Placentia Bay Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 2 MHz Deployed 2016-11-19

• Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2018
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/c6529b52-f7f9-4756-9c6f-1c899a6678ae; https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/c6529b52-f7f9-4756-9c6f-1c899a6678ae

The Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQP 8316 was deployed on 2016-11-19 at Placentia Bay. Placentia Bay is a large, deep bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. To the west is the Burin Peninsula while the eastern shore is formed by the Avalon Peninsula. This device is a Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 2 MHz. Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers are hydroacoustic instruments, similar to sonars. ADCPs measure current speed and direction at multiple predetermined depths simultaneously. ADCPs use the Doppler effect of sound waves that are scattered by particles in seawater over a depth range. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 2.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.