Products
Water Resources
Products
  ChannelMaster H-ADCP
  RiverRay ADCP
  StreamPro ADCP
  V-ADCP
  Workhorse Rio Grande
  Product Selection Guide
Technology Advantage
Articles & Papers
Tips & Tools
Contact

Water Resources

Library - ADCPs for Inland Applications

Water Resources Primers

"ADCPs: A Reliable and Versatile Tool for Measuring Inland Waters"

Technical Papers / Articles

“V-ADCP_A New Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler for Measuring Water Velocity, Level, and Flow in Open Channels or Large Pipes”, 2009 IAHR Proceedings; August 2009; by Hening Huang, Teledyne RD Instruments, USA; Fajun Wang, Dalian Maritime University and Zhanping Xi, Teledyne RD Technology (Shanghai) Ltd., China.

"Real-Time Discharge Monitoring During Flood Season Using Broadband H-ADCP at Huangling Temple Hydrology Station Downstream Three Gorges Dam in Yangtze River", 5th Annual Mekong Flood Forum Country Reports and Papers; Pgs 227-234, 2007 ; by Hening Huang, Teledyne RD Instruments, USA; and Li Yun-Zhong, Hu Yan-Peng, Ye De-Xun, China.

"Remote Sampling of River Discharge Using Radar and Sonar Methods", Sea Technology; Feb. 2006; by Peter Spain, Teledyne RD Instruments, Donald Barrick and Calvin Teague, CODAR Ocean Sensors, Ltd.

"River Discharge Monitoring Using Horizontal Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (H-ADCP), 2006; by Hening Huang, Teledyne RD Instruments, USA.

"Index-Velocity Rating Development for Rapidly Changing Flows in an Irrigation Canal using Broadband StreamPro ADCP and ChannelMaster H-ADCP", Rivers '04 1st International Conference on Managing Rivers in the 21st Century: Issues and Challenges; 2004; Hening Huang, RD Instruments.

"U.S. Stream Flow Measurement and Data Dissemination Improve", EOS, Vol. 85, No. 20, 18 May 2004, by Robert M. Hirsch, USGS Washington, D.C; and John E. Costa, USGS, Portland, OR.

"Yangtze River ADCP Discharge Measurement Using Multiple External Sensor Inputs", Proceedings of the IEEE/OES Seventh Working Conference on Current Measurement Technology; 2002; by Randy Marsden, Hening Huang, RD Instruments, USA; and Chen Song-sheng, Ye De-xun, Wei Jin-chun, P.R. China.

-top-

PowerPoint Tutorials

StreamPro Power Point Presentations:
>>StreamPro Intro
>>StreamPro Software
>>StreamPro Field Results
>>StreamPro Features

ChannelMaster Power Point Presentations:
>>ChannelMaster Intro
>>ChannelMaster Advantages
>>ChannelMaster Features

Discover the Power of Modes:
>>Mode 11: For measuring very slow flow, very low-noise data, or high resolution velocity profiles: RDI'S Pulse-to-Pulse Coherent Mode 11
>>
Mode 12: For operating in shallow, fast flows: RDI's Mode 12

-top-

Application Notes (PDFs)

RiverRay ADCP:
Download >>RiverRay Application Note: Mississippi River Rio Comparison

StreamPro:
Download >>StreamPro Application Note: Germany Trials
Download >>StreamPro Application Note: Imperial Irrigation Dist.

ChannelMaster:
Download >>ChannelMaster Application Note: Irish Bayou
Download >>ChannelMaster Application Note: Measurements of Extremely Low Flows Using Broadband ChannelMaster Horizontal ADCP in Waiqin River, Nanjing, China
Download >>ChannelMaster H-ADCP Application Note: ChannelMaster 1200 kHz Horizontal ADCP Discharge Measurements at Check 13 on the Imperial Irrigation District West Highline Canal

Combined:
Download >>StreamPro and ChannelMaster Application Note: Index-Velocity Rating Development for Rapidly Changing Flows in an Irrigation Canal Using Broadband StreamPro ADCP and ChannelMaster Horizontal ADCP

-top-

Technical Notes

Teledyne RD Instruments Technical Note:
Download >>Why an ADCP Doesnít Need Compass Data for Discharge Calculation

-top-

Poster Papers

Poster Paper Title: Subtidal Modulation of Tidal Currents on the Northeast Brazilian Shelf
Authors: Marcio L. Vianna and Viviane V. Menezes
Presented at: II Brazilian Symposium on Oceanography (II Simposio Brasileiro de Oceanografia), May 31 - June 4 , 2004
>>download PDF (290 kb)

Want to learn more?
Visit our full online library >>click here.

-top-