R/V Melville Scientific Equipment

Permanent scientific equipment

EQUIPMENTMFGR/MODELFREQ (kHz)NOTES
MultibeamEM120
12120 deg. swath, bathymetry and sidescan
Sub-Bottom ProfilerKnudsen 320 B3.5 / 12 
MagnetometerGeometrics G-886 Towed Magnetometer
Gravity MeterBell BGM - 3  
ADCPRDI Narrowband150 
Underway Data System  Meteorological and Sea Surface
Comm / Data Network  Ethernet, Audiovisual in labs and staterooms, F/O and copper links
Computer SystemSun Enterprise 450 servers (2)Solaris and UNIX200 Gbytes Disk, CD-ROM, DAT and Exabyte Tapes
Work StationsUNIX and PC Numerous in Labs
Printers/ Plotters  Laserjet and color inkjet
Ocean SurveyorTeledyne-RDI75 http://www.rdinstruments.com/surveyor.html

Bioanalytical Lab with precision temperature control. Use of isotopes is prohibited in ship's laboratories. Isotope isolation vans are available by request. Other equipment and technical services available on cruise-specific basis.

Vans: Numerous van placement locations on main deck, winch deck and forward on 02 deck.

Communications: VHF, SSB voice, and INMARSAT voice and data.
In-port San Diego phone number: (858) 534-1646
INMARSAT phone number: 011-872-1503656
INMARSAT fax: 011-872--81-1503656
INMARSAT area code is 872 when ship is in Pacific; other codes are 871, 873, or 874 for east Atlantic, west Atlantic, Indian Ocean.

E-mail:
All users are responsible for the cost of E-mail traffic both to and from the ship. Science party members (and crew) are allotted a $1/day allowance for E-mail expenses. Costs in excess of this allowance will be collected from users at the completion of each cruise.

Future planned upgrades/refits: Replace MK 23 gyro, replace winch readouts, radars and fathometer.