Design and Analysis of a Catamaran Data Acquisition Platform for Water Optics

摘要

The experimental work for water optics cost a lot of time and efforts. Researchers in many places still depend on the traditional lifting sensor methods of measuring and recording water optics data. In this work, a new design of data acquisition platform is described, which is equipped on a platform shaped as a catamaran. The shading effects of platform structure is analyzed which is related to solar zenith and azimuth angle, floating body's dimensions and draft. The main advantage of this platform is its flexibility of altering the type of sensors and ability of remote testing.