Current profile measurement using moored acoustic Doppler current profiler

Permanent monitoring of currents in the Adriatic coastal region is of great interest both scientifically and to the general public, because of their role in coastline sea life and their impact on economy and tourist activities. Moored ADCP is a convenient instrument for long time current studies. It’s relatively cheep, but effective solution that could do the job of a full string of single point current meters. This paper describes some basic principles of operation, technical description and setup parameters of an ADCP. Deployment configurations together with example data of moored ADCP are also shown.