SBE 39plus | SBE 13Y and 23Y Trade-In | Sea-Bird Coastal | On-line RMA / Service Request Form | Sea-Bird Scientific Science Team | TEOS-10 (Absolute Salinity) | Navis Autonomous Profiling Float | Cable Search | Sea-Bird Europe | Field Service Bulletins | Current Software | E-mail Subscription | Career Opportunities
New
SBE 39plus
Temperature (optional Pressure) Recorder
(February 2014)
Sea-Bird
is introducing the
SBE 39plus, a successor to the SBE
39 (field-proven since 1998).
SBE 13Y and SBE 23Y Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Sensor Trade-In
Program
(February 2014)
Sea-Bird stopped selling SBE 13Y and SBE 23Y DO sensors in
2001, but customers who bought these sensors in the past still request us
to service and calibrate the sensors. Parts for these sensors are difficult to
procure because of component obsolescence. As of March 1, 2015, we will
no longer service or calibrate these sensors. We recommend that customers
replace these sensors with a new SBE
43 DO Sensor. Consequently, Sea-Bird is offering a Trade-In Program to
provide you with an opportunity to improve your DO measurement capability and
accuracy:
Trade in an SBE 13Y or 23Y, and receive a 35% discount on the list price of a new SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor (only one discount can be used per purchased sensor). This offer is valid for orders placed by March 1, 2015.
Summarizing the advantages of the SBE 43:
| SBE 13Y and 23Y | SBE 43 | |
| Accuracy (initial) | ± 2% of saturation at 20 °C, 35 psu | ± 2% of saturation (varies from 0.04 ml/l at 32 °C, 35 psu to 0.22 ml/l at -2 °C, 0 psu) |
| Stability | Requires frequent field calibrations | > 10x better; 0.5% per 1000 hours (clean membrane) |
| Output Signal | Requires 2 channels on CTD (oxygen signal and temperature signal) | Requires only 1 channel on CTD, freeing up a channel for another auxiliary sensor |
| Stabilization Wait Time | Several minutes | None (eliminated by continuous polarization); eliminates much of soak time required before starting a profile |
| Hysteresis | -- | Largely eliminated in upper ocean due to improved temperature response |
| Resolution | -- | Increased by on-board temperature compensation |
| Warranty | Expired long ago | 5-year warranty (includes 1 sensor recharge -- electrolyte refill, membrane replacement, and recalibration -- at no cost) |
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Contact Sea-Bird (seabird@seabird.com) with the serial number(s) of your old SBE 13Y or 23Y, and get a quote on a new SBE 43. |
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Sea-Bird Scientific Creates New Coastal and Inland
Business Unit
(December 2013)
In order to further our commitment to our customers, partners, and the
monitoring community, Sea-Bird Scientific is pleased to announce the formation
of a new business unit focused on the specific needs of coastal monitoring and
inland customers. Sea-Bird Coastal will draw from decades of collective sensor
development expertise and industry leading service at Sea-Bird Electronics, WET
Labs, and Satlantic to provide world-class sensors and systems that meet the
challenging water quality monitoring requirements of coastal and inland
customers. The formation of Sea-Bird Coastal is part of an overarching
re-organization of Sea-Bird Scientific to more specifically focus efforts around
the two distinct areas of Ocean Research and Coastal water quality monitoring.
These two areas of focus differ significantly in terms of customer needs and
technology requirements, and the new structure organizes teams to focus directly
on meeting the needs of each customer group. For more information on Sea-Bird
Coastal, please contact
info@Sea-BirdCoastal.com or +1 425 401 7653, or go to the Sea-Bird Coastal
website (http://sea-birdcoastal.com/).
On-line RMA and Service Request Form
(October 2013)
For work to be done in our U.S. facility:
Try our new
On-line
RMA and Service Request Form to get an RMA number and let us know what
instrument(s) you are sending for calibration and/or repair. Include a copy
of the form with the instrument when you ship it. .
Sea-Bird Scientific Forms New Science Team
(October 2013)
Sea-Bird Scientific
is pleased to announce the formation of a new senior Science Team led by Norge
Larson. The Science Team will focus scientific resources from Sea-Bird
Electronics, WET Labs,
and Satlantic on the
critical needs of the oceanographic and water quality communities to drive
innovation and sensor technology development across Sea-Bird Scientific.
“Our new science structure affirms our commitment to developing the best science
tools for the world’s researchers,” said Norge. “I started my career at Sea-Bird
helping to develop the science behind our sensors and I look forward to bringing
a full time focus on strengthening our scientific capabilities.” This newly
formed Science Team will be a critical part of Sea-Bird Scientific.
Sea-Bird Scientific’s new President is Casey Moore. “We will continue to support
our global customers as they take on our world’s water challenges,” said Casey,
“Our approach will be to relentlessly innovate new and improved sensors and
platforms for the challenging environments where our customers work.”
Casey, Norge, and the entire Sea-Bird Scientific team
are pleased to leverage this new organizational structure to continue to deliver
leading scientific solutions along with the best performance and quality in the
industry.
TEOS-10 (Absolute Salinity) Implementation
(September 2013)
SBE Data Processing version 7.23.1
has implemented TEOS-10 equations in a new module, Derive TEOS-10, and a new
seawater calculator module SeaCalc III (replacing SeaCalc II). Other SBE Data
Processing modules, and Seasave, continue to output Practical Salinity, based on
EOS-80.
New
Navis
Autonomous Profiling Float
(October 2012; updated August 2013)
Sea-Bird is introducing the
Navis Autonomous Profiling Float,
Navis Autonomous Profiling
Float with Biogeochemical (BGC) Sensors, and now the
Navis Autonomous Profiling
Float with Integrated Biogeochemical (BGC) Sensors. Compare features
across the Navis product line.
Cable Search
(March 2013)
Try our new
Cable Search page -- this page allows
you to search for cables, including Y-cables for multiple auxiliary sensors
connecting to a single end cap connector.
Sea-Bird Europe
(updated March 2014)
Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc is pleased to
announce the opening in 2011 of our European
calibration and repair center. Located in Kempten,
Germany, Sea-Bird GmbH offers our European customers the same high-quality
repair and calibration services that had previously only been performed at
Sea-Bird headquarters facility in Bellevue, Washington, USA. As of August 2013,
Sea-Bird GmbH is supporting SBE 3, 4, 5,
9plus and 11plus (911plus) and 17plus (917plus),
16, 16plus, 16plus V2,
18, 19, 19plus, 19plus V2, 21, 25 (not 25plus), 26plus, 27,
29, 32, 37, 38,
39, 45, 49, 50, and 52-MP.
Recent
Field Service Bulletins
- SBE 49 FastCAT CTD
(July 2013):
SBE 49s manufactured 2.5 mK noise signal when
not averaging samples (16 Hz sampling); temperature probe redesign.
- Complete list of Field Service
Bulletins.
Current Software
(changes in previous 2 months in red)
SeatermV2:
2.3.1
Seaterm:
1.59
SeatermAF:
2.1.4
Deployment Endurance Calculator:
1.5
Seasave V7:
7.23.2
SBE Data
Processing:
7.23.2
Seasoft for Waves:
2.0
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Career Opportunities
Production Manager, Assembler
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