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Understanding vessel-mounted current measurement

Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) measure the complex movements of currents in oceans, rivers and lakes with great accuracy. Traditionally,…

Nortek Wiki Oceanography Vessel-mounted
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Safely collecting ocean current data near active volcanoes with a USV

The use of Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs) in dangerous or challenging environments is becoming an increasingly common practice as the capabilities…

User stories Vessel-mounted
7 minutes
Bluebottle and volcano

Why accurate data on speed through water is essential for sub-seabed survey vessels

Find out how oceanographic data from the vessel-mounted VM Operations ADCP helps surveyors map the sub-seabed for a new offshore wind farm…

User stories Vessel-mounted
10 minutes
Nortek sub seabed survey vessel

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…

User stories Oceanography Vessel-mounted
6 minutes
Echosounder vessel

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…

User stories Oceanography Vessel-mounted
5 minutes
Port of Lome Togo West Africa

Using a versatile vessel-mounted ADCP to obtain high-resolution current data in estuarine and near-shore environments

The Signature 250 is the lowest available frequency of the Nortek's Signature VM Coastal series (250 kHz). Designed to sample in depths of up to 200…

User stories Oceanography Vessel-mounted
6 minutes
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Deploying a vessel-mounted ADCP on a USV to survey currents in a complex river environment

If a river crossing can be mapped using a USV instead of field personnel, then the risk to life is considerably reduced. Ultrabeam Hydrographic…

User stories Oceanography Vessel-mounted
4 minutes
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Flexible ADCP sensor solution for rapid inshore deployments of USVs

For HydroSurv, the capacity to quickly install and easily operate sensors on its USVs permits collection of critical environmental data at short…

User stories Oceanography Vessel-mounted
4 minutes
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Understanding flow velocities to keep navigation channels open in sediment-rich Dutch waters

A high rate of sediment deposition makes maintaining narrow navigational channels through the shallow tidal flats of the Wadden Sea in the…

User stories Oceanography Vessel-mounted
5 minutes
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