Cabled deployment of 5-beam Dopplers for wave/turbulence
measurements
Ann Gargett, Institute of Ocean Sciences & University of Victoria
Rapidly sampled beam data from a properly aligned 5-beam VADCP can be
used to calculate three-dimensional turbulent velocity fields as well as more
reliable directional surface wave spectra than those calculated from standard 4beam ADCP data. I will document these claims using data from VADCPs on
cabled observatories elsewhere, then examine some data from Folger Pinnacle,
suggesting improvements in deployment of the present ADCP and arguing for
future deployment of a VADCP.