Current measurement by using Doppler log.
A new method of current measurement on shipboard by using acoustic Doppler log, can describe a detailed current structure both in horizontally and vertically. In comparison with traditional GEK (Geomagnetic Electro Kinetograph), this method has several advantages of capability to measure a current velocity, 1) without towing electrodes, 2) without change of ship's course, 3) at subsurface layers, and 4) in a shallow water region at depths of a few hundred meters, or in low-latitude area near the magnetic equator. In 1984 and 1985, current observations were made with the Doppler log system ( 130 kHz, 3 beams) installed on S/V Takuyo as a ship speed meter. Obtained current profiles in each observation are reasonable. From such a good result, it is recognized that new method is useful and would be widely used instead of GEK.
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| Format: | Journal Contribution biblioteca |
| Language: | Japanese |
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1986
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/16207 |
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| Summary: | A new method of current measurement on shipboard by using acoustic Doppler log, can describe a detailed current structure both in horizontally and vertically. In comparison with traditional GEK (Geomagnetic Electro Kinetograph), this method has several advantages of capability to measure a current velocity, 1) without towing electrodes, 2) without change of ship's course, 3) at subsurface layers, and 4) in a shallow water region at depths of a few hundred meters, or in low-latitude area near the magnetic equator.
In 1984 and 1985, current observations were made with the Doppler log system ( 130 kHz, 3 beams) installed on S/V Takuyo as a ship speed meter. Obtained current profiles in each observation are reasonable. From such a good result, it is recognized that new method is useful and would be widely used instead of GEK. |
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