Proceedings of the IEEE Third Working Conference on Current Measurement

Airlie House Conference Center, Airlie, VirginiaJanuary 22-24, 1986

Table of Contents

Nontechnical content
Front cover and table of contents
Introduction
Appendices
Conventional technology
Chair(s): D. Heckman, EG&G
A VMCM S4 current meter intercomparison on a surface mooring in shallow water,  R. Beardsley, M. Briscoe, R. Signell, and S. Longworth,  pp. 7-12
Preliminary results of four VACM-VMCM DYADS in the upper ocean of the equatorial pacific,  David Halpern,  pp. 13-19
Intercomparison trials: Near-surface current measurements over the norwegian continental shelf,  Alastair D. Jenkins, Richard B. Olsen, and Savvas Christianidis,  pp. 20-25
Field intercomparison of NBIS smart ACM's with EG&G sea link VMCM's,  D. G. Aubrey and Wayne D. Spencer,  pp. 26-27
The evolution of the ENDECO, Inc. Tethered Current Meter,  Richard R. Krenmayer,  pp. 28-35
CODAR intercomparison: Delaware Bay 1984,  David L. Porter, Robert G. Williams, and Charles R. Swassing II,  pp. 36-44
Experience with Neil Brown SACM current meters in Lake St. Clair, Canada/USA, 1985,  J. A. Bull and J. Valdmanis,  pp. 45-51
An inter-comparison between the VACM and new EG&G VMCM on a surface mooring,  Robert C. Beardsley,  pp. 52-62
New technology
Chair(s): W. Woodward, NOAA
Recent improvements in ocean current measurement from motional electric fields and currents,  T. Sanford,  pp. 65-77
Space-time analysis of acoustic scintillations in ocean current sensing,  Steven F. Clifford and D. Farmer,  pp. 78-81
Shallow water tomography,  Harry A. DeFerrari, Neil Williams, and D. S. Ko,  pp. 82-93
Acoustic doppler current profiling
Chair(s): G. Appell, NOAA
Accuracy of shipboard doppler current profiling during CODE,  P. Michael Kosro, Lloyd Regier, and Russ E. Davis,  p. 97
Acoustic doppler current profiling from a volunteer commercial ship,  D. Cutchin, J. Christensen, R. Knoop, J. Stillman, and W. Woodward,  pp. 98-105
Evaluation of a vessel-mounted acoustic doppler current profiler for use in rivers and estuaries,  M. R. Simpson,  pp. 106-121
Fall 1984 Delaware Bay acoustic doppler profiler intercomparison experiment,  Bruce A. Magnell and Sergio R. Signorini,  pp. 122-152
Field evaluations of a bottom-mounted acoustic doppler profiler and conventional current meter moorings,  N. R. Pettigrew, J. D. Irish, and R. C. Beardsley,  pp. 153-162
Doppler acoustic velocity profiling in the arctic,  Robert Pinkel, Steve Beck, and James Morison,  pp. 163-168
Intercomparison of an acoustic doppler current profiler with conventional instruments and a tidal flow model,  G. Griffiths,  pp. 169-176
Estimating absolute current velocities by merging shipboard doppler current profiler data with LORAN-C data,  Clifford L. Trump,  pp. 177-183
High resolution current profiler,  F. D. Rowe, K. L. Deines, and R. L. Gordon,  pp. 184-189
Mid-ocean acoustic current profiling from submerged buoys,  Friedrich Schott,  p. 190
Design and calibration issues for current profiling systems: High-frequency volumetric backscattering in an oceanic environment,  D. Scott Hansen,  pp. 191-202
A wave theoretical approach to acoustic current profiling,  L. F. van der Wal,  pp. 203-212
Special topics
Chair(s): T. Mero
Medium resolution turbulence cluster for upper ocean measurements under sea ice,  Miles G. McPhee,  pp. 215-220
Standards--Why bother?,  William E. Terry,  pp. 221-224
On the measurement of currents for real-time applications: An overview,  Bruce B. Parker,  pp. 225-233