Side-Looking (Horizontal) Applications

Instruments

Examples

• ADP - Acoustic Doppler Profiler

• PORTS - NOAA is using side-looking ADPs to measure horizontal current profiles in support of the the PORTS (Physical Oceanography Real-Time Systems) installation near Anchorage, Alaska and in the Delaware Bay.
• 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.

• Argonaut-SL (Side-Looking)

• Index Velocities - Describes use of four SLs in California Delta to obtain index velocities.
• Kankakee River - Describes how an Argonaut-SL was used to develop a standard cross-section to monitor discharge in the Kankakee River.
• Mooring Dolphin - Describes a way to mount an Argonaut-SL on a mooring dolphin to assist in ship berthing operations.
• River Gauging - Describes a practical approach to carrying out river gauging using an Argonaut-SL. This method provides considerable improvement in velocity accuracy over travel-time systems, while reducing operational costs.
• 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.
• Spijkenisse Bridge - Describes the results of a comparison test between an Argonaut-SL and a travel time system installed on a bridge in The Netherlands.
• Toshka Project Flow Regulation - Side-looking Argonauts are used to collect and log real-time data for day-to-day canal operation.

• FlowTracker Handheld ADV

• Hot Spring Measurements - Describes how a FlowTracker was used to take measurements in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring.
• Indiana Stream Discharge - Describes how USGS personnel used a FlowTracker to measure discharge in eight Indiana streams.
• Tow Tank Test - Describes how the FlowTracker Handheld ADV was tested at a USGS tow tank.