NTR: Request for S04 acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) vertical beam

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nvsvocabs commented 4 years ago

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Term name (PrefLabel)

acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) vertical beam

Definition

A vertical beam (sometimes referred to as "5th beam" on 5-beam ADCP designs) measuring the distance to the surface using the echo from short pulses and simple peak estimation algorithms. It is used to estimate wave height and amplitude.

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Sources/references

Nortek and Sentinel V ADCP manuals

gwemon commented 4 years ago

New term added: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S04/current/S041169/