Company Overview

ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. was established in 1977 and provides oceanographic consulting services as well as a range of acoustic oceanographic products. The company has conducted over 500 projects for its clients in government, the oil industry and the private consulting business.

ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. has advanced numerical modelling capabilities, for application in river, estuarine and coastal circulation studies.

Data processing services are used to provide customers with accurate maps to support environmental, surveying and scientific research needs in remote areas including Arctic regions and less-developed tropical regions based on data provided by remote sensing devices such as satellites. ASL Environmental Sciences's specialized consulting has produced several software products that meet client and contract needs. In addition, ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. has developed the Acoustic Scintillation Flow Meter, a complete hardware and software system for measuring currents in river and water channels. This system is used by regulatory agencies, shipping companies, power utilities, and governments. ASL Environmental Sciences has also developed the Profiler range of upward looking sonar devices. These products are oceanographic instruments used for wave and ice draft measurement, as well as the detection of zooplankton.

Currently, ASL Environmental Sciences' products are sold diirectly to customers such as government departments, research institutes, universities and the oil and gas industry in North and South America, and through agents in Japan and the UK.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: ASL Environmental Sciences Inc.

Number of Employees: 28

Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000

Contacts

Services

• Computer Model Development

  Research and development in numerical modelling for sea-ice and iceberg applications, ocean acoustics & pollutant dispersion.

• Consulting On Environmental Issues

  Disciplinary specialists in physical aquatic topics for environmental assessment & monitoring applications.

• Data Processing

  Data processing, analysis and interpretation. Wide range of services for oceanographic, riverine and ice data.

• Design

  Design, logistics and instrument deployment Field services for ocean, coastal & river aquatic studies.

• Equipment Rental

  Rental of a wide range of oceanographic, meteorologic and ice instruments and related equipment.

• Oceanographic Consulting

  Wide range of oceanographic consulting with special emphasis on cold ocean regimes

• Research In Ocean Acoustics

  Research aimed at application of ocean & freshwater acoustics for innovative monitoring techniques & instrumentation.

• Sea Ice Monitoring Programs

  Scientific & operation services for sea-ice and iceberg studies. Services range from advanced numerical modelling to field data collection.

Products

• Climate Change Products And Services.

  See company overviews for range of products and services available.

• Environmental Products And Services
• Ice Profiler

  Upward looking sonar device mounted on the ocean floor to accurately measure ice draft. Can be deployed for up to 9 months.

• Technologies Et Instruments Acoustiques Innovateurs.

  La socit ASL Environmental Sciences inc. (ASL) a plus de 25 ans d'exprience de la mesure du dbit d'coulement. Nous avons ralis de nombreux programmes russis dans les environnements ocaniques les plus difficiles, de l'Arctique aux rgions tropicales.

  Lentreprise ASL a effectu avec succs plusieurs leves et tudes dans des rgions loignes et dans des conditions environnementales et logistiques exigeantes. La socit ASL offre une combinaison unique dexprience sur le terrain, de capacits en analyse, et de services spcialiss qui nous permettent de trouver des solutions aux problmes difficiles de mesure. ASL amliore constamment la diversit de ses techniques et expertises afin de mettre au profit de sa clientle les dcouvertes rcentes en ocanographie. La socit ASL vend le Ice Profiler, un sonar interne enregistreur vision vers le haut servant mesurer lpaisseur de la glace sur une priode de plusieurs mois ou annes. On utilise actuellement ce produit pour dtecter les changements climatiques par les effets du rchauffement du globe, qui est responsable de la diminution de lpaisseur et de ltendue des calottes polaires.

• Water Column Profiler
• Wave Profiler

  Highly accurate upward looking sonar device mounted on the sea floor for measuring waves. Can operate at depths to 225 metres

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