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Port / Harbor Applications

Here are some examples of how SonTek/YSI acoustic Doppler instruments can be used to collect water velocity measurement data for port and harbor applications.

Port / Harbor Applications

Instruments

Examples

  • ADP - Acoustic Doppler Profiler
  • Bosphorus Straits VTMIS - SonTek ADPs and Argonaut-SLs are integrated with Endeco systems on real-time data collection platforms (buoys) as part of a Vessel Traffic Management Information System.
  • SonTek ADPs are deployed at the Golden Gate Bridge, the Richmond Wharf, and the Benicia Bridge as part of the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time system (PORTS) currently installed in the San Francisco Bay area. Please check the web site of the San Francisco Marine Exchange for a description of PORTS, and to view some real-time data from the SonTek ADPs at these sites:
  • Shinnecock Inlet - Describes how SonTek side-looking ADP, ADVOcean, Argonaut-MD, and Argonaut-SL systems are being used to monitor currents for the Shinnecock Inlet Field Monitoring Project.
  • Bosphorus Straits VTMIS - SonTek ADPs and Argonaut-SLs are integrated with Endeco systems on real-time data collection platforms (buoys) as part of a Vessel Traffic Management Information System.
  • Kuwaiti Environmental Damage Assessment - Describes a water monitoring project that uses a YSI multiparameter sonde and Argonaut-XR.
  • Mooring Dolphin - Describes a way to mount an Argonaut-SL on a mooring dolphin to assist in ship berthing operations.
To submit your port/harbor application, contact SonTek.

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