Sea Technology Magazine Features AWAC

Nortek has developed a new method for making directional wave measurements using an acoustic Doppler current profiler.  The configuration involves mounting the AWAC on a subsurface buoy which allows it to move freely.  People familiar with field measurements know that deploying a current profiler from a subsurface buoy is nothing new.  However, only current profile measurements have been truly successful with off-the-shelf equipment and processing methods.  Until now, routine wave measurements have not been possible with current profilers mounted on subsurface buoys.  Read the complete article about this new capability in the February 2008 issue of Sea Technology.