The S2-BGC™ is the only commercially available version of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s (SIO) BGC SOLO-II float – ideal for the Biogeochemical (BGC) Argo program mission.
Features
Standard BGC Argo program float, licensed from SIO, with all 6 required BGC sensors
2000m depth rating
Mass: 31kg (68.3lbs)
Height (including antenna): 177cm (70in)
Diameter (pressure hull): 26.7cm (10.5in) at the stability disk
Diameter (pressure hull, including sensors): 43cm (16.9in)
Expect over 300 standard Argo profiles (with nominal vertical sampling)
Iridium® modem for data, command and control telemetry - RUDICs or SBD capable
Sea-Bird Scientific sensor package containing: SBE-41CP CTD, SBS-83 dissolved oxygen with in-air calibration capability, Deep-Sea DuraFET pH, OCR-504 downwelling irradiance, ECO-triplet optical sensor (typically configured for chlorophyll a fluorescence, backscatter, CDOM), Deep SUNA nitrate
