The Alfred Wegener Institute works with numerous partners in all cold and temperate regions of Earth to understand how the pole areas and sea changes play a central role in global climate change.
These harsh and hazardous locations create many environmental challenges accessing and obtaining valuable data, critical to decipher the complicated processes contributing to the planet’s radical climate change.
“The LUMA modems performed flawlessly over a series of 15 dives. Using LUMA 250LP offered high amount of flexibility and provides significant capacities to work in these demanding environments.” FRANK WENZHÖFER, Principal investigator for in-situ flux studies on the cruise SO268-2
AT A GLANCE
Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI) onboard the research vessel, Sonne, were examining the possible environmental impact of deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) in the Eastern Pacific.
THE SOLUTION
By fitting their in-situ modules, as well as the KIEL6000 ROV System (GEOMAR) with Hydromea’s LUMA 250LP wireless modems, the research institutes were able to directly communicate with instruments at depths exceeding 4000m.
This gave the team ongoing peace of mind, ensuring that their network of delicate sensors were functioning correctly, and allowing them to reconfigure the measuring program if necessary.
BENEFITS
Deep Water Applications
LUMA offers affordable, portable and low-power high-speed wireless access to the subsea infrastructure down to 6000m depth.
Improved Operational Viability
Founded in 2014, Hydromea is a Swiss-based technology company delivering solutions that allow customers to have near real-time high-speed and high-volume data access in the subsea environment. Hydromea’s unique expertise lies in three complimentary underwater technology areas: wireless communication networking, robotics and navigation.