Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

Definition

A device used to make ultrasonic measurements of velocity, such as measurements in water bodies. The device uses four beams which are oriented at an angle and which provide velocity values for the measurement directions across a spectrum of heights. As rule, the results obtained from each measurement volume are averaged into a single value.

Abbreviations

ADCP

Source

Guideline Upstream Fishways on German Federal Waterways (AH FAA), Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW) und Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG), Version 2.0, 26/06/2015 (retrieved 10.05.2017)

Additional links

https://izw.baw.de/publikationen/merkblaetter/0/Arbeitshilfe_Fischaufstiegsanlagen_version2_20150626.pdf (retrieved 24.08.2017)

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