ADCP’s are velocity profilers that use acoustics to measure 3D water-current velocity for a small volume of the water column above or below the sensor. High frequency sound waves (75- to 600-kHz) emitted by the profiler scatter off suspended particles and back to the sensor. The sensor calculates velocity by measuring changes in these sound waves (i.e., Doppler shifts).

Data Products

This instrument measures the following data products. Select a data product's name to learn more.

Data Product Code DPS
Echo Intensity ECHOINT DPS
Velocity Profile VELPROF DPS

The algorithm code used to generate data products for this instrument is also available in the ion-functions GitHub repository.

Instrument Models & Deployed Locations

The OOI includes the following instrument makes and models for this instrument type. Follow the links below to find out where in the OOI this instrument has been deployed. You'll also find quick links for each instrument to Data Explorer, where you can plot and access data.

Class-Series Make Model
ADCPAM Teledyne RDI Explorer DVL 600 kHz
VADCPA Teledyne RDI Workhorse custom 600 kHz 5 Beam
ADCPTD Teledyne RDI Workhorse Quartermaster Monitor 150kHz
ADCPTE Teledyne RDI Workhorse Quartermaster Monitor 150kHz
ADCPTF Teledyne RDI WorkHorse Sentinel 150khz
ADCPTG Teledyne RDI WorkHorse Sentinel 150khz - inductive
ADCPTB Teledyne RDI WorkHorse Monitor 300khz
ADCPTC Teledyne RDI WorkHorse Sentinel 300khz
ADCPAN Teledyne RDI Workhorse Navigator 600 kHz dual
ADCPTA Teledyne RDI WorkHorse Sentinel 600khz
ADCPTM Teledyne RDI WorkHorse Sentinel 600khz
ADCPSI Teledyne RDI WorkHorse LongRanger Monitor 75khz
ADCPSJ Teledyne RDI WorkHorse LongRanger Sentinel 75khz
ADCPSK Teledyne RDI WorkHorse LongRanger Monitor 75khz
ADCPSL Teledyne RDI WorkHorse LongRanger Sentinel 75khz - inductive
ADCPSN Teledyne RDI WorkHorse LongRanger Sentinel 75khz - inductive
An Acousitic Doppler Current Profiler (four blue-red cyllinders with yellow housing) is installed at the base of Axial Seamount near PN3A on ROPOS Dive R1735. It is housed within the medium powered junction box MJ03A. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1735; V14 Creative Commons License