Horizontal Electric Field, Pressure and Inverted Echo Sounder
The Horizontal Electric Field, Pressure and Inverted Echo Sounder (HPIES) is an instrument that utilizes a bottom pressure sensor, a 12-kHz inverted echosounder, and a horizontal electrometer to measure the horizontal electrical field, the bottom pressure, and the vertical acoustic travel time from the sea floor to the sea surface. These properties provide insights into the vertical structure of current fields and water properties including temperature, salinity, and specific volume anomaly, separation of sea surface height variation and temperature, and near-bottom water currents.
(text and images courtesy of Interactive Oceans)
Data Products
This instrument measures the following data products. Select a data product's name to learn more.
| Data Product | Code | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontal Electric Fields | IES_HEF | |
| Water Property Profile Time Series | IES_WPP | |
| Vertically Averaged Horizontal Water Velocity (VAHWV) | IESAHWV | |
| Water Column Heat Content | IESHEAT | |
| Bottom Pressure | IESPRES | |
| Roundtrip Acoustic Travel Time (RATT) | IESRATT |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HPIESA | Sanford, UW | cabled HPIES |
Reference Information
John Dunlap, the instrument engineer and subject matter expert (SME) at UW, has provided code that can convert the L0 data from the uFrame system to create the L1 and L2 data products (https://henry.apl.uw.edu/~dunlap/hpies-code/).
Primary Science Discipline
Physical
Research Themes
Access Data
Horizontal Electric Field, Pressure and Inverted Echo Sounder on Data Explorer