Orders Associates Research Systems –
Oceanographic Equipment Leasing / Mooring Design
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About Orders Associates Research Systems
Orders Associates Research Systems is pleased to offer a wide range of current meters, current profilers, wave and tide gages, acoustic releases, CTDs, Niskin bottles and Carousel Water Samplers, and other physical oceanographic equipment for lease including floatation, mounts, winches, meter wheels, etc. (please see our lease list). We can provide as much or as little assistance as you require, from simply providing the instruments with or without operator, to complete mooring design, construction, deployment, and recovery. Data processing is available using the equipment manufacturer’s latest software and our own custom routines.
Newsletter
Please click here to go to our February newsletter. Our monthly newsletter contains information on new equipment for lease, current projects, news and bug fixes from manufacturers, and more. This month’s feature: Orders Associates is now Orders Associates Research Systems, LLC.
Past newsletters:
January Nortek introduces WaveExtract software for the Nortek Aquadopp
November The 6000 Meter Nortek Deep Aquadopp Titanium Doppler Current Meter
October InterOcean Release and Deck Box, and 3 more InterOcean S4’s.
June 4 ways to collect water samples with an SBE32 Niskin Carousel and Sea-Bird Autofire Module.
May Turner SCUFA
Fluorometer arrives, solve Windows
April SBE32 Niskin Carousel with an SBE19 CTD and Auto Fire module.
March RDI Workhorse Sentinel Mode 12: High accuracy data in tight quarters.
February Turner Designs SCUFA Fluorometer.
November Using Compact Flash memory in place of PC Card memory in ADCP’s.
September New RDI Workhorse Sentinel 1200 kHz ADCP and another Sea-Bird SBE-19 CTD
August The Nortek Aquadopp Current Profiler
July OARS now accepts MasterCard and Visa
June Near-bottom mount for the InterOcean S4 current meter.
May OceanScience Aquafin for the NORTEK Aquadopp; conductivity sensors for the SBE26 Wave and Tide Gage, and a 25-meter power/data cable for the RDI Workhorse ADCP.
April The NORTEK Aquadopp single bin Doppler current meter
March How to use a Sea-Bird SBE-19 CTD as a moored instrument.
February SBE-19 update, S4 Windows software, EdgeTech AM200 upgrade.
January New RD Instruments 600 kHz ADCP
December Lower lease rates on selected equipment
November New Sea-Bird SBE-19 CTD
October
Sea-Bird SBE26 tide gages.
September
Aanderaa RCM7 current meter.
August
Bottom mount frames for directional wave measurement with the InterOcean
S4ADW.
July
Directional wave measurement at Rocky Reach Dam.
Equipment
Orders Associates has available for lease a wide variety of
current meters, wave and tide gages, water column profilers, acoustic releases
and release/transponders, as well as floatation, winches, meter wheels, and
more. We are constantly adding to our equipment pool, and will always consider
purchasing equipment for your project. Please click here to go to our lease list
Links to equipment manufacturers
Follow these links to the equipment manufacturer’s sites for detailed information on equipment in our lease pool.
Contact Information
Please send questions or comments to either of these addresses
Address
Orders Associates Research Systems
Telephone and fax
Tel. 425.776.3885
Fax. 425.776.2720
Recent Projects
Rocky Reach Dam S4ADW
Moored Sea-Bird SBE-19
Company History
Orders Associates Research Systems was founded in 1993 with a single InterOcean S4 current meter and one product, the WaveWatcher Datawell Waverider data acquisition system. Working with these items and constantly reinvesting profits into the company, we have amassed a lease pool of several dozen instruments from manufacturers such as Aanderaa, EdgeTech, Flotec, InterOcean, Sea-Bird, Magellan, Nortek, and RDInstruments. We also have winches, generators, meter wheels, and floatation available. Please see our lease list for a complete listing of all equipment.
Well maintained equipment works well. To this end every
piece of OARS equipment is tested immediately before it goes into the field and
again when it returns. In addition, all equipment is factory serviced at the
manufacturer’s recommended interval.
Upcoming Projects
Deepwater Sampling with Nortek’s 6000
meter Aquadopp
Sea-Bird SBE32 sampling in
1200 kHz RDI ADCP’s in Open Seas SUBS
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Last revised: Tuesday, March 11, 2003