Here are some application examples of how SonTek/YSI acoustic Doppler
velocimeter systems can be used to collect water velocity measurement data.
5-MHz ADVOcean Applications
Applications |
Examples |
| AUV / UUV / ROV |
- NPS's AUV Phoenix
- Describes how the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Research used an ADVOcean to collect data for wave directional spectrum
estimates.
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| Benthic Boundary Layer |
- Martha's Vineyard - Describes
a laboratory evaluation and a field deployment of an ADV in the benthic boundary layer
south of Martha's Vineyard during Hurricane Edouard by the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution.
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| Estuaries |
- We're looking for application articles; to submit yours, contact SonTek.
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| Surf Zone Turbulence |
- Surf Zone - Shows how an ADV
was used to collect data in the surf zone of a local San Diego beach.
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| Water Supply & Treatment |
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| Wave and Current Monitoring |
- 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.
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| Wave Directional Spectrum Measurements |
- NPS's AUV Phoenix
- Describes how the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Research used an ADVOcean to collect data for wave directional spectrum estimates.
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To submit your ADVOcean application, contact SonTek. |