Proceedings of the IEEE First Working Conference on Current Measurement

Clayton Conference Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DelawareJanuary 11-13, 1978

Table of Contents

Nontechnical content
Front cover and table of contents
Introduction
Appendices
General session
Near-surface ocean current sensors: Problems and performance,  James R. McCullough,  pp. 9-33
A review of the performance of an acoustic current meter,  Gerald F. Appell,  pp. 35-58
Ocean surface currents mapped by radar,  D. E. Barrick, M. W. Evans, and B. L. Weber,  pp. 59-65
Scientific research
Chair(s): Nick Fofonoff, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mooring motion influences on current measurements,  David Halpern,  pp. 69-75
Physical oceanographic research using the attended profiling current meter (APCM) and the Cyclesonde,  John C. Van Leer and Kevin D. Leaman,  pp. 77-93
Measurement of turbulence in ocean boundary layers,  J. Dungan Smith,  pp. 95-128
Shallow current measurements,  C. D. Winant, R. E. Davis, and R. Weller,  pp. 129-135
Deep ocean profiles from electromagnetic and acoustic Doppler measurements,  Thomas B. Sanford, Robert G. Drever, and John H. Dunlap,  pp. 137-151
CMICE 76: A current meter intercomparison experiment conducted off Long Island in February-March 1976,  Robert Beardsley, William Boicourt, Jon Scott, and Lloyd C. Huff,  pp. 153-155
The oceanic eddy field: Comments on exploration and technology,  William J. Schmitz Jr. and Jerome P. Dean,  pp. 157-161
Ocean engineering/construction
Chair(s): Richard I. Scarlet, EG&G, Environmental Consultants
The incompleat current meter,  Richard I. Scarlet,  pp. 165-167
Ocean current measurements in support of hydrocarbon exploration and production,  R. A. Stacy and W. Spring,  pp. 169-176
Current measurement instrumentation sensors for industrial applications: Requirements, problems, and proposed solutions for the next generation of instruments,  Matthew K. Howard and Charles F. McFarlane,  pp. 177-182
Current measurement: An important consideration in the design, construction, and operation of offshore facilities,  Frank W. Rose,  pp. 183-189
Water current measurements for marine pipeline design,  David S. McKeehan,  pp. 191-198
Current measurements in support of fixed platform design and construction,  G. Z. Forristall and R. C. Hamilton,  pp. 199-222
Environmental impact assessment
Chair(s): J. O. Blanton, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Measurements of coastal currents in the assessment of environmental impact,  J. O. Blanton,  pp. 225-236
Current measurements for the ocean thermal energy conversion program,  Robert L. Molinari and Lloyd Lewis,  pp. 237-254
Current measurements for environmental studies,  Bruce A. Magnell,  pp. 255-259
Operational surveys
Chair(s): Robert Peloquin, U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office
U.S. Navy ocean current survey requirements,  Robert A. Peloquin,  pp. 263-274
Current measurement problems in a circulation survey,  Bruce Parker and Lewis Walker,  pp. 275-291
Comparison of a few recording current meters in San Francisco Bay, California,  Ralph Ta-shun Cheng,  pp. 293-301
Working session
Report of the working session,  Gerald F. Appell, Robert C. Beardsley, William Boicourt, John Van Leer, James McCullough, Christopher N. K. Mooers, and J. Dungan Smith,  pp. 305-310
Poster session summaries
The arctic profiling system,  James H. Morison,  pp. 313-317
Current data from breakwater harbor, southeastern Delaware Bay,  James M. Demarest,  pp. 319-330