Plankton acoustic profiler (AZFP) used for water planktonfixed-point long-term acoustic monitoring, using acoustic backscatter technology monitoring plankton in water, is a powerful ocean, lake and river scientific research and environmental monitoring tools. Acoustic emissionfrequency when using sound waves to meet, the planktongenerates echo, according to the echo of water planktondo statistical research.

Main function:

• continuous data collection

• a transducer of four frequency

• different frequencies for different size of planktonic animalmonitoring

• integrated tilt sensor

Shell, titanium alloy, can be used for 1000m depth

• RS-232 serial port

• angle sensor: the range of ± 45 °, accuracy of ± 3 °

• data storage: 16GB flash

• power: the standard battery of 200 A-hr

• power: the standard battery of 200 A-hr

• size: 0.17m diameter * length 1.0m

• pulse length: 100 to 900 ms

• pulse length: 100 to 900 ms

• sampling frequency: 1Hz

• software: AZFPLink for the analysis of the configuration of instrument and data

• data output: ASCII format or binary format, can output to Echoview