Acoustic doppler current profiler: Difference between revisions

From Glossary of Meteorology
imported>Perlwikibot
(Created page with " {{TermHeader}} {{TermSearch}} <div class="termentry"> <div class="term"> == acoustic Doppler current profiler == </div> <div class="definition"><div class="short_defin...")
m (Rewrite with Template:Term and clean up)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Term
 
|Display title=acoustic Doppler current profiler
{{TermHeader}}
|Definitions={{Definition
{{TermSearch}}
|Num=1
 
|Meaning=
<div class="termentry">
(Abbreviated ADCP.) A current-measuring instrument employing  the transmission of high-frequency acoustic signals in water.<br/> The [[current]] is determined by a [[Doppler shift]] in the backscatter echo from plankton, suspended  [[sediment]], and [[bubbles]], all assumed to be moving with the mean speed of the water. Time [[gating]]  circuitry is employed, which uses differences in [[travel time]] to divide the water column into [[range]]  intervals called bins. The bin determinations allow development of a [[profile]] of [[current]] speed and  direction over the entire water column. The ADCP can be deployed from a moving vessel, towing  platform, buoy, or bottom-mounted platform. In the latter configuration, it is nonobtrusive in the  water column and thus can be deployed in shipping channels.
  <div class="term">
}}
== acoustic Doppler current profiler ==
}}
  </div>
 
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated ADCP.) A current-measuring instrument employing  the transmission of high-frequency acoustic signals in water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The [[current]] is determined by a [[Doppler shift]] in the backscatter echo from plankton, suspended  [[sediment]], and [[bubbles]], all assumed to be moving with the mean speed of the water. Time [[gating]]  circuitry is employed, which uses differences in [[travel time]] to divide the water column into [[range]]  intervals called bins. The bin determinations allow development of a [[profile]] of [[current]] speed and  direction over the entire water column. The ADCP can be deployed from a moving vessel, towing  platform, buoy, or bottom-mounted platform. In the latter configuration, it is nonobtrusive in the  water column and thus can be deployed in shipping channels.</div><br/> </div>
</div>
 
{{TermIndex}}
{{TermFooter}}
 
[[Category:Terms_A]]

Revision as of 16:13, 7 November 2023

(Abbreviated ADCP.) A current-measuring instrument employing the transmission of high-frequency acoustic signals in water.
The current is determined by a Doppler shift in the backscatter echo from plankton, suspended sediment, and bubbles, all assumed to be moving with the mean speed of the water. Time gating circuitry is employed, which uses differences in travel time to divide the water column into range intervals called bins. The bin determinations allow development of a profile of current speed and direction over the entire water column. The ADCP can be deployed from a moving vessel, towing platform, buoy, or bottom-mounted platform. In the latter configuration, it is nonobtrusive in the water column and thus can be deployed in shipping channels.


Retrieved from "https://glossarystaging.ametsoc.net/w/index.php?title=Acoustic_doppler_current_profiler&oldid=26782"
Powered by MediaWiki
Powered by WikiTeq
Powered by Semantic MediaWiki
Copyright 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS). For permission to reuse any portion of this work, please contact permissions@ametsoc.org. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be “fair use” under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 U.S. Code § 107) or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S.Copyright Act (17 USC § 108) does not require AMS’s permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form, such as on a website or in a searchable database, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statement, require written permission or a license from AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policy statement.