exploring puget sound tides & currents with the
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Exploring Puget Sound Tides & Currents with the. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Paul A. McWilliams. Presentation Outline. Tides (Sat & Fri) Predicted Currents The ADCP Data Samples Contours Profiles Questions. Saturday May 8 Spring Ebb Range=13.3ft Low 2:07 AM 7.2 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Paul McWilliams – Ocean 101Spring 2004
Exploring Puget Sound Tides & Currents
with the
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Paul A. McWilliams
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Paul McWilliams – Ocean 101Spring 2004
Presentation Outline
1. Tides (Sat & Fri)2. Predicted Currents3. The ADCP4. Data Samples
• Contours• Profiles
5. Questions
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Paul McWilliams – Ocean 101Spring 2004
Tides for 8 &14 May, 2004
Saturday May 8• Spring Ebb• Range=13.3ftLow 2:07 AM 7.2
High 6:53 AM 10.4
Low 2:17 PM -2.9
High 10:04 PM 11.5
Maximum Ebb ~10:36AM
Friday May 14• Neap Flood &
LHW• Tidal Range=5.2ftHigh 2:33 AM 11.1
Low 9:10 AM 2.8
High 3:10 PM 8.0
Low 8:33 PM 3.5
Max Flood ~12:13pm
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Ebb Tide (Sat)
Expected Flow• North in central
Puget Sound• South from
Possession Sound• West Through
Admiralty Inlet
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Flood Tide (Fri)
Expected Currents• East through
Admiralty Inlet• South in Central
Sound• North in
Possession Sound
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Current Predictions
Saturday May 8• Stronger
Currents• Northward Flow
during Ebb Tide• Westward Flow in
the near Edmonds
Friday May 14• Weaker Currents• Southward flow
during Flood Tide
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Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
• Uses compression and expansion of reflected sound-waves to measure the movement of particles in the water
• Requires significant Processing power-Microprocessors Make Possible
• Must take Ship’s Motion into account (GPS)
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ADCP Limitations
• Cannot “see” bottom 15% of Water Depth or Near Surface– Backscatter– Surface Noise
• GPS Precision—Ship’s Pitch and Roll not Accounted For
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Three Types of Displays
• Contour• Detail Contour• Profile
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6 Types of Data
• Direction• Magnitude• North Velocity• East Velocity• Error• Vertical
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GPS Navigation Processing
Friday PM leg Contours without and with (bottom) Navigation Processing
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Direction Contours
Sat (Top)versusFri (Bottom)
Color Code:Magenta=North
Blue=East
Green=South
Orange=West
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Magnitude Contours
Saturday (top)VersusFriday
(bottom)
Color Code:
Magnitude (mm/s)
Red=700
Blue=0
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North Velocity
Saturday (top)VersusFriday
(Bottom)
Color Code:Warm=“+”or N
Cool=“–”or S
+/-700mm/s
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East Velocity
Saturday (top)VersusFriday (Bottom)
Color Code:Warm=“+”or E
Cool=“–”or W
+/-700mm/s
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Profile Examples-Max Ebb
• Saturday • Taken @ West
Point• 10:36am
VelocityGreen”+”=N
Red”+”=East
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Profile Examples-Max Flood
• Friday • Taken @
Edmonds• 12:13pm
VelocityGreen”+”=N
Red”+”=East
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Profile Examples-Friday Cast 3
• Friday • Taken @ ORCA 2• 3:40pm (high slack)VelocityGreen”+”=N
Red”+”=East
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Questions?
For More Information:http://students.washington.edu/paulmcqm/
ocean_cruise.htm
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Conclusions
• Predictions seems accurate– ADCP seems to work– Currents are strongly
tide based
• Point Wells seems okay for discharge
• Need to look at– full range of tides – Storm conditions