NOAA NOS CO-OPS Ocean Systems Test & Evaluation Program Collection

Operational Filter Design for Non-Contact Water Level Sensors Deployed in an Open Ocean Environment: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility, Duck, NC July 4 – July 25, 2008 Test Period.

Boon, John (John D. Boon Marine Consultant, LLC, Gloucester Point, VA, 2008)

Test comparisons of four microwave water level sensors and one laser device for sensing water level were conducted at selected sites on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as Lake Michigan. The microwave and laser ...
OSTEP Market Survey Summary Acoustic Releases for Taut Line Moorings.

Bushnell, Mark; Gray, Grace; Heitsenrether, Bob; Krug, Warren (2013)

The Ocean Systems Test and Evaluation Program conducted a market survey to determine which acoustic release best met their requirements for use in mooring current meters and buoys. A series of factors were considered - ...
Engineering Study: ADCP Platform and Mooring Designs for CO-OPS Current Surveys. An Engineering Review of Existing Platforms and Moorings for the 2006 Field Season.

Bushnell, Mark; Shih, Eddie; Sprenke, Jim; Stone, Peter; Grissom, Karen; Krug, Warren; Ewald, Jennifer (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS/OSTEP, Silver Spring, MD, 2010)

This engineering review focuses on bottom-mounted and subsurface taut-moored platforms. During 2001-2005 there were 48 bottom-mounted deployments in Maine, New York (Hudson River), Southeast Alaska, and California. These ...