Cover Image

Vector averaging current meter speed calibration and recording technique /

"Equations 1-4 summarize the rotor calibration used at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the VACM. A discussion of the instrumental and test details used to derive these equations follows. A list of other VACM documents and related bibliography is included."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCullough, James R.
Corporate Authors:	United States. Office of Naval Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1975.
Series:	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Series) ; no. 75-44. Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Subjects:	Flow meters. Acoustic velocity meters > Calibration. Current meters > Calibration. Rotors. Acoustic velocity meters. Ocean currents > Measurement.

Similar Items

Moored acoustic travel time (ATT) current meters : evolution, performance, and future designs /
by: McCullough, James R.
Published: (1979)

A technical description of an acoustic Doppler based upper ocean profiling system /
by: Zani, A. Cleo
Published: (1986)

Application of acoustic velocity meters for gaging discharge of three low-velocity tidal streams in the St. Johns River Basin, northeast Florida.
by: Sloat, John V.
Published: (1995)

Feasibility of acoustic doppler velocity meters for the production of discharge records from U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations /
by: Morlock, Scott E.
Published: (2002)

Acoustic doppler current profiler data from the R/V Moana Wave cruises MW9010 (2 August to 9 September 1990) & MW9012 (9 November to 14 December 1990) /
Published: (1994)

Gas flowmeter calibrations with the 34 L and 677 L PVTt standards /
Published: (2004)

Calibration of flow measuring meter /
by: Gutierrez, Homer L.
Published: (1970)

NIST calibration services for gas flow meters : piston prover and bell prover gas flow facilities /
by: Wright, John D.
Published: (1998)

Discharge measurements using a broad-band acoustic Doppler current profiler /
by: Simpson, Michael R.
Published: (2001)

Hydrocarbon liquid flow calibration service /
by: Yeh, T. T.
Published: (2010)

Discharge-measurement system using an acoustic Doppler current profiler with applications to large rivers and estuaries /
by: Simpson, Michael R.
Published: (1993)

Comparison, analysis, and estimation of discharge data from two acoustic velocity meters on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Romeoville, Illinois /
by: Melching, Charles S.
Published: (1993)

A universal calibration equation for price meters and similar instruments /
by: Engel, P.
Published: (1976)

NIST calibration services for water flowmeters : water flow calibration facility /
by: Shinder, Iosif I.
Published: (2006)

Integrated synoptic surveys using an autonomous underwater vehicle and manned boats /
by: Jackson, P. Ryan (Patrick Ryan)
Published: (2013)

Visualizing flow fields using acoustic Doppler current profilers and the Velocity Mapping Toolbox /
by: Jackson, P. Ryan (Patrick Ryan)
Published: (2013)

Acoustic particle velocity measurements using lasers : principles, signal processing and applications /
by: Valière, Jean-Christophe
Published: (2014)

Acoustic particle velocity sensors : design, performance, and applications : Mystic, CT, September 1995 /
Published: (1996)

Calibration tests on the conductivity and temperature sensors on modified Aanderaa RCM-4 recording current meters.
by: Lake, R. A. (Robert Arlington), 1942-
Published: (1980)

Measurement of pulverized fuel flow to burners using an acoustic technique /
by: Cook, R. F.
Published: (1976)

Application of acoustical methods for estimating water flow and constituent loads in Perdido Bay, Florida.
by: Grubbs, J. W.
Published: (1997)

Feasibility study of the use of the acoustic velocity meter for measurement of net outflow from the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta in California /
by: Smith, Winchell
Published: (1969)

Acoustic systems for the measurement of streamflow /
by: Laenen, Antonius
Published: (1983)

Pipe provers : a user's manual /
by: Hayward, Alan (Alan T. J.)
Published: (1991)

Influence of vertical motion on the Savonius rotor current meter /
by: Gaul, Roy D.
Published: (1963)

Measurement of ocean surface currents using a ship towed log /
by: Bitterman, David S.
Published: (1980)

Final report of a feasibility study on an underwater current meter platform /
Published: (1977)

Evaluation of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measurements of river discharge /
by: Morlock, Scott E.
Published: (1996)

Metering research facility program : operational factors that affect orifice meter accuracy : topical report /
by: Morrow, Thomas B.
Published: (2002)

Natural gas flow calibration service (NGFCS) /
by: Johnson, Aaron N.
Published: (2010)

Gas flowmeter calibrations with the 26 m³ PVTt standard /
by: Johnson, Aaron N.
Published: (2011)

CMICE 76 : a current meter intercomparison experiment conducted off Long Island in February-March, 1976 /
Published: (1977)

Roberts radio current meter, mod II, operating manual /
by: Roberts, Elliott B.
Published: (1950)

Investigation of hydroacoustic flow-monitoring alternatives at the Sacramento River at Freeport, California : results of the 2002-2004 pilot study /
by: Ruhl, Catherine A.
Published: (2004)

Comparison, analysis, and estimation of discharge data from two acoustic velocity meters on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Romeoville, Illinois /
by: Melching, Charles S., et al.
Published: (1993)

Accuracy of acoustic velocity metering systems for measurement of low velocity in open channels /
by: Laenen, Antonius
Published: (1989)

NIST calibration service for capacitance standards at low frequencies /
by: Chang, Y. May
Published: (1998)

Results of a field study using the 3-axis Doppler shift current meter /
by: Seitz, R. C.
Published: (1971)

NIST calibration services for pressure using piston gauge standards /
by: Olson, Douglas A.
Published: (2009)

Seismic and acoustic velocities in reservoir rocks /
Published: (1989)