Bottom boundary-layer measurements with SonTek ADPs: IEEE sixth working conference on current measurements

Author

Polonichko, Vadim ; Cabrera, Ramon

Author_Institution

SonTek Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

11-13 Mar 1999

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

229

Abstract

The authors describe a 3-beam pulse-to-pulse coherent acoustic Doppler profiler (PC-ADP). The system is self contained and is using its own CPU and digital signal processor (DSP) to collect the Doppler velocity and acoustic backscatter information. PC-ADP utilizes the pulse-coherent Doppler processing which allows it to make very accurate velocity measurements combined with high temporal and spatial resolution. Tow tank tests demonstrated a single-ping velocity uncertainty of order 7 mm/s for the measurements gathered at 2 Hz with 1.6-cm resolution

Keywords

acoustic equipment; flow measurement; flowmeters; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; sonar; 3-beam pulse-to-pulse instrument; ADP; Doppler velocity; PC-ADP; SonTek; acoustic Doppler profiler; acoustic backscatter; acoustic measurement technique; bottom boundary layer; current; dynamics; equipment; instrument; ocean; sonar; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Current measurement; Frequency; Length measurement; Measurement standards; Pollution measurement; Pulse measurements; Spatial resolution; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current Measurement, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5505-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCM.1999.755245

Filename

755245