The weather research radar on the monkey island!
Posted: July 28, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Atmospheric, Atmospheric research, Australia's Marine National Facility, climate, dual-polarisation, Future Research Vessel Project, Monkey Island, RV Investigator, weather, weather radar Leave a commentAlso located on RV Investigator’s monkey island is the main mast, which houses a weather research radar.
Scientists hope to answer some of the big questions about weather, climate, and the atmospheric conditions in remote areas of the world’s oceans with the a dual-polarisation radar.
It will collect cloud and weather data from clouds towering 20 kilometres over the tropical ocean to cold ice storms in the Antarctic, in a 150 kilometre radius from the ship, and will have a broad range of research applications.
Communications equipment on Investigator’s monkey island
Posted: July 14, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Communication system, Communications domes, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, ship construction, VSAT Leave a commentInvestigator’s communications equipment is located on the monkey island.
From the drawings of the ship you can see where the domes are located.
Investigator has a 512kbps VSAT data link to shore for email, internet, voice, video, remote support services, as well as enabling live science data transfer.
It is also capable of live via satellite interviews to most television stations and studios globally.
Investigator’s Observation Deck!
Posted: July 4, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, Monkey Island, Observation Deck, RV Investigator, ship construction Leave a commentDid you know the highest accessible point, other than the masts on board a ship, is called the monkey island?
RV Investigator’s monkey island includes a number of key pieces of scientific and communications equipment and an Observation Deck.
The Observation Deck was designed for scientists to observe whales, dolphins and sea birds.
Check out the photos of the construction and fit out of the Observation Deck!
