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Nortek’s advanced Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) and Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) use the Doppler effect to measure motion in the marine environment. ADCPs are used to measure oceanographic processes as seen in currents and waves, while DVLs help subsea vehicles to navigate underwater.

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SIGNATURE ADCP SERIES

Signature 1000
300m | 4000m
 
High- perfomance mean currents and turbulence, wave height and direction

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Signature 500
300m | 6000m

Mean currents and turbulence, plus wave height, direction and ice tracking

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Signature 250
300m

Intermediate current profiling range that includes wave height/direction and ice tracking capability

AWAC ADCP SERIES

AWAC 600 kHz
300m, Generation 2

 

Real-time current profiles and directional waves for intermediate water

  • Real-time current profiles to 50 m range; real-time waves to 60m range

  • Acoustic surface tracking (AST) with vertical beam

  • Can be used both with fixed frames and subsurface buoys

AWAC 400 kHz

300m, Generation 2

Real-time current profiles and directional waves with up to 100 m range

  • Real-time current profiles and waves to 100 m range

  • Acoustic surface tracking (AST) with vertical beam

  • Can be used both with fixed frames and subsurface buoys

AWAC 1 kHz
300m, Generation 2

 

Real-time current profiles and directional waves for shallow water

  • Real-time current profiles to 30 m range; real-time directional waves to 35 m range

  • Acoustic surface tracking (AST) with vertical beam

  • Can be used both with fixed frames and subsurface buoys

AQUADOPP ADCP SERIES

Aquadopp Profiler 1 MHz

500m, Generation 2
 

Small and compact, with up to 25 m current profiling range; option for PUV wave measurements

  • Up to 25 m current profiling range

  • Optional right-angle head

  • Pressure-based (PUV) directional wave measurements

Aquadopp Profiler 600 kHz

500m, Generation 2
 

Up to 40 m current profiling range; easy to operate and deploy

  • Up to 40 m current profiling range

  • Ideal for mean current measurements

  • Easy to operate and deploy

Aquadopp Profiler 400 kHz

500m, Generation 2
 

Up to 90 m current profiling range and no blanking; ideal for mean and boundary current measurements

  • Up to 90 m current profiling range

  • Capable of measuring surface or bottom currents

  • Ideal for mean current measurements

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