A direct comparison of two RDI shipboard ADCPs: A 75-kHz ocean surveyor and a 150-kHz narrow band

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 872-888

  Hummon, Julia M ^a   Firing, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; DOPPLER EFFECT; ERROR ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

SINGLE-PING PROFILES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; RESEARCH VESSEL; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 0038269962     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<0872:ADCOTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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