Acoustic doppler dual current profiler system and method

Details Acoustic doppler dual current profiler system and method Acoustic doppler dual current profiler system and method

2011-03-22

2011-03-22

Lobo, Ian J (Department: 3662)

Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices

Echo systems

Speed determination

C073S170130, C073S861250

Reexamination Certificate

active

07911880

ABSTRACT:
An AD2CP includes at least one transducer assembly emitting sets of slanted directional acoustic beams and receiving the echoes; and electronics that processes the echoes into depth cells and computes velocity in each depth cell. The AD2CP is configured so that each beam set has a profiling catenation, at least two of which are different, and the AD2CP is configured so that the emitting, receiving and processing operate contemporaneously.

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