What’s New

• Presentation at WMO Innovation Workshop for WMO HydroHub Phase II Innovation Roadmap. “Hydroacoustics in the USGS: From Research to Operational Tools“.

Useful Links

• USGS Hydroacoustics – Site for all things hydroacoustic. USGS policies, manuals, software versions recommended by USGS, online training, source for USGS QRev
• Genesis HydroTech – Consultant for streamflow measurement technology, software, and training. Author of the popular QRevInt software used by many international hydrometry agencies
• WMA Technical Support Forum – a good source for information on hydroacoustics
• International Hydrometry Network – resource for all kinds of hydrometry issues, including hydroacoustics, surface velocity measurements, precipitation data collection, etc.

Presentations

• Hydroacoustics in the USGS – Twenty-five years of Innovation – Video presentation by Kevin Oberg made at Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop – 2017
• Presentation on Computing Discharge in Real Time using the Q-Track Automated Continuous Discharge Measurement System – Video presentation by Kevin Oberg made at Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop – 2019
• Measured Flow Disturbance Around Different ADCPs and Mounts – Video presentation by Kristoffer Florvaag-Dybvik (NVE) made at Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop – 2019
• Expanding Accurate and Efficient Use o f ADCP Data through the Development of Standards – Video presentation by David Mueller made at Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop – 2017
• SonTek Video Gallery
• Teledyne RD Instruments Resource Library

Highlighted Publications

• Measuring discharge with acoustic Doppler current profilers from a moving boat (ver. 2.0, December 2013) by David Mueller, Chad Wagner, Mike Rehmel, Kevin Oberg, and Francois Rainville. USGS “manual” on moving boat ADCP discharge measurements.
• Computing Discharge Using the Index-Velocity Method by Victor Levesque and Kevin Oberg
• Validation of Streamflow Measurements Made with M9 and RiverRay Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (low-resolution pdf) by Justin A. Boldt and Kevin A. Oberg

Other Papers of Interest

• Velocity Bias Induced by Flow Patterns around ADCPs and Associated Deployment Platforms by David S. Mueller
• Dynamic Selection of Exposure Time for Turbulent Flow Measurements by J. M. Díaz Lozada, C. M. García, G. Scacchi, & K.A. Oberg
• Thompson, A. F., Rodrigues, S. N., Fooks, J. C., Oberg, K. A., & Calappi, T. J. (2020). Comparing Discharge Computation Methods in Great Lakes Connecting Channels. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 25(6), 05020007.
• Acoustic Instruments for Mean Flow Characterization in Field Conditions: Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) by R. Szupiany, C. M. Garcia, & K. Oberg. In Experimental Hydraulics: Methods, Instrumentation, Data Processing and Management: Volume II: Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques. CRC Press. 417 p.
• Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT): a processing and visualization suite for moving-vessel ADCP measurements by D.R. Parsons, P.R Jackson, J.A. Czuba, K.A. Oberg, D.S. Mueller, B. Rhoads, J.L. Best, K.K. Johnson, F. Engel, and J. Riley