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Development of small ADCP with a memory for off-line data processing

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06555146
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 水工水理学
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

ISHIKAWA Tadaharu  Tokyo Institute of Technology. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineeering. Professor., 大学院・総合理工学研究科, 教授 (50159696)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAGAO Masayuki  Tokyo Institute of Technology. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and, 大学院・総合理工学研究科, 助手 (70251626)
YUZURIHA Hiroaki  Aleck Electronics Ltd., Director of Technical Dep., (研究職)技術部長
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1995
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥4,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000)
KeywordsAcoustic Current Meter / Profiler / Field Experiment / Memory Type / Off-Line Data processing / 超音波流速計 / プロファイラ / ドップラー流速計 / プロファイラー
Research Abstract

In 1994, the basic plan for developing the equipment was firstly studied. A trial equipment was improvised and tested. However, the product was lost when the building and the factory of Aleck Electronics Ltd fell down because of the earthquake in the area of South Hyogo in January, 1995.
In 1995, a trial production and a test was started again after the company was reconstructed. Then the basic plan was revised with a consideration of the easiness of obtaining parts and the period of research as well as the performance of the equipment : One pulse type with a frequency of 800kHz is adopted. In the estimation of Doppler shift, the variation of wave period is directly measured, ie, the period of gate signal whose frequency is reduced from the original echo signal by mixing a wave of constant frequency and by a low pass filter is measured by a digital clock of 20 MHz.
A field experiment was carried out in the Lake Kasumigaura in order to investigate the appropriate method for off-line data processing which was the major subject of this research. An ordinal ADCP makes an on-line data processing during measurement in order to make the output signal more stable, which is "simple averaging" because of the restriction of time. However, most of information contained in the original data is lost through this process. On the other hand, because the new ADCP stores the original time series, we can adopt any sophisticated mathematics for data processing after the measurement. A combination of "moving AR model" and "moving average" got the best result among 6 methods of data processing which authors investigated. This method generates a time series of velocity which has the most stability and the finest time resolution.
ADCP data obtained from a moving boat has a kind of error which is generated by rolling and pitching of the boat. The characteristics of the error is investigated and a method for data correction was developed.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1995 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1994 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] 若岡圭子、横山勝英、石川忠晴、長尾正之: "船の動揺蛇行によって生じるADCPデータの誤差補正について" 東工大土木工学科研究報告. 54. 1-10 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 若岡圭子、横山勝英、石川忠晴: "湖沼・貯水池におけるADCP観測の問題点と誤差補正に関する研究" 水工学論文集. 41. 1041-1047 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Keiko WAKAOKA,Katsuhide YOKOYAMA,Tadaharu ISHIKAWA and Masayuki NAGAO: "Correction of ADCP data affected by rolling and meandering of a carring boat" Technical Report.Dept.Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology. No.54. 1-10 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Keiko WAKAOKA,Katsuhide YOKOYAMA,Tadaharu ISHIKAWA: "The characteristics of ADCP data obtained in lakes and reservoirs and data processing method for its correction" Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE. Vol.41. 1041-1047 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary

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