Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on Current Measurement

The Lagrangian and Eulerian Current Measurement Techniques
Bahia Hotel, San Diego, CA		March 11-13, 1999

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Introduction
Radar sensing of currents
Chair(s): Jeffrey Paduan
Using antenna patterns to improve the quality of SeaSonde HF radar surface current maps,  Donald E. Barrick and Belinda J. Lipa,  pp. 5-8
High-frequency radar simulations,  Daniel M. Fernandez, Kenneth E. Laws, and Jeffrey D. Paduan,  pp. 9-13
The case for building a current-mapping over-the-horizon radar,  T. M. Georges and J. A. Harlan,  pp. 14-18
Wavelet analysis of surface current vector fields measured by high frequency Doppler radar,  Brian K. Haus, Hans C. Graber, and Lynn K. Shay,  pp. 19-24
Extraction of surface currents of solitary internal waves from synthetic aperture radar data,  David Y. Lai,  pp. 25-27
Mapping coastal winds with HF radar,  Jeffrey D. Paduan, Raymond Delgado, John F. Vesecky, Yolanda Fernandez, Jason Daida, and Calvin Teague,  pp. 28-32
Surface current measurements by HF radar over fresh water at Lake Michigan and Lake Tahoe,  John F. Vesecky, Lorelle A. Meadows, Jason M. Daida, Peter E. Hansen, Calvin C. Teague, Daniel M. Fernandez, and Jeffrey D. Paduan,  pp. 33-37
The development of VHF oceanographic radar,  Masayuki Tokuda,  p. 38
Waves and langmuir circulation
Chair(s): Rob Pinkel
Wave measurements with an ADCP,  Michael John Howarth,  pp. 41-44
Doppler shifting of water waves by a turbulent wind-driven current,  S. J. Jacobs and A. W. Gwinn,  pp. 45-48
A new wave directional spectrum measurement instrument,  Andrew Kun, Alan Fougere, and Peter McComb,  pp. 49-53
Design and performance of a self-contained, fan-beam ADCP,  A. J. Plueddemann, E. A. Terray, and R. Merewether,  pp. 54-59
Synchronous lagrangian and eulerian velocity measurements,  Jerome A. Smith,  pp. 60-65
Measuring waves and currents with an upward-looking ADCP,  Eugene A. Terray, Blair H. Brumley, and Brandon Strong,  pp. 66-71
Drifters
Chair(s): S. Craig Cumbee
Recent developments at dunstaffnage: The GPS-Argos drifter, the smart buoy, and the mini drifter,  David Meldrum,  pp. 75-81
Marvor Sivor VCM: Field proven free drifting subsurface float,  Jacky Moliera, Gerard Loaec, Jean Claude Gascard, and Pierre Tillier,  pp. 82-87
Analysis of tidal internal wave propagation in the North Pacific with lagrangian and eulerian current meter techniques,  Eugene G. Morozov, Nick E. Morozov, and Peter L. Vanyan,  pp. 88-89
Propagation and dissipation of tidal internal waves in the North Pacific on the basis of the MEGAPOLYGON data, an experiment with 170 moored buoys,  Eugene G. Morozov, Victor E. Morozov, and Peter L. Vanyan,  pp. 90-92
A GPS-tacked surface drifter for harbor and estuary applications,  H. H. Shih and J. J. Sprenke,  pp. 93-94
Current and emerging satellite technologies: Implications for drifting buoy design,  Thomas C. Wilson Jr.,  pp. 95-100
Horizontal current structure
Chair(s): Steven Anderson
Horizontal ADCP for remote mapping of currents,  Steve Bradley,  pp. 103-107
Results of a horizontally mounted ADCP under stratified conditions,  Sicco D. Kamminga and René Visser,  pp. 108-111
Overview of hydro-acoustic current-measurement applications by the U. S. Geological Survey in Indiana,  Scott E. Morlock and James A. Stewart,  pp. 112-116
Measurement of velocities with an acoustic velocity meter, one side-looking and two upward-looking acoustic doppler current profilers in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Romeoville, Illinois,  Kevin A. Oberg and James J. Duncker,  p. 117
Into the third dimension: Development of phased array Doppler sonar,  Robert Pinkel and Jerome A. Smith,  pp. 118-120
Horizontal ADCP, new instrument for measuring current speed in a horizontal plane,  Satoshi Sato, Tsuneo Nakamura, and Motoji Kawanabe,  pp. 121-124
Techniques for accurate estimation of net discharge in a tidal channel,  Michael R. Simpson and Roger Bland,  pp. 125-130
Using side-looking acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and Doppler radar systems to characterize a convergent surface front,  C. L. Trump, N. Allan, and G. O. Marmorino,  pp. 131-135
Enabling technology
Chair(s): Andrew Moore
Measuring temperature and velocity variability from a horizontal mooring,  Steven P. Anderson, Richard Trask, Robert A. Weller, Will Ostrom, Bryan Way, Bradford Butman, Mark Grosenbaugh, Jason Gobat, and Walter Paul,  pp. 139-143
Velocity measurements from a moored profiling instrument,  J. M. Toole, K. W. Doherty, D. E. Frye, and S. P. Liberatore,  pp. 144-149
A new low-cost acoustic current meter design,  Andrew Kun and Alan Fougere,  pp. 150-154
Real-time measurement of deep sea currents off Cape Muroto,  Kyohiko Mitsuzawa,  pp. 155-159
The use of deep water moorings in commercial oceanography,  Andrew N. Moore, Barry M. Norman, and Robin V. Stephens,  pp. 160-165
Multiple sensor integration with the SonTek Hydra datalogger,  Jerry Mullison, Ramon Cabrera, and Daryl Slocum,  pp. 166-169
Intercomparison/validation
Chair(s): H.H. (Eddie) Shih
Practical considerations for the use of ADCPs in offshore engineering,  D. R. G. Jeans and A. N. Moore,  p. 173
An intercomparison study using 3-dimensional electromagnet turbulent velocity probes, a hot-film anemometer, and an airfoil probe,  David Y. Lai, Vadim T. Paka, Donald P. Delisi, Anatoli V. Arjfannikov, and Sergei A. Khanaev,  pp. 174-178
Intercomparison of acoustic and electromagnetic current meters during leeway drift tests,  Eric T. Morton, Arthur A. Allen, James O'Donnell, and Christian Oates,  pp. 179-183
An intercomparison of electromagnetic and acoustic current meters in a shallow estuary,  James O'Donnell, Arthur A. Allen, Christian Oates, and Gary Reas,  pp. 184-190
Current measurements in the North Sea near the entrance of the Port of Rotterdam,  Herman C. Peters and C. Deelen,  pp. 191-197
Intercomparison between acoustic Doppler current profilers,  Kim Roerbaek,  pp. 198-203
Boundary layers/turbulence
Chair(s): Gene Terray
Application of the combined set of the ADCP system and electromagnetic three-component currentmeter for the turbulent currents investigations.,  A. Arzannikov, V. Gorbatsky, G. Ivanov, D. Ivanov, and A. Litvin,  pp. 207-211
Internal wave generation in lakes with very slow flow,  Lee Gordon, Atle Lohrmann, and Tobias Jonas,  pp. 212-215
A high resolution constant beam width pulse-to-pulse coherent 3-D acoustic doppler profiling current meter for use in laboratory and environmental studies,  U. Lemmin, D. Hurther, and C. Shen,  pp. 216-220
Velocity profile measurements in the crest of a breaking wave using the BASS rake acoustic velocity sensor,  Archie T. Morrison III, Edwin A. Cowen, and Philip L.-F. Liu,  pp. 221-226
Bottom boundary-layer measurements with SonTek ADPs,  Vadim Polonichko and Ramon Cabrera,  pp. 227-229
BASS measurements of currents, waves, stress, and turbulence in the North Sea bottom-boundary layer,  F. T. Thwaites and A. J. Williams III,  pp. 230-235
Benthic "Weather" current meter array,  Albert J. Williams III,  pp. 236-240
A three dimensional coherent Doppler velocity profiler: Bistatic beam geometry and calibration results,  L. Zedel and A. E. Hay,  pp. 241-246
Volume backscatter & optimal sampling
Chair(s): Blair Brumley
Backscatter estimation using broadband acoustic Doppler current profilers,  Kent L. Deines,  pp. 249-253
Current profiling algorithms for highest accuracy and maximum depth,  J. L. Christensen and R. D. Hess,  pp. 254-257
Acoustic determination of sediment concentrations, settling velocities, horizontal transports and vertical fluxes in estuaries,  David A. Jay, Phillip Orton, David J. Kay, Annika Fain, and António M. Baptista,  pp. 258-263
Detecting storm-generated suspended materials in Lake Michigan using ADCP echo intensities,  G. S. Miller, J. H. Saylor, and M. J. McCormick,  pp. 264-268
Statistical properties of backscattering signals from doppler current measurement systems,  Thomas L. Lagö and Sven Olsson,  pp. 269-274
Optimal sampling distribution and weighting for ensemble averages,  Blair H. Brumley and Kent L. Deines,  pp. 275-280
Optimum estimation of the vertical current speed on the density surveys data,  Vladimir M. Kushnir and Irina A. Danilova,  pp. 281-284
Deep profiling
Chair(s): Gwyn Griffiths
Long-range current profiling from moving vessels,  Max Edelhauser, Fran Rowe, and Frank Kelly,  pp. 287-294
Factors affecting the performance of a shipboard acoustic correlation current profiler,  G. Griffiths, S. E. Bradley, and G. Murdock,  pp. 295-299
System development for profiling deeper waters in support of the oil and gas industry,  John Romeo, Jan Van Smirren, and Michael J. Vogel,  pp. 300-309
Hydrographic techniques
Chair(s): Albert (Sandy) J. Williams
Mapping currents in the northern Black Sea using OLT-type profilers,  Alexey A. Eroshko, Vladimir M. Kushnir, and Alexandr M. Suvorov,  pp. 313-316
Oscillations of the Sintone River in Japan,  Wolfgang Stedtnitz,  pp. 317-322