Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth Working Conference on Current Measurement

Colony South Hotel, Clinton, MarylandApril 3-5, 1990

Table of Contents

Nontechnical content
Front cover and table of contents
Introduction
Appendices
Radar and lagrangian technology
Chair(s): R. Williams
Precision current measurements using drifting buoys equipped with decca navigator and argos,  Emyr Roberts, David Last, and Gwyn Roberts,  pp. 7-13
Single station radar mapping of ocean surface currents,  P. May, R. Weber, R. Strauch, and K. Moran,  p. 14
Remotely controlled CODAR continuously observed surface currents in the German Bay,  Thomas Schlick, Klaus-Werner Gurgel, Heinz-Hermann Essen, and Florian Schirmer,  pp. 15-21
HF radar surface-current mapping: Recent U.S./Canadian advances,  Donald E. Barrick, Belinda J. Lipa, and Peter M. Lilleboe,  pp. 22-29
Intercomparison of current measuring technology for coastal dispersion problems,  David Prandle,  pp. 30-39
Spatially integrating technology
Chair(s): T. Sanford
Current measurement technology -- Present and future trends,  J. Filloux,  p. 43
Spatially averaged velocity from motionally induced electric field observations from ships and buoys,  T. Sanford,  p. 44
Florida current transport from cross stream voltages: 1981 - 1989,  J. C. Larsen,  p. 45
Spatially-averaged velocity from the seafloor horizontal electric field,  Alan D. Chave, Douglas S. Luther, and Jean H. Filloux,  pp. 46-53
Observing depth-averaged and surficial currents across the North Pacific,  Peter Spain,  pp. 54-64
Gyre-scale current measurements using reciprocal acoustic transmissions,  Peter F. Worcester, Brian D. Dushaw, and Bruce M. Howe,  pp. 65-70
Point source and related technology
Chair(s): R. Weller
A current meter with intelligent data system, environmental sensors and real-time telemetry,  J. D. Irish, G. J. Needell, K. Morey, J. Wood, and K. C. Baldwin,  pp. 73-79
Modular acoustic velocity sensor: A general-purpose flow meter,  D. A. Trivett, A. J. Williams, and E. A. Terray,  pp. 80-89
The development of a near bed recording system,  N. D. Pearson and M. R. Thomas,  pp. 90-99
Comparison of SACM and turbulence cluster measurements,  Miles G. McPhee and Michael Steele,  pp. 100-106
Degradation of paddle-wheel aanderaa current measurements by mooring vibration in a strong tidal flow,  John W. Loder and James M. Hamilton,  pp. 107-119
The VEKTOR-AKWA, an acoustic current meter for use in 3-dimensional dynamic flows,  H. C. Botma,  pp. 120-128
A note on the response characteristics of the VACM compass,  S. K. Patch, R. C. Beardsley, and S. J. Lentz,  pp. 129-133
Recent developments in ocean data telemetry,  Daniel E. Frye and Breck Owens,  pp. 134-145
High-speed, real-time data acquisition for vector measuring current meters,  Melora M. Park, Robin C. Singer, Albert J. Plueddemann, and Robert A. Weller,  pp. 146-153
The S4DW an integrated solution to directional wave measurements,  James H. Trageser and Hany Elwany,  pp. 154-168
Simple data telemetry from current meters using argos transmitters,  G. Tupper,  p. 169
Acoustic doppler and related technology
Chair(s): T. Chereskin
Employing an acoustic current profiler in surveys of the Arctic front in the Greenland Sea,  Michael Hähnel,  pp. 173-179
A review of interesting results obtained with acoustic doppler current profilers,  R. Lee Gordon, Alexander V. Berezutskii, Arata Kaneko, Carlo Stocchino, and Robert H. Weisberg,  pp. 180-191
Deep ocean acoustic doppler current profiling,  Eric Firing and R. Lee Gordon,  pp. 192-201
Deployment of an acoustic doppler current profiler using a low-drag subsurface multisensor flotation package: Design criteria and results,  F. de Strobel, T. S. Hopkins, and L. Gualdesi,  pp. 202-206
A comparison of two doppler current profilers,  W. G. Bos,  pp. 207-214
Single ping ADCP data,  Clifford L. Trump,  pp. 215-224
Superduck: Performance of an acoustic doppler current profiler in a shallow water-wave environment,  B. Magnell,  p. 225
Near-surface measurements with a doppler current profiler,  Gerald F. Appell and Patricia D. Bass,  pp. 226-230
Velocity errors associated with using short pulse lengths in a 150-kHz acoustic doppler current profiler,  Donald J. Belliveau and John W. Loder,  pp. 231-243
Design and tests of a trawl-resistant package for ADCP's,  Jean-Guy Dessureault, Donald J. Belliveau, and Scott W. Young,  pp. 244-251
Measuring wave direction using upward-looking doppler sonar,  E. A. Terray, H. E. Krogstad, R. Cabrera, R. L. Gordon, and A. Lohrmann,  pp. 252-257
Removing tides from ship-mounted ADCP data, with application to the Yellow Sea,  Julio Candela, Robert C. Beardsley, and Richard Limeburner,  pp. 258-266
Acoustic doppler current profiler: Installation and operation of a stemmed transducer system,  K. G. Robertson and I. G. Chivers,  pp. 267-282
Performance of a broadband acoustic doppler current profiler,  B. H. Brumley, R. G. Cabrera, K. L. Deines, and E. A. Terray,  pp. 283-289
Experience with a multi-depth scintillation flowmeter in the Fraser estuary,  D. D. Lemon and D. M. Farmer,  pp. 290-298
High capacity solid state recorders for oceanographic instrumentation,  Keith M. Hanf and Ramon G. Cabrera,  pp. 299-305
Acoustic correlation current profiler,  Steven E. Bradley, Kent L. Deines, and Francis D. Rowe,  pp. 306-313