Design and tests of a real time SonTek ADP system

Author

Appell, Gerald F.

Author_Institution

NOS, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

23-26 Sep 1996

Firstpage

289

Abstract

Real time current measurement systems were required for use in a new Physical Oceanographic Real Time System (PORTS) being designed for the Houston ship channel in Galveston Bay. The new SonTek Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) was selected for the project. The ADPs were configured to output data in real time on request from a remote station by “polling” and simultaneously record on an internal PCMCIA recorder. The ADPs required protection from trawlers that work the ship channel requiring the design and development of a trawl resistant platform. The platform is fabricated from fiberglass and designed to house either SonTek or RD Instruments miniature current profilers. A variety of tests were performed on the ADPs in various stages of development. Platform tests were conducted at the Naval Surface Warfare Center

Keywords

acoustic applications; acoustic devices; flow measurement; oceanographic equipment; sonar; ADCP; ADP; Acoustic Doppler Profiler; PORTS; Physical Oceanographic Real Time System; acoustic Doppler current profiler; acoustic equipment; dynamics; instrument; measurement technique; ocean current; real time SonTek ADP system; sonar; trawl resistant platform; underwater equipment; Acoustic testing; Current measurement; Instruments; Marine vehicles; Optical fiber testing; Performance evaluation; Protection; Real time systems; Sea surface; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '96. MTS/IEEE. Prospects for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3519-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1996.572724

Filename

572724