Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has released a video of the recently concluded FAST-1 monitoring platform trials in the Minas Passage, Nova Scotia.
FAST-1 monitoring platform was retrieved-mid July after 27 days of sea trials, as previously reported .
The platform is 4 meters long, and weighs around 4.5 tonnes, and was developed to provide better understanding of the environmental conditions in the Bay of Fundy.
The platform’s current sensor array includes:
The monitoring equipment on the platform includes the Aanderaa SeaGuard Platform, the Sequoia LISST, ASL Acoustic Profiler, Nortek Signature 500, and the TRDI Sentinel V s100.
Many companies and several Atlantic Canada universities have been involved in work with the FAST platform, including Acadia University, Dynamic Systems Analysis, and EMO Marine Technologies, amongst others.