A comparison of two Doppler current profilers

Author

Bos, W.G.

Author_Institution

Minist. of Transp. & Public Works, Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

374

Lastpage

381

Abstract

Two acoustic Doppler current profilers were tested in March 1988. The goal of the test setup was to compare two Doppler profilers under operational conditions in shallow waters. The two profilers involved were an RD-DR 1200 system and the profiler implementation on the Sonar Work Station of Rijkswaterstaat. In general, close correspondence was found between the two profilers, although under nonstationary current conditions large differences occurred. Water samples, taken at the test locations, have been analyzed with respect to mass concentration and particle size distribution. For some locations a poor correlation was found between these parameters and the received signal strength

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; rivers; ultrasonic equipment; underwater sound; 1.0 MHz; 1.2 MHz; March 1988; Netherlands; RD-DR 1200 system; Rijkswaterstaat; River Rhine outlet; Rotterdam Waterway; S North Sea; Sonar Work Station; US equipment; acoustic Doppler current profilers; estuarine oceanography; mass concentration; nonstationary current conditions; particle size distribution; profiler implementation; received signal strength; suspended sediment cycles; tidal cycle current measurements; water samples; Acoustic beams; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic testing; Application software; Doppler shift; Frequency estimation; Instruments; Sea measurements; Sonar; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/48.90901

Filename

90901