Accession Number:

AD1003877

Title:

Application of a Broadband Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler for Tidal Current Measurements at Coastal Inlets

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg United States

Personal Author(s):

• McKinney,James P.

Report Date:

1993-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this Technical Note is to introduce BroadBand Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler BBADCP technology and to illustrate its use during a recent field investigation to measure tidal currents at Shinnecock and Moriches Inlets, Long Island, New York. Discussions are directed towards the operational principles, functional characteristics and capability of this state-of-the-art instrument.

Descriptors:

• DOPPLER SONAR
• TIDAL CURRENTS
• sediment transport
• hydrodynamics
• INLETS(WATERWAYS)
• ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT
• velocity
• BREAKWATERS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE