Stationary acoustic Doppler current profilers
SADIT-75 & SADIT-150

Purpose

Stationary acoustic Doppler current profilers are designed for water column velocity profiling and real-time calculations of the absolute backscatter coefficient

Device appearance

Composition

  1. Profiling of water currents at depths up to 700 m
  2. Estimation of water backscatter coefficient
  3. Determination of absolute ship speed and course
  4. Current profile data collection, modeling and archiving
  5.  

Composition

Antenna module
Two transceiver antennas integrated into a single housing
with ice protection, uses four-beam Janus configuration
Equipment cabinet
Digital and analog processing of received signals, reception
and transmission of signals from the antenna
Operator Workstation
Control of the device operation, real-time water profile data
display, data post-processing, and map creation

Technical specification

Name
Relative current velocity range
-5 – 9 m/s
Velocity accuracy:
1,0% + 0,5 cm/s
Number of depth cells for
velocity measurement of the
current:
up to 128
Opera-ting frequency, kHz
75
Vertical Resolution, m
8
16
Maximum range mode
Maximum depth, m
520-650
560-700
FC velocity error, cm/s*
30
16
High-accuracy mode
Maximum depth, m
310-430
350-450
FC velocity error, cm/s*
15
7
Maximum bottom-tracking
depth, m
950
* fluctuation component of error in velocity determination
Name
Relative current velocity range
-5 – 9 m/s
Velocity accuracy:
1,0% + 0,5 cm/s
Number of depth cells for
velocity measurement of the
current:
up to 128
Opera-ting frequency, kHz
150
Vertical Resolution, m
4
8
Maximum range mode
Maximum depth, m
325-350
375-400
FC velocity error, cm/s*
30
16
High-accuracy mode
Maximum depth, m
200-250
220-275
FC velocity error, cm/s*
15
8
Maximum bottom-tracking
depth, m
600

* fluctuation component of error in velocity determination

Operating modes

Maximum Distance (Depth) mode
Coverage of a large water volume for
deep-sea investigations
Bottom-tracking mode
High vessel velocity calculation accuracy,
data correction taking into account vessel
movement
High-accuracy mode
High precision of current velocity and direction
measurements, rapid response to parameter
changes

Application

  1. Oceanography & limnology research
  2. Climate studies
  3. Environmental monitoring
  4. Exploitation control of hydraulic structures
  5. Commercial Fishing
  6. Evaluation of construction impact on water currents, tidal currents monitoring