ICES Guidelines for Moored ADCP data. (Compiled October 1999; revised August 2001; August 2006)

Abstract

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