MGDS Vocabulary Terms: device_type

AcousticBackscatterSensor, Measures turbidity-induced backscatter using high-frequency acoustic pulses.
AirGun, Type of seismic source
AirGun:Bolt1500, Airgun seismic source manufactured by Bolt Associates with chamber volume of 1500 cu. in.
AirGun:Bolt1500C, Airgun seismic source manufactured by Bolt Associates with chamber volumes of 1500 cu. in.
AirGun:Bolt1500LL, Air gun seismic source with chamber volumes of 1500 cu. in. (Long LIfe model)
AirGun:Bolt1900LLX, Air gun seismic source with chamber volumes of 1900 cu. in. (Long Life Model)
AirGun:Bolt2800LLX, Air gun seismic source (Long LIfe model)
AirGun:GI105/105, Generator- Injector airgun seismic source with chamber volumes of 105 and 105 cu. in.
AirGun:GI45/105, Combined GI45/45 and GI105/105 airgun cluster
AirGun:GI45/45, Generator- Injector airgun seismic source with chamber volumes of 45 and 45 cu. in.
Altimeter, A device that measures range
Altimeter:Laser, A device that uses pulsed laser light waveforms to measure range to the sea surface, seafloor, etc. Includes LiDAR.
Altimeter:Radar:IcePenetrating, A device that operates at frequencies in the MF, HF and VHF portions of the radio spectrum, and is used to study glaciers and ice sheets by employing techniques similar to Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).
Analyzer:Gas
Anemometer
Anemometer:Cup, The cup anemometer device is used to measure hydrological flow and consists of a frame and a paddle wheel assembly with a number of attached conical cups. This device was created by team related to HeatFlow_Germanovich and its development was funded by OCE07-37057.
Beacon
BED, Motion-sensing ball placed within sediment or on the seafloor and designed to record motion and pressure data whilst transported by turbidity flows.
Boomer, A boomer is a seismic sound source used in shallow-water seismic surveys that produces a sharp, broad-spectrum pulse. The frequency of the signal is between 500Hz and 10kHz.
Camera, Generic term for a device used to acquire analog or digital photographs.
Camera:Digital, A camera that records still photographs digitally via an electronic image sensor.
Camera:Video, Records motion picture imagery.
Camera:Video:HD, Video Camera with resolution of 1280×720 pixels or 1920×1080 pixels
Compass, A navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles.
CTD, An instrument package that is equipped with sensors that are used to measure Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth.
CurrentMeter, A sensor that measures the magnitude and direction of horizontal current motion in water. 
CurrentMeter:MAVS, Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor
ElectrochemicalSensor
ElectromagneticSensor
EventLogger
FluidFlowSensor, A device for sensing the rate of fluid flow.
Fluorometer, Measures parameters of fluorescence including intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. These parameters are used to identify the presence and the amount of specific molecules in a medium.
Fluorometer:EEM
FluxMeter
GPS, A navigational device that uses satellites to compute position.
Gravimeter, A type of accelerometer, specialized for measuring the constant downward acceleration of gravity.
HandSpecimen, Indicates that a sample was physically collected by a human.
Hydrophone, An underwater transducer used for recording or listening to sound. 
Hydrophone:Streamer, streamer of hydrophones used to receive Multi-channel seismic data
Incubator:Microbial, An in-situ device used to monitor environmental conditions and microbial activity in hydrothermal vents. Typically used to look at gradients in these parameters along a continuum from ambient water (outside the vent) into the hydrothermal flow.
LISST-DEEP, Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissometry device (made by Sequoia Scientific) for deep-sea in-situ measurements of particle size distributions
Logger:Core, Core Logger
MagneticGradiometer, A device consisting of two magnetometers used to measure gradient in magnetic field
Magnetometer, A device used to measure the strength and/or direction of the magnetic field.
Magnetotelluric/Electromagnetic, Device for determining electromagnetic earth impedance from measurements of orthogonal horizontal magnetic and electric fields at the surface.
MAPR, Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorder
MeteorologicalSensor, Generic term used to encompass all sensors of meteorological data
MooringProfiler
Navigation, Device used to monitor and record positional information.
Navigation:Marker, A physical object placed at a known position used to monitor navigational data and identify study sites for time series analysis.
Nephelometer, Measures suspended particulates in a liquid or gas.
NotApplicable, No device was used.
NotProvided, A device was used, but details about it have not been made available.
OpticalBackscatterSensor
PressureGauge
Probe:Chemistry
Probe:Chemistry:eH, Redox potential sensor
Probe:Chemistry:FeMnpH
Probe:Chemistry:INSECT, InSitu ElectroChemical Sensor deployed for time series observations of chemical redox parameters
Probe:Chemistry:ISEA, InSitu Electrochemical Sensor used to gather instantaneous chemical redox data
Probe:Chemistry:Oxygen
Probe:Chemistry:PCO2, Ocean surface measurement of CO2 partial pressure.
Probe:Chemistry:pH, A device used to measure the in-situ acidity or basicity of a solution.
Probe:Chemistry:SUAVE, Submersible Analyzer to Assess Vented Emissions, later renamed VISA
Probe:Chemistry:VISA, Vents In Situ Analyzer
Probe:Chemistry:Voltameter
Probe:Expendable:XBT, eXpendable BathyThermograph
Probe:Expendable:XCP, eXpendable Current Profiler
Probe:Expendable:XCTD, eXpendable CTD
Probe:Expendable:XSV, eXpendable Sound Velocimeter
Probe:Heatflow, Generic class of heat flow sensors
Probe:Heatflow:MHFP, Multi-penetration Heat Flow Probe, maintained at Oregon State University and operated from a ship platform
Probe:Resistivity
Probe:Temperature, Generic class of sensors used to measure the hotness or coldness of a substance.
Probe:Temperature:Diffusivity, A probe that measures thermal diffusivity
Probe:Temperature:HighTemp, Generic class of high-temperature data loggers
Probe:Temperature:LowTemp, Low-temperature data logger
Probe:TemperatureResistivity
Probe:Temperature:ThermistorArray
Pycnometer, Used for measuring true density and volume
ResistivityMeter, A DC-Resistivity/Induced Polarization meter used for collecting electrical resistivity data
Sampler, Refers to any kind of sampling device used to collect physical samples
Sampler:Biology, Broad catagory of dive Biology samplers
Sampler:Biology:ChimneyMaster, A hydraulically actuated net used in hydrothermal vent investigations that is lined with mesh and suspended in an aluminum frame and is used to remove and collect all attached and associated fauna from the substrate along with a surface layer of loose rocks and sulfides.
Sampler:Biology:ColonizationSubstrate, Substrate is deployed on seafloor to document time series colonization.
Sampler:Biology:CrabTrap
Sampler:Biology:ExclusionCage, A biological sampling device that is designed to selectively permit some organisms to settle in an area while prohibiting access to other organisms.
Sampler:Biology:FossilizationCage, experimental device made out of titanium, which is deployed at smokers to look at the growth of sulfide chimneys of black smokers and the way different items such as shells or tubes or other material are fossilized
Sampler:Biology:IncubationChamber
Sampler:Biology:MOCNESS, Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sampling System
Sampler:Biology:MusselPot, Type of biological sampler designed to sample mussel beds and the associated community.
Sampler:Biology:Net, A sampler that consists of fibers woven in a grid-like mesh to allow particles of smaller sizes to pass through the mesh while retaining larger particles.
Sampler:Biology:Pump, A sampling device that uses moves fluids by physical or mechanical action to collect organisms.
Sampler:Biology:PushCore, A small coring device held by the manipulator arm of a submersible
Sampler:Biology:Scoop
Sampler:Biology:ShrimpTrap
Sampler:Biology:Slurp
Sampler:Biology:Slurp:Gun
Sampler:Biology:Slurp:Super
Sampler:Biology:VentCap, An in-situ situ growth chamber used in hydrothermal vent studies.
Sampler:Biology:WormWok
Sampler:Fluid, Broad category of Fluid samplers
Sampler:Fluid:Bottle, A generic term used to describe a device used to recover a discrete water sample to the surface. Includes Niskin bottles.
Sampler:Fluid:GasTight, Gas Tight Fluid sampler used for collecting hydrothermal vent fluids. 
Sampler:Fluid:GasTight:IGT, Isobaric Gas Tight  fluid sampler.
Sampler:Fluid:Ghostbuster, The Ghostbuster in situ chemical sampler designed by Kang Ding/Bill Seyfried of UMN
Sampler:Fluid:HFPS, Hydrothermal Fluid and Particle Sampler
Sampler:Fluid:HFS, Hydrothermal Fluid Sampler
Sampler:Fluid:HotFluid, System consisting of pumps, valve, temperature probes, and various sensors -  carried by an ROV or manned-sub with an embedded interfacing controller program.
Sampler:Fluid:Major, Water sampler that use a syringe-like plunger to draw in vent fluids through a narrow titanium nozzle that is placed down into the throat of the vent. 
Sampler:Fluid:OsmoSampler, In situ long-term continuous osmotic water sampler.
Sampler:Fluid:Pump, Used to collect discrete physical sample of fluid that is stored in a bag or bottle until recovered to the surface.
Sampler:Fluid:RAS, Water sampler designed to collect in-situ water samples over time.
Sampler:Fluid:RAS-PPS, Remote Access Sampler and Preserved Particle Sampler
Sampler:Fluid:Squeeze, Geoff Wheat's squeeze sampler
Sampler:Fluid:SuPR, Suspended Particulate Rosette (SuPR) collects tiny particles from plumes of hot fluids with the ability to analyze the chemical composition of those particles right at the seafloor.
Sampler:Fluid:Toaster
Sampler:Manipulator, Robotic arm used on submersibles for grabbing rocks, bio samples, etc.
Sampler:Rock:Core, Sampling device used to acquire rock samples, can also be referred to as a wax core. Typically a wax-coated ball that is dropped (from an ROV or towed system) into glassy basalt to collect a rock fragments.
Sampler:Rock:Dredge, A device with rectangular frame connected to a chain bag that is dragged along the seafloor to collect rock samples.
Sampler:Rock:Drill, Drill used to obtain a small core of rock, usually for land samples. Often, the drill and resultant rock core sample is oriented for later P-mag studies. 
Sampler:Sediment:BoxCore, A square or rectangular sampling device used for retrieving samples from unconsolidated sediments.

Sampler:SedimentCore, A cylindrical sampling device used to collect a section of a naturally occurring medium.
Sampler:Sediment:GougeCore, Similar to a Russian corer and also used to sample peaty soils. The long, open cylindrical coring chamber is pushed into the subsurface, twisted and recovered to capture an undisturbed sample of material.
Sampler:Sediment:Grab, A scoop-like device used to recover surface sediments from the seafloor
Sampler:Sediment:GravityCore, A sediment sampling device, consisting of a weight with a long core tube, that is lowered to a designated height above the sea floor and then dropped and embedded into the sediment. 
Sampler:Sediment:JumboPistonCore
Sampler:Sediment:KastenCore
Sampler:Sediment:MultiCore, A sediment sampling device with several tubes that are driven into the sediment by lead weights. The rate of decent is typically controlled by a hydraulic damper.
Sampler:Sediment:PistonCore, A sediment sampling device with a tube, weight, and trigger arm that is lowered to a height above the seafloor and then allowed to free-fall to the seafloor. The trigger arm provides extra force to penetrate more deeply into the sediment.
Sampler:Sediment:RussianCore, Used to sample peat and other woody plant material. The coring chamber is pushed into the subsurface using extension rods. When the target depth is reached, a T-handle is used to rotate the entire core assembly 180 degrees. In doing so, a sharp metal edge cuts longitudinally to capture an undisturbed sample of material. The corer is then pulled back up to recover the sample. 
Sampler:Sediment:Scoop, Used to sample sediments - usually preserves a good sediment-water interface. 
Sampler:Sediment:Slurp
Sampler:SedimentTrap
Sampler:Sediment:TriggerCore
Sampler:Sediment:VibraCore, A device for collecting sediment cores that is driven into the sediment by a hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical or electrical mechanism.
Satellite
Satellite:Microwave
Satellite:Spectroradiometer
Scanner:Core, Core Scanner
Seismic:ComplianceMeter, A seismometer used to monitor vertical motions of the seafloor associated with low frequency (infragravity) ocean waves
Seismic:ESP, Expanding Spread Profile seismic system involving two ships.
Seismic:MCS, Multi-Channel Seismic system
Seismic:MCS:HiRes, High Resolution MCS Seismic System
Seismic:MCS:HiRes:Portable, Portable High-Resolution MCS System
Seismic:OBH, Ocean Bottom Hydrophone
Seismic:OBS, Ocean Bottom Seismometer
Seismic:SCS, Single Channel Seismic system
Seismic:SCS:HiRes:Portable, Portable High-Resolution Single Channel Seismic System
Seismic:Seismometer, Measures ground motions generated by seismic sources including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Seismic:Sonobuoy, Deployed buoy with hydrophone (s) ejected from ship (or aircraft). A radio transmitter relays acoustic information from hydrophone to ship.
Seismic:Subbottom, Images the shallow seafloor subsurface, eg. Knudsen, 3.5 kHz sonars. Note that 3.5 kHz echosounder can generate both subbottom data and seafloor depth data.
Seismic:Subbottom:3.5khz, 3.5khz subbottom profiler
Seismic:Subbottom:CHIRP, Swept frequency subbottom profiler
Sensor:MicrobialFuelCell, A device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy by the catalytic reaction of microorganisms.
Sensor:Optode:Oxygen, The Oxygen optode is designed to measure absolute oxygen concentration and % saturation.
Sensor:SeepageMeter, Device deployed vertically over a chimney of underwater vent to measure flow rate of hydrothermal fluid. 
Sonar, An instrument that uses underwater sound propagation typically used to observe characteristics of the seafloor or water column, but also used to for underwater navigation.
Sonar:ADCP, A sonar that is used to produce a record of water current velocities for a range of depths.
Sonar:ADV, Instrument to measure water column instantaneous velocity components
Sonar:Echosounder, is a device which uses acoustic technology for the measurement of underwater physical and biological components.
Sonar:Interferometric, With interferometric sonar systems, the acoustic energy is propagated from the transducer downward in a beam that is narrow in the along-track dimension and wide in the across-track dimension. This method produces a line of depth measurements across-track, i.e. perpendicular to the research vessel’s trackline. As the vessel moves forward, these profiles sweep out a ribbon-shaped surface of depth measurement.
Sonar:InvertedEchoSounder, An ocean bottom-moored instrument that measures vertical acoustic travel time round trip from the sea floor to the sea surface.
Sonar:LADCP, An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler typically installed on an instrument platform lowered at the end of a hydrographic wire.
Sonar:Multibeam, A sonar system that effectively creates a swath of sound beams typically used for bathymetric surveys.
Sonar:Scanning, Single beam sonar with an articulating transducer which rotates through a preset angular range creating a slalom of bathymetric soundings along the survey track.
Sonar:Sidescan, A sonar device that emits fan-shaped pulses toward the seafloor across a wide angle perpendicular to the path of the sensor through the water, which may be towed from a surface vessel or submarine, or mounted on the ship's hull. The intensity of the acoustic reflections from the seafloor of this fan-shaped beam is recorded in a series of cross-track slices.
Sonar:Singlebeam, A sonar system that emits a single sound beam typically used for bathymetric surveys or depth measurements on the bridge.
SoundVelocitySensor, A device that utilizes the Doppler effect to measure the speed of sound in water.
Sparker, Acoustic sound source: generates an electrical arc that momentarily vaporizes water between positive and negative leads
Spectrometer:DOAS, Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy system
Spectrometer:Gamma
Spectrometer:ISMS, In situ mass spectrometer
Spectrometer:Raman
Spectrometer:XRF, Used for elemental analysis
TemperatureLogger:Autonomous, A self-contained temperature logging instrument that can be deployed to acquire a time-series of temperature measurements.
ThermalBlanket, Device for estimated seafloor heat flux in diffuse flow regions.
ThermocoupleArray
Thermosalinograph, Thermosalinograph (TSG) is an automated Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity measurement system measured onboard using a water intake.
Tiltmeter, A device that uses a horizontal reference frame to determine tilt 
TraceChemicalSensor
Transmissometer, Measures fraction of light, from a collimated light source, reaching a light detector a set distance away.
Transponder, Transmits sound used for acoustic navigation
TurbidityMeter
WaterGun, Type of seismic source
WaveGauge, Device for measuring wave properties
WeatherStation, Generic term to describe the suite of instruments used to monitor weather conditions