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Wildlife Computers Time-Depth Recorders (TDR) are data-archiving tags designed for tracking fine-scale movements of marine animals. A TDR10 is a cost-effective tag that works best on animals that can be captured twice such as pinnipeds, sea turtles, and penguins.
The TDR10 tags come in a variety of shapes with a variety of sensor options for gathering sample data including depth, temperature, light, wet/dry, acceleration, and stomach temperature (using the stomach temperature pill linked to a TDR). TDR10 tags can also come equipped with Fastloc® GPS. Fastloc acquires highly accurate locations in under a second.
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Specifications
Key Benefits of TDR10 Tags
- Fine-scale, high-resolution sample data
- High-sample rates
- Best possible digital resolution
- Most complete data set
- Highly accurate locations
- Fast acquisition
- Stored GPS snapshots
- Flexible scheduling
- Hundreds of achievable location per day
Specifications
| Attachment Type | Externally mounted*** |
| Sensors | Depth, Temperature, Light-level, Wet/Dry, 3D Accelerometer, Stomach Temperature, Fastloc GPS*** |
| Depth Sensor Range | 0-1700 m, 0-2000 m*** |
| Depth Sensor Resolution | 0.5 m, 1 m*** |
| Depth Sensor Accuracy | ± 1% of reading |
| Temperature Sensor Range | -40° C to 60° C |
| Temperature Sensor Resolution | 0.05° C |
| Temperature Sensor Accuracy | ± 0.1° C |
| Light Sensor (When Installed) | 5 x 10-12W cm-2 to 5 x 10-2W cm-2 |
| 3D Accelerometer Range | ± 2 g |
| 3D Accelerometer resolution | 0.05 m-2 |
| Stomach Temperature Resolution | ± 0.1° C |
| Stomach Temperature Accuracy | ± 0.3° C |
| Maximum Sampling Rate | 32 Hz |
| Pressure Rating (m) | Up to 2000 m |
| Operating Temperature Rating (°C) | -20° C to 50° C |
| Optimal Storage Temperature Range (°C) | 0° C to 5° C |
| Conductivity Operational Limits | 0.1 S m-1 to 5 S m-1 |
| Memory | 1 GB |
| Length, Width, Height, Weight, Wet/Dry Sensor, Maximum Deployment Length | *** |
*** indicates the specification is dependent upon the configuration model
Recovery Options for TDR10 Tags
- Payload Recovery Device—a great way to recover data with minimal effort and disturbance. From over 200 m away, the Payload Recovery Device will detach from the animal with a radio command.
- Float Packages—if you cannot recapture your animal another option is to attach the TDR10 to a float package that will release from the animal and then recovered. For example, a suction cup attachment on a cetacean. A SPOT tag, like our Asset Recovery tag, can be used to assist in finding the float package.
- Asset Recovery Tag—A SPOT tag can be attached to the animal in order to locate it, recapture it, and recover the TDR10. This tag can also be incorporated into a float package that holds the TDR10.
All text and specifications sourced from - https://wildlifecomputers.com/
Documentation
- TDR10 Product Sheet View document
- TDR10 Fastloc GPS Backmount Suite Configurations View document
- TDR10 Accelerometer Configurations View document
- Stomach Temperature Pill Configurations View document
- Otariids/Phocids Archival Fastloc Configurations View document
- Otariids/Phocids Archival Tag Configurations View document