Benchmark datasets for ADCP structure function

deployment This page provides an overview of the benchmark dataset for instruments that measure velocity profiles e.g., acoustic-Doppler current profilers from diverse suppliers and models.

Datasets available

Selection and preparation of benchmark datasets are a work in progress! These benchmark datasets will cover a range of marine environments, background stratification, and flow fields. They are temporarily in this folder and will eventually be housed at the BODC center with a DOI.

Summary of potential benchmark datasets for testing existing and future algorithms

Dataset name	Instrument & configuration	Deployment mode	Total depth	Deployment height above bottom	Background speed	[math]\displaystyle{ \varepsilon }[/math] range	Stratification/shear information	Comment
	Make and Model	Broadband(BB) Pulse coherent (PPC)	[m]	[m]	[m/s]	[W/kg]
MS	Nortek Signature1000 bedframe	BB 8 Hz Burst mode	13	0.5	[math]\displaystyle{ \lesssim }[/math] 0.3	1e-7 to 1e-4	unstratified tidal channel	pretty average
GP	RDI Teledyne 600kHz	BB 1.6 Hz Mode 0 2 subpings	23	0.5	2.5	7e-6 to 2e-4	unstratified tidal channel	high quality data
CS_TOP	RDI Workhorse 600 kHz mooring	PPC 1Hz	145	125	0.5	1e-7 to 1e-5	region of surface wave influence	good
CS_BED	RDI Workhorse 600kHz bed frame	BB 1Hz Mode 12 4 subpings	145	1	0.5	1e-7	bottom boundary layer on NW European shelf	good
NS	Nortek Aquadopp 2 MHz bedframe	PPC 8 Hz	73	1.4	0.03	1e-8 to 1e-5	ocean bottom boundary layer
LW	Nortek Aquadopp 1MHz BEDFRAME	PPC 2 Hz	40	0.4	<0.1	1e-9 to 1e-8	lake bottom boundary layer	good

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