ICES Data Guidelines for Shipboard ADCP data. (Compiled May 1999; revised April 2006)

Abstract

ADCPs (acoustic doppler current profiler) were first introduced to the oceanography community in the late 1970s (Rowe and Young, 1979). The instrument measures water veloc ity over a range of depths using doppler shifts in active acoustic signals. ADCPs may be moored on a traditional oceanographic mooring (see moored ADCP guidelines) or attached to the bottom of a ship (these guidelines apply). Different data management req uirements exist for the two configurations