Comparison of five current meters in a tidally dominated flow

Proceedings of the IEEE Working Conference on Current Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 176-181

  Plueddemann, A J ^a   Lentz, S J ^a   Terray, E A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; PHASE SHIFT; SENSORS; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTS; LABORATORIES; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE METERS; PHASE SHIFTERS; PROPELLERS; SPEED; TIDES; WAVE EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER SENSORS; ACOUSTIC PHASE SHIFT SENSOR;

OCEAN CURRENTS; ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC PHASE SHIFTS; ACOUSTIC SENSORS; CURRENT METERS; DIRECTIONAL ERRORS; MASSACHUSETTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

EID: 0037272282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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