Customer request GITEWS (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System) is a project of the German Government at the reconstruction of the tsunami-prone region of the Indian Ocean. Aim was to create an early alert system to protect the countries around the Indian Ocean, that were affected by the disastrous Tsunami in 2006. The sensors of this system needed to comprise …

Customer request The German submarine U-864 sunk off the coast of Norway during World War II. The submarine was on its way from Germany via Norway to Japan and was carrying about 67 metric tons of mercury. The wreck of U-864 was rediscovered by the Norwegian Navy in 2003, resting on the seabed at a depth of 150 metres. It …

Customer request Data transmission in the ocean and lateral acoustic net-work in the deep sea, even under heavy weather conditions.  Our solution The DOLAN mooring assembly was located 60 nm north of the Canary Islands and had been installed in framework of the terminated project ”Data transmission in the ocean and lateral acoustic net-work in the deep sea”. In November …

Customer request To develop an ice-atmosphere-ocean monitoring and forecasting system designed for observing, understanding and quantifying climate changes in the Arctic. DAMOCLES was specifically concerned with the potential for a significantly reduced sea ice cover, and the impacts this might have on the environment and on human activities, both regionally and globally. Our solution As part of this project there …

Customer request Timely and save data retrieval from moored instrumentation is important for scientific investigation and for monitoring the marine environment. In cases where moorings do not reach to the surface or the installation of surface telemetry is not possible – subsurface telemetry systems are required. EU project THOR was testing two systems to retrieve data from the surface. Our …