Workgroup for hydraulic laboratory testing and verification of hydroacoustic instrumentation

Author

Fulford, Janice M. ; Armstrong, Brandy ; Thibodeaux, Kirk G.

Author_Institution

Hydrologic Instrum. Facility Stennis Space Center, U.S. Geol. Survey, MS, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

2-6 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An international workgroup was recently formed for hydraulic laboratory testing and verification of hydroacoustic instrumentation used for water velocity measurements. The activities of the workgroup have included one face to face meeting, conference calls and an inter-laboratory exchange of two acoustic meters among participating laboratories. Good agreement was found among four laboratories at higher tow speeds and poorer agreement at the lowest tow speed.

Keywords

hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; acoustic meters; conference calls; face-to-face meeting; hydraulic laboratory testing; hydroacoustic instrumentation verification; international workgroup; water velocity measurements; Acoustic measurements; Acoustics; Calibration; Instruments; Standards; Testing; Velocity measurement; acoustic Doppler current profilers; acoustic current meters; discharge measurements; quality assurance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement (CWTM), 2015 IEEE/OES Eleventh

Conference_Location

St. Petersburg, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8418-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CWTM.2015.7098116

Filename

7098116