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Investigating coral recovery on the Great Barrier Reef with acoustic instrumentation
Researchers at the Heron Island Research Station in Australia are using a Vector velocimeter to determine how much hydrodynamic energy it takes to…
Gathering current and wave data for coastal protection engineering in the Maldives
Find out how a marine consultancy relied on Nortek ADCPs for preliminary surveys of a lagoon in the Maldives ahead of the design and construction of…
Exploring Mediterranean Sea waters with a state-of-the-art combined current profiler and echosounder
A test deployment in the Mediterranean shows how the Signature 100 current profiler – with dedicated echosounder functionality – provides…
Measuring the erosive force of infragravity waves with ADCPs
As sea levels continue to rise and storms intensify, coastal erosion is becoming increasingly problematic for many nations across the world. This…
Boosting maritime safety with real-time data of waves and currents near ports in West Africa
For the maritime authorities in the West African nation of Togo, keeping vessels safe is a top priority, as is safeguarding the marine environment…
Improving hurricane preparedness in Colombia with wave and current data
Adaptation and mitigation measures for hurricanes affecting Colombia have been hampered by the lack of an in-situ meteorological and oceanographic…
Improving metocean forecasts with wave and current data from an extreme ocean environment
The perilous Lofoten Maelstrom is infamous for its extreme currents, which have put seafarers in grave danger and caused shipwrecks down through the…
Observing flow patterns with the Eco ADCP to understand the formation of sandy coastal features
Researchers at TU Delft in cooperation with Utrecht University are using ADCPs to measure hydrodynamic conditions at an artificially reinforced sand…
