Extended-range RiverSonde operation on the Hudson River

Author

Teague, Calvin C. ; Barrick, Donald E. ; Lilleboe, Peter M. ; Roarty, Hugh ; Holden, Danielle ; Goldinger, Dakota

Author_Institution

CODAR Ocean Sensors, Ltd., Mountain View, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 March 2011

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

80

Abstract

A RiverSonde was operated during June-August 2010 along the Hudson River in New Jersey at a location about 140 m from the water´s edge with the antenna about 40 m above the water level. With this configuration, usable signals were obtained all the way across the river, out to a range of 1400 m from the radar. This was considerably greater than the 300 m which had been observed in previous experiments. Initial data processing shows that the along-channel velocity had the expected tidal signature with a maximum value of approximately 1 m/s and was nearly in phase with the stage measured about 5 km downstream at a NOAA gaging station.

Keywords

hydrological techniques; remote sensing; rivers; AD 2010 06 to 08; Hudson River; NOAA gaging station; New Jersey; along-channel velocity; data processing; distance 1400 m; distance 300 m; extended-range RiverSonde operation; Antennas; Current measurement; Radar; Rivers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurements (CWTM), 2011 IEEE/OES 10th

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9285-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CWTM.2011.5759529

Filename

5759529