ASL: 30 Years of MetOcean Equipment Leasing
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ASL Environmental Sciences has now been leasing MetOcean instruments for 30 years.
Back in the ’80s ASL Environmental Sciences leased equipment such as the Neil Brown ACM2 acoustic current meter and the Aanderaa RCM4 rotor and vane current meter. This was before Doppler profilers were introduced by RDI. The RCM4s and the company’s first CTD, an AML STD12+, recorded to tape.
Now ASL Environmental Sciences’ lease pool contains more than 50 TRDI ADCPs (75 through 1200 kHz, including StreamPro, RiverRay and Sentinel-V), about 100 water quality loggers and profilers (RBR and Seabirds, profilers and loggers, some with Turbidity, Dissolved Oxygen and Chlorophyll), more than 70 EdgeTech acoustic releases (PORTs, CARTs) and deck boxes, a dozen wave and tide pressure gauges, various acoustic pingers and transponders, almost 20 Ice and Zooplankton-Fish Profilers, various Iridium and ARGOS satellite beacons and RF/flashers, flotation and mooring cages and bottom frames and Niskin bottles and grab samplers.
The company’s clients are worldwide and include oil and gas, engineering firms, mining, renewable energy, consultants and government agencies.
February 2024
