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Aquadopp Current Meter

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A comparison of near-surface current measurement methods (Siegel et al., CMTC 2008) pdf 919 kb
One-year near-surface current measurements from a surface mooring in the Gulf Stream (Tupper et al., CMTC 2008) pdf 1,986 kb
Evaluation of Aquadopp Surface Current Meter at VIMS pdf 585 kb
Intercomparison of Aquadopp and ADCP (with Rick Birch) pdf 171 kb
Wave directional spectra near Scripps Pier (with Linden Clarke) pdf 219 kb
Data from a 6-month deployment in the Barents Sea pdf 436 kb
Deep-water Aquadopp validation tests pdf 869 kb
Performance of a new generation of acoustic current meters (Hogg & Frye, WHOI) pdf 13,861 kb
 

Aquadopp Current Profiler

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Evaluation of Current and Wave Measurements from a Coastal Buoy. (Wilson and Siegel, OCEANS 2008) pdf 313 kb
Pure coherent Doppler systems – how far can we push it? (Lohrmann et al., CMTC 2008) pdf 707 kb
Discharge in a shallow river pdf 93 kb
USBR Tracy Fish Facility pdf 330 kb
Wave directional spectra at Torrey Pines Beach pdf 260 kb
 

AWAC (Acoustic Waves And Currents)

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Nortek AWAC overview (Sea Technology, February 2006) pdf 1,214 kb
New techniques for offshore wave measurements (Ocean News & Technology, September 2007) pdf 681 kb
Wave measurements from a subsurface buoy (Pedersen et al., CMTC 2008) pdf 2,165 kb
Long-Term Performance of an AWAC Wave Gauge, Chesapeake Bay, VA (Puckette et al., CMTC 2008) pdf 620 kb
Evaluation of wave paramaters in coastal environments (Vandever et al., ASCE 2008) pdf 518 kb
Resolving transformed wave directions near coastal structures (Pedersen et al., ICCE 2006) pdf 1,410 kb
Possibilities and limitations of Acoustic Surface Tracking pdf 1,965 kb
AWAC & Wave Buoy Comparison in the Chesapeake Bay pdf 626 kb
AWAC report from Vancouver (ASL) pdf 196 kb
AWAC report from Gulf of Mexico (USF) pdf 606 kb
AWAC report from Tampa Bay (USF) pdf 581 kb
AWAC report from North Carolina (UNCW) pdf 1,700 kb
Oceans 2002 Waves paper pdf 526 kb
 

EasyQ River Flow Monitor

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Results of prototype testing in the White River pdf 340 kb
Results from flow monitoring at Fall Creek pdf 140 kb
EasyQ River Flow monitor test results (ASCE Paper) pdf 270 kb
Flow Measurements in the San Diego Canal pdf 89 kb
 

Vector Velocimeter

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Data from the surf zone near Scripps Pier (with Linden Clarke) pdf 175 kb
Surf-zone intercomparison of Vector with another velocimeter (with Joan Oltman-Shay) pdf 131 kb
Data from a tidal channel (by George Voulgaris) pdf 108 kb
Wave directional spectra at Torrey Pine Beach pdf 260 kb
The Eddy Correlation Technique - An Overview pdf 208 kb
Oxygen uptake measured with eddy correlation technique (Berg et al., MEPS 2003) pdf 658 kb
Oxygen exchange measured with eddy correlation method (Kuwae et al., MEPS 2006) pdf 528 kb
Data quality of Vector in low scatter conditions at 173 m in Gulf of Maine (by David Ciochetto) pdf 776 kb
 

Vectrino Laboratory Velocimeter

Type

Size

Improvements in acoustic Doppler velocimetery (ICHE 2006) pdf 2.3 MB
Vectrino-MicroADV comparison pdf 771 kb
Laboratory Velocimeter tests in a flume (with John Cox) pdf 99 kb
New Velocimeter Processing Algorithms Reduce Variance pdf 30 kb
Comparison of Three Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters (with Jim Kirby) pdf 17 kb
 
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