Attention:

Please note that operations of the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler requires experienced scientific staff on board. The system is not operated by the ship's crew. Announce operations with the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler to AWI-Logistics prior to the cruise and clarify the data transfer after the cruise.

Summary

The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures flow rates in the water body below the moving vessel with an operating frequency of 150 kHz. Up to 400m range can be achieved according to the data sheet.

Manufacturer Teledyne RDI
Model Teledyne RDI Ocean Surveyor 150kHz vessel-mounted ADCP
Serial No. transducer 3058, chassis 1518
Type current profiler
REGISTRY-Link ↪ REGISTRY (625)


Transducer Frequency:

Contacts

Name Institution Role
Sandra Tippenhauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Principal Investigator
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Owner

Components

Position

Infoxyz-position of transducer from Alignment Survey Report RV Polarstern (June 2016), transducer located in box keel room, electronics in G707, computer in winch control station
X65.769 m
X-0 is at the center of der rudder (ref. design drawing of the vessel), positive X-axis is forward and along vessel centerline
Y0.005 m
Y-0 at centerline, positive Y-axis is portside
Z0.03 m
Z-0 is set to the lowest point of the keel, positive Z-axis is upwards

Data logging, storage and archiving

Logged parameters

Parameter O2ARegistry Output Type Unit
average east velocity current speed m/s
average north velocity current speed m/s
averaging interval date and time s
maximum depth for averaging depth m
true horizontal velocity current speed m/s
true velocity direction current direction deg
up velocity current speed m/s

Central geographical ship's position and time standard

Rawdata storage on board

Dship

Data archiving on land

Documentation

See also http://www.rdinstruments.com/