Marine Science Faculty Publications
Velocity Comparisons from Upward and Downward Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers on the West Florida Shelf
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2007
Keywords
Profilers, Currents, Buoy observations, Biofouling
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH2094.1
Abstract
Current observations are compared from upward- and downward-looking acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) deployed on the West Florida Shelf (WFS). Despite regional differences, statistical analyses show good agreement between all sets of observations throughout the water column except in the upper few meters where all downward-looking ADCPs exhibit small, but significant, reduction in rms speed values. Evidence suggests that this reduction is mooring related. It is possible that the presence of near-surface bubbles caused by wave activity could bias the near-surface observations. Otherwise, either the upward- or downward-looking mooring systems produce equivalent observations with differences due to spatial variations.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, v. 24, issue 11, p. 1950-1960
Scholar Commons Citation
Mayer, Dennis A.; Virmani, Jyotika I.; and Weisberg, Robert H., "Velocity Comparisons from Upward and Downward Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers on the West Florida Shelf" (2007). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 345.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/345
