General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LARGELY METAL, WITH SOME GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

79.0 cm

Width

61.0 cm

Height

78.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MONITEQ

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Concord

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

DEVELOPED MARCH 1981- MAY 1984; USED 1984- C. 1988 (WHEN MK11 VERSION PRODUCED).

Canada

DEVELOPED & BUILT IN CANADA. CONCEPT OF DR. JAMES GOWER, INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES,SIDNEY BC, WHO ACTED AS CHIEF SCIENTIST OF PROJECT. MR. HOWARD EDEL, DEPT. OF FISHERIES & OCEANS (DFO) WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER. FUNDED BY DFO & INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON SPACE. NOW PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY BY MONITEQ. (REF.1)

Function

TO MONITOR CHLOROPHYLL DEPOSITS IN COASTAL WATERS FROM AN AIRCRAFT FLYING AT 10,000 FEET. (REF.1)

Technical

THIS INSTRUMENT REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IN REMOTE SENSING WHICH CROSSES THE BOUNDARIES OF PHYSICS, SPACE & COMPUTERS. THIS PROTOTYPE MODEL LEAD TO COMMERICAL PRODUCTION & FORMED THE BASIS FOR FURTHER TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING CANADIAN SCIENTISTS & INSTITUTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.4 componets bear [inventory ?] decals, reading "Government/ of Canada/ Fisheries/ and Oceans/ FP802-1-2172/ EDR No.", in English & French./.5 "FLI CALIBRATION/ EPROMS" & "MONITEQ LTD/ TORONTO, ONT./ CANADA/ L4K [?]H7" handwritten on decal on top of case lid. See complete transcript of Markings, with Dimensions, Materials & Finish details for individual components in Supp. Inf. file.

Missing

NOT COMPLETE- TAPE DRIVE & CALIBRATION SPHERE AMONG COMPONENTS KNOWN TO BE MISSING. From CA of 02/20/2002 by David Daley: No - Complete

Finish

MOST COMPONENTS HAVE BLUE PAINTED CASINGS, WITH SILVER METAL & BLACK PAINTED MOUNTING FRAMES (FOR INSTALLATION WITHIN AIRCRAFT). SEE DETAILS IN SUPP. INF. FILE.

Decoration

N/A