may also be fitted with accessories for fitting still and video cameras, fluorescence illumination, confocal scanning and many other applications.


PI-supplied names:
Zeiss ICM-405 inverted microscope;
Inverted Microscope;
Zeiss Axiovert 200 M inverted compound microscope ;
more…

Zeiss Axiovert 200 M inverted compound microscope;
Inverted Axiovert 200 Microscope;
Inverted transmission microscope ;
Olympus CKX41;
;
Olympus CKX 41 inverted microscope;
dissecting microscope;
Accu-Scope 3032 inverted microscope;
Nikon Diaphot inverted compound microscope;
Olympus IX-70 inverted microscope;
Olympus CKX41 inverted microscope;
Zeiss AxioVert A1;
Zeiss Axiovert 200M inverted compound microscopy;
Olympus IX70 inverted system microscope;
Nikon Eclipse TS100;
Nikon Ti-E Inverted Microscope;
Nikon Diaphot 300;
Zeiss Axioskop S-100;
Nikon Ti-E Inverted microscope;
Inverted microscope 125X magnification;
Zeiss AxioObserver Inverted microscope
Ion Chromatograph Ion Chromatograph

Ion chromatography is a form of liquid chromatography that measures concentrations of ionic species by separating them based on their interaction with a resin. Ionic species separate differently depending on species type and size. Ion chromatographs are able to measure concentrations of major anions, such as fluoride, chloride, nitrate, nitrite, and sulfate, as well as major cations such as lithium, sodium, ammonium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium in the parts-per-billion (ppb) range. (from http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/research_methods/biogeochemical/ic.html)


PI-supplied names:
Ion Chromatograph;
2010i Dionex Ion Chromatograph;
Ion Chromatography;
more…

ion chromatograph;
DIONEX ICS-2000;
;
Dionex ICS-1100s;
ion chromatography;
Dionex Ion Chromatograph;
Dionex ICS-1000;
Dionex ion chromatograph with suppressed conductivity detection using 29 mM KOH eluent;
Thermo-Fisher Dionex ICS-5000 ion chromatograph;
ion chromatography with UV detection;
Dionex 500 system;
IC system (Dionex);
Dionex IC-2000;
DIONEX Corporation ICS-2000 Ion Chromatography System;
Dionex DX5000;
DIONEX ICS-2000 system;
Dionex DX-500 Ion Chromatograph, AS11 column;
Metrohm 761;
Dionex ICS-2100 ion chromatography system;
Dionex Integrion IC with IonPac AS-19 analytical column;
ICS-5000+ Ion-change chromatography system;
Thermo Dual Dionex Integrion HPIC ion chromatography system;
DIONEX ICS3000 system, Thermo Fisher Scientific;
Phenomenex Luna NH2 HPLC Column;
anion-exchange chromatography
irradiation system

A system of instruments/devices that provide irradiation of materials. Irradiation is an energy transfer process during which a material entity receives energy through radiation.


PI-supplied names:
monochromatic irradiation system
Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl IKMT

A trawl with a pentagonal mouth opening and a dihedral depressor vane as part of the mouth opening. IKMTs come in various dimensions (refer to individual dataset documentation).

The original IKMTs were 10 foot (304 cm) and 15 foot (457 cm) at the mouth. The 10 foot IKMT net was 31 feet (9.45 m) in length (Wiebe and Benfield 2003).


PI-supplied names:
Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl;
2.3 m2 Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl (IKMT) with a 505 µm mesh net;
;
more…

Isaacs-Kid Midwater Trawl;
IKM Trawl
Isobaric Gas-Tight Sampler IGT Sampler

Isobaric Gas Tight (IGT) samplers, designed and built by scientists and engineers at WHOI, are titanium instruments designed to be used with deep submergence vehicles to sample corrosive hydrothermal vent fluids at high temperature and high pressure. The IGT prevents the sampled fluid from degassing as pressure decreases during the vehicle’s ascent to the surface.


PI-supplied names:
IGT Sampler;
IGT;
Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer IR Mass Spec; IRMS

The Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer is a particular type of mass spectrometer used to measure the relative abundance of isotopes in a given sample (e.g. VG Prism II Isotope Ratio Mass-Spectrometer).


PI-supplied names:
VG Prism II Mass-Spectrometer;
Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific Mass Spectrometer;
more…

IR Mass Spec;
Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
Finnigan Delta Plus Advantage;
Finnigan DELTA PLUS XP IRMS ;
Delta V Advantage Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS);
IR Mass Spec - Thermo Delta V+;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Advantage IRMS;
Delta V Advantage Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS);
Finnigan Delta IV Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Finnigan MAT 252 Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
Finnigan DELTA PLUS XP IRMS;
Delta Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Delta V Advantage or IsoPrime100;
Stable Isotope Ratio Monitoring Mass Spectrometer;
IRMS;
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
GC-IRMS;
;
Micromass Isoprime continuous flow stable isotope mass spectrometer;
Finnigan MAT 251 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Isoprime 100;
EA-IRMS;
PDZ Europa 20-20 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Finnegan-MAT Element2 HR-ICP-MS;
ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Hewlett-Packard 6890 GC interfaced to a DeltaPlus IRMS;
ICP-MS;
Isotope mass spectrometer;
Laser Water Isotope Analyzer V2;
isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Finnigan MAT 251 or Delta XL at UW, MAT 253 at UVic);
isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS);
IRMS;
Finnigan MAT 253 IRMS;
Isotope-ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermofisher MAT 253 multicollector isotope ratio mass spectrometry;
isotope ratio mass spectrometry;
Finnigan Delta V Plus Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (irMS);
ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS);
Thermo Finnigan MAT 253 mass spectrometer;
IsoPrime Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS);
Thermo Delta V.;
ThermoFisher Delta V;
ThermoFinnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio monitoring mass spectrometer;
Finnigan-MAT DeltaPlus Isotope Ratio Monitoring Mass Spectrometer;
ThermoScientific Delta V Plus isotope-ratio mass spectrometer;
hermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific);
MAT 253 isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS);
Thermo Finnigan MAT253;
Thermo Finnigan MAT252;
Thermo Finnigan Delta XL;
Thermo Delta V IRMS;
Europa Scientific SL-2020 system;
Thermo Delta V Plus isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
GasBench;
Thermo-Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Finnigan Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer.;
Finnigan MAT delta S stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
5975C mass spectrometer;
DeltaPlus isotope-ratio-monitoring gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (IRM-GCMS);
Thermo Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
MAT 253 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
MAT 252 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
MAT 251 mass spectrometer;
Delta X/L isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
ThermoFinnigan DeltaPLUS XP;
PDZ Europa 20-20 isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Sercon Ltd., Cheshire, UK);
Elementar Isoprime visION;
Europa 20-20 or GV Isoprime;
Thermo MAT 253;
Micromass Iso-prime isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Isoprime 100 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Plus or Thermo Scientific MAT 253 IRMS;
Thermo Scientific MAT253;
ThermoFisher Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer ;
GV/Micromass IsoProbe multicollector ICPMS ;
Finnigan MAT-252 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
MC-ICP-MS Neptune+;
Thermo Finnigan Delta V;
Delta V Plus IRMS (Thermo);
Thermo-Finnigan Delta Plus XP;
Thermo DeltaPlus isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS);
Finnigan Delta Plus XP IRMS, Finnigan Delta Plus Advantage IRMS;
ThermoFinnigan Delt Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-IRMS);
DeltaPlus Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer with attached Finnigan-MAT Conflo-II interface;
Thermo Finnigan Delta Plus XP IRMS;
Delta V Advantage;
Thermo Scientific Flash IRMS Elemental Analyzer with EA Isolink;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Plus mass spectrometer;
Thermo MAT 253 mass spectrometer ;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Plus;
ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP isotope ratio;
Nu Perspective isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
GV IsoPrime Continuous Flow Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
DeltaPlus isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific);
Delta V Advantage continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific GasBench- Delta V Isotope Radio Mass Spectrometer;
Thermo Fisher Delta V Plus;
IsoPrime continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Fisher Scientific Delta V Plus isotope-ratio-mass-spectrometer;
Thermo Finnigan Delta plusXL Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer ;
Thermo Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
gas chromatograph combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC/C-IRMS);
Deltaplus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Finnigan);
Dual-Inlet and Continuous Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
Optima or Prism stable isotope mass spectrometer;
Thermo Finnigan DELTA V isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo/Finnigan Delta Plus IRMS;
Thermo Finnigan Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
MAT253 Thermo IRMS;
Thermo Finnigan Delta IV stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
PDZ Europa 20-20 stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Electron Delta V Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Gas Bench II coupled to a MAT 252 mass spectrometer;
DeltaPlusXP or Delta-V-Advantage;
Thermo-Fisher Scientific MAT 253;
Finnigan MAT Delta S isotope ratio Mass Spectrometer;
Vario ISOTOPE select (Elementar Isoprime);
Europa 20-20;
isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Model Delta V, ThermoScientific);
elemental analysis – isotope ratio mass spectrometry;
magnetic sector dual-collecting isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Isoprime VisION IRMS;
DZ Europa 20-20 isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Finnigan MAT-253 dual-inlet isotope ratio monitoring mass spectrometer (irm-MS);
ThermoFinnigan Neptune MC-ICP-MS;
Thermo Scientific MAT 253;
continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry;
Thermo Scientific Delta V Plus IRMS;
MAT 253 Plus Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS);
Thermo-Finnigan Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer with Conflo IV interface;
hermo Finnigan Delta V Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific);
GV IsoPrime IRMS;
Delta V Plus, Thermo Fisher Scientific;
Europa 20-20 continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo MAT 253 Plus;
Finnigan MAT DeltaPlus XL IRMS;
Finnegan MAT DeltaPlus XL IRMS;
Dual inlet IRMS;
MAT-253 dual inlet dynamic mass spectrometer;
Thermo Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific Delta V plus stable isotope mass spectrometer;
Finnegan MAT Delta V Plus Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS);
Thermo Scientific DELTAplus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Finnigan Delta V Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer;
ThermoFisher Scientific Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) ;
ThermoFisher Scientific Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS);
Isoprime100;
GV Optima 588 ;
CF-IRMS at UC Davis (continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer);
Gas bench isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo-Finnigan Delta XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo-Finnigan Delta V Plus isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS);
Thermal Delta V advantage;
Micromass Optima or Isoprime 100;
MAT 253 Plus isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Fisher Delta V+ isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
GasBench-Precon-IRMS;
Thermo Scientific MAT 253 Plus isotope ratio mass spectrometer;
Thermo Scientific MAT 253 Plus isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS)
ISUS Nitrate sensor ISUS Nitrate

The Satlantic ISUS nitrate sensor is an in-situ UV absorption sensor which calculates nitrate concentration from the seawater spectrum. The ISUS V2 has a 1cm path length, a 200-400 nm wavelength range., and is depth rated to 1000 m. Satlantic's ISUS V3 nitrate sensor uses advanced UV absorption technology to measure nitrate concentration in real-time.


PI-supplied names:
ISUS Nitrate sensor;
Satlantic ISUS;
Satlantic ISUS V3 (#097)
ITRAX X-ray Fluoresence Core Scanner ITRAX XRF

An Itrax X-ray Fluoresence (XRF) core scanner provides high-resolution, non-destructive elemental analysis of sediment cores. They can provide optical and radiographic images as well as XRF spectrometry elemental profiles. Itrax instruments may accommodate a variety of sample types including sediment and rock cores, speleothems, corals and wood.


PI-supplied names:
ITRAX XRF
JelNet JelNet

A JelNet is a plankton net system specifically designed to quantify fragile zooplankton ("jellies"). The net is 1.5m^2 at its opening and tapers to a shallow 50 cm deep flat bottom which has a collection "sock" to which a standard MOCNESS cod collar and end bucket were attached. Mesh size of the net is 5mm (3/16 inch). The square net frame is 16mm (5/8 inch) stainless steel and is bridled from each of the corners to a common point above by a 5mm (3/16 inch) stainless steel wire with thimbles spliced into the wire ends. A 45-kg lead ball is attached to a 13mm ( 1/2 inch) oblong stainless ring when the net is fished.

JelNet2 JelNet2

A JelNet2 is a 0.61-m bongo frame fitted with paired 1000 micrometer mesh nets to collect larger gelatinous predators. A 45 kg ball was attached beneath the bongo frame to depress the sampler. Although the JelNet2 is designed for the same purpose as a JelNet (to sample fragile zooplankton or "jellies"), it is not a variation on a JelNet.

KC Pore-Water Pressing Bench

The KC Pore-water pressing bench, made by KC Denmark Research Equipment, allows pore-water extraction of any kind of sediments, from sediments rich in organic material, to sandy sediments. Sediment cores are segmented and placed in the pressing house, which is closed by means of the handle on top of the house. An over-pressure is applied (fed-in) at the reduction valve and the valves of the houses in operation are opened. The resulting compression of the sediment matrix leads to expelling of the pore-water, which is sampled in containers beneath the pressing house. Operation in a glove bag prevents atmospheric contamination with, for example, oxygen, so anaerobic analysis of the pore-water is possible. The standard cylinders are made from black Polyoxymethylene (POM). However, the cylinders and all accessories are also available as AISI 316 stainless steel for special purposes. The pressing bench consists of 5 pressing houses, each 100 ml. They can hold a maximum sample diameter of 40 mm. The instrument has a maximum operating pressure of 4 bar (400 kPa).


PI-supplied names:
porewater pressing bench (KC Denmark Research Equipment, Silkeborg, Denmark)
Knudsen 320 BR deepwater echosounder Knudsen 320

The Knudsen 320 B/R deepwater echosounder is a digital data logging system used to measure water depth (e.g. depth of the seafloor). The system is configured to work with different frequency transducers. For example, the Edo 323 B is a 12 kHz High Frequency (HF) transducer or it can be configured to work with an array of 3.5 kHz Low Frequency (LF) transducers mounted in the hull of a vessel.


PI-supplied names:
Knudsen 320 BR deepwater echosounder
labeling tag

Passive devices attached to captured organisms to specifically identify them when recaptured after release.


PI-supplied names:
Floy Tags
Laboratory Autosampler

Laboratory apparatus that automatically introduces one or more samples with a predetermined volume or mass into an analytical instrument.


PI-supplied names:
Metrohm 858 Sample Processor;
Shimadzu Instruments TOC-Vcph Total Organic Carbon Analyzer with ASI-V Autosampler and TNM Total Nitrogen Analyzer;
ASI-V Autosampler;
more…

Costech ECS 4010 Elemental Combustion System/Zero Blank Autosampler /ThermoFinnigan MAT Conflo IV/ThermoFinnigan DeltaXP;
ASI-5000 auto sampler;
CTC PAL autosampler;
Accela Open Autosampler;
Thermo Electron SurveyorLite autosampler;
SPS4 Autosampler;
Costech zero-blank autosampler
Lachat QuikChem 8000 flow injection analyzer and Ion Chromatography (IC) system

The Lachat QuikChem 8000 can operate flow injection analysis and ion chromatography simultaneously and independently on the same instrument platform. Instrument includes sampler, dilutor, sampling pump, electronics unit, and data station. Analysis takes 20-60 seconds, with a sample throughput of 60-120 samples per hour. Measurements are in the range of parts per trillion to parts per hundred.


PI-supplied names:
Lachat QuikChem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer;
Lachat QuikChem 8000 automated ion analyzer;
Ion Chromatograph, ThermoFisher Scientific; Lachat QuikChem 8000 automated ion analyzer Lachat In- struments;
more…

Lachat Quikchem 8000 Series
Lachat QuikChem 8500 flow injection analysis system QuikChem 8500

The Lachat QuikChem 8500 Series 2 Flow Injection Analysis System features high sample throughput and simple, but rapid, method changeover. The QuikChem 8500 Series 2 system maximises productivity in determining ionic species in a variety of sample types, from sub-ppb to percent concentrations. Analysis takes 20 to 60 seconds, with a sample throughput of 60 to 120 samples per hour.


PI-supplied names:
Lachat Instruments QuikChem 8500 Series 2 analyzer;
QuikChem 8500 Series 2 (Lachat Instruments);
Lachat QuikChem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer
Lagrangian Float Lagrangian Float

Built at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, the Lagrangian Float is not an ARGO float. It is primarily designed to accurately follow the three-dimensional motion of water parcels within the mixed layer, through a combination of neutral buoyancy and high drag provided by a one meter diameter black drogue. Typical buoyancies of a few grams result in vertical velocities relative to the water of a few mm/s, small compared to the cm/s turbulent velocities in the mixed layer. The float’s motion within the mixed layer thus closely imitates that of a planktonic organism. The float can also profile vertically. It sends data and receives commands using the Iridium satellite system. The float is designed to accommodate a wide variety of sensors.


PI-supplied names:
Lagrangian Float
Large Aggregate Profiling System LAPS

The Large Aggregate Profiling System (LAPS) is a camera system developed to characterize millimeter size particle distributions in the water column. Camera systems are integrated with a CTD and transmissometer and therefore have the advantage of simultaneously collecting data on the distribution of suspended particles and aggregates along with the physical structure of the water column (Honjo et al., 1984; Asper, 1987; Gardner et al., 1988).


PI-supplied names:
Large Aggregate Profiling System
larval fish collector SMURF

The Standard Monitoring Unit for the recruitment of Reef Fishes (SMURF) consists of a cylinder of fine mesh plastic grid that contains a folded section of larger mesh plastic grid.

See Ammann, A.J. 2004. SMURFs: standard monitoring units for the recruitment of temperate reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 299:135– 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2003.08.014


PI-supplied names:
SMURF
Laser

A device that generates an intense beam of coherent monochromatic light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by stimulated emission of photons from excited atoms or molecules. 


PI-supplied names:
PIV laser;
Teledyne ATLex 300si-x 193nm Excimer laser ablation unit ;
Teledyne Cetac 213 G2+;
more…

Self-leveling rotary laser kit, CST/berger
Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer

Laser diffraction is particle sizing technique for materials ranging from hundreds of nanometers up to several millimeters in size. Laser diffraction measures particle size distributions by measuring the angular variation in intensity of light scattered as a laser beam passes through a dispersed particulate sample. One example is the Beckman Coulter LS200.


PI-supplied names:
Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer;
Beckman-Coulter LS13 320 Laser Diffraction Particle-Size Analyzer;
Malvern Mastersizer 2000;
more…

LDPSA, model: LS 13 320, Beckman Coulter
Laser Optical Plankton Counter LOPC

Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC)


PI-supplied names:
Laser Optical Plankton Counter
LED light

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons.


PI-supplied names:
EcoTech Radion XR30w Pro;
Al Hydra HD Full-spectrum aquarium lights;
GalaxyHydro, Roleandro;
more…

near-infrared light-emitting diode: M730L4 730 nm, 515 mW Mounted LED, Thorlabs;
Qubit LED light;
M730L4 730 nm, 515 mW Mounted LED, Thorlabs;
near-infrared light-emitting diode (LED);
Cree XLamp;
array of blue-light emitting diodes (LEDs);
LED lights (Cree Cool White XP-G R5)
Leggo Lander

The "Leggo Lander" is a lander system that primarily relies on syntactic foam for buoyancy and uses iridium GPS, radio signal, strobe light and flag for surface recovery, and acoustics for underwater monitoring and instrument control. The lander has a timer with 5 control settings for various operations. It routinely measures pressure (depth) throughout its dive and temperature on the seafloor. The lander payloads include a pressure-retaining seawater sampler plus 2 liter Niskin bottle, and a camera/battery/light system that also includes a 30 liter Niskin bottle and a sea cucumber trap. With the camera payload it travels down or up the water column at about 39 meters per minute (~ 4.5 hours for a descent to the Challenger Deep at ~10,920 m).

(Description obtained from the R/V Falkor FK141215 post-cruise report (PDF))


PI-supplied names:
Levels and staffs

Optical instruments and graduated poles used in surveying to determine the elevation of a location relative to a datum level.


PI-supplied names:
Rotary laser level
Lexan plastic 6-plate settlement panel Colonization sandwich

An artificial colonization substrate, sometimes referred to as a "colonization sandwich", that is made of 6 Lexan plastic sheets separated from each other by spacers. It is used to determine the extent of colonization and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment.


PI-supplied names:
Lexan plastic plates/sandwiches;
colonization "sandwiches"
LI-COR Biospherical PAR Sensor LI-COR Biospherical PAR

The LI-COR Biospherical PAR Sensor is used to measure Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) in the water column. This instrument designation is used when specific make and model are not known.


PI-supplied names:
LI-COR Biospherical PAR Sensor;
LI-COR Biospherical PAR;
Biospherical/LI-COR PAR Sensor;
more…

PAR Sensor;
Biospherical / Licor;
PAR/ Irradiance, Biospherical/Licor;
PAR/Irradiance;
Biospherical/Licor;
underwater spherical quantum sensor (Li-Cor) ;
PAR/Irradiance, Biospherical/Licor;
Biospherical Par Model (QSR2200);
Licor Photosynthetically-Active Radiation (PAR) integrator;
Li-Cor 1400 data logger with 2-pi (cosine) photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) sensor;
Biospherical scalar PAR sensor;
;
PAR/Irradiance & SPAR, Biospherical/Licor;
SPAR;
LIBiospherical/Licor
LI-COR LI-1000 Data Logger LI-COR LI-1000

"The LI-1000 DataLogger is a 10 channel datalogger that functions both as a data logging device and a multichannel, autoranging meter. The electronics of the LI-1000 have been optimized for highly accurate measurement of LI-COR radiation sensors which have a current signal" (from LI-COR Datalogging Instruction Manual, p 1). LI-COR began manufacturing these instruments in 1985 and discontinued in 1998. Serial Numbers for this model have the prefix of LDL-XXXX. (www.licor.com)


PI-supplied names:
LiCor LI-1000 Data Logger;
Li-Cor LI-1400 data logger with a 2π sensor
LI-COR LI-190SA PAR Sensor LI-COR LI-190SA PAR

The LI-190SA Quantum Sensor is used to accurately measure (non-aquatic) Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) in the range of 400-700 nm. Colored glass filters are used to tailor the silicon photodiode response to the desired quantum response. The LI-190SA is also used as a reference sensor for comparison to underwater PAR measured by the LI-192SA or LI-193 Underwater Quantum Sensors.


PI-supplied names:
LiCor LI-190SA Cosine Collector;
LI-COR LI-190SA PAR;
Licor, LI-190
LI-COR LI-192 PAR Sensor LI-COR LI-192 PAR

The LI-192 Underwater Quantum Sensor (UWQ) measures underwater or atmospheric Photon Flux Density (PPFD) (Photosynthetically Available Radiation from 360 degrees) using a Silicon Photodiode and glass filters encased in a waterproof housing. The LI-192 is cosine corrected and features corrosion resistant, rugged construction for use in freshwater or saltwater and pressures up to 800 psi (5500 kPa, 560 meters depth). Typical output is in um s-1 m-2. The LI-192 uses computer-tailored filter glass to achieve the desired quantum response. Calibration is traceable to NIST. The LI-192 serial numbers begin with UWQ-XXXXX. LI-COR has been producing Underwater Quantum Sensors since 1973.

These LI-192 sensors are typically listed as LI-192SA to designate the 2-pin connector on the base of the housing and require an Underwater Cable (LI-COR part number 2222UWB) to connect to the pins on the Sensor and connect to a data recording device.

The LI-192 differs from the LI-193 primarily in sensitivity and angular response.
193: Sensitivity: Typically 7 uA per 1000 umol s-1 m-2 in water. Azimuth: < ± 3% error over 360° at 90° from normal axis. Angular Response: < ± 4% error up to ± 90° from normal axis.
192: Sensitivity: Typically 4 uA per 1000 umol s-1 m-2 in water. Azimuth: < ± 1% error over 360° at 45° elevation. Cosine Correction: Optimized for underwater and atmospheric use.
(www.licor.com)


PI-supplied names:
LiCor Scalar Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensor;
LI-COR LI-192 PAR Sensor;
LI-COR LI-192SA PAR;
more…

LI-COR LI-192 light sensor;
Li-COR LI-192 underwater quantum sensor;
LI-COR underwater quantum sensor LI-192;
LI-192, Li-COR;
LiCor LI-192;
LI-COR LI-192 underwater quantum sensor;
;
PAR sensor (LiCor LI-192)
LI-COR LI-193 PAR Sensor LI-COR LI-193 PAR

The LI-193 Underwater Spherical Quantum Sensor uses a Silicon Photodiode and glass filters encased in a waterproof housing to measure PAR (in the 400 to 700 nm waveband) in aquatic environments. Typical output is in micromol s-1 m-2. The LI-193 Sensor gives an added dimension to underwater PAR measurements as it measures photon flux from all directions. This measurement is referred to as Photosynthetic Photon Flux Fluence Rate (PPFFR) or Quantum Scalar Irradiance. This is important, for example, when studying phytoplankton, which utilize radiation from all directions for photosynthesis. LI-COR began producing Spherical Quantum Sensors in 1979; serial numbers for the LI-193 begin with SPQA-XXXXX (licor.com).


PI-supplied names:
LiCor Underwater Spectrial Quantum Sensor;
LI-COR LI-193 PAR;
LI-COR LI-193SA PAR sensor;
more…

;
spherical underwater quantum sensor (LI-COR LI-193SA)
LI-COR LI-200R Pyranometer LI-COR LI-200R

The LI-200R Pyranometer measures global solar radiation (the combination of direct and diffuse solar radiation) in the 400 to 1100 nanometer (nm) wavelength range. Measurement units are in watts per square meter (W m-2). It is used for applications in agricultural, meteorological, solar energy, and environmental research. The LI-200R measures global solar radiation with an unfiltered silicon photodiode. The crown of the sensor rapidly sheds water, and also physically blocks light from outside the hemisphere of sensitivity, providing a precise cosine response. Its sensitivity is typically 75 uA per 1000 W m-2. It has a maximum deviation of 1% up to 3000 W m-2. Its stability is < +/- 2% change over a 1-year period. It has an operating temperature range of -40 to +65 degrees Celsius.


PI-supplied names:
Licor, LI-200R

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