WorkHorse Sentinel User's Guide
P/N 957-6163-00 (January 2001) page 3
The WorkHorse Sentinel ADCP is also able to be used in real time applica-
tions that either take advantage of the internal battery power, or external
battery power, and can be used to collect data internally as well as exter-
nally. When considering real time applications, RDI offers you choices in
software packages that are intended to directly meet your needs. VmDas is
the most often used software package for ADCP setup, real-time data col-
lection, and data review. For detailed information on how to use VmDas,
see the VmDas User’s Guide.
Table 2: WorkHorse Real-Time Application Guide
Application Blue Water Costal and Continental Shelf
Sentinel using VmDas Sentinel using VmDas
• Oil production platforms • Port and harbor monitoring
Real-Time
deployment
• Current mapping • Water quality studies
Sentinel using VmDas Sentinel using VmDas
• Oceanography • Plume tracking
• Boundary layer studies • Environmental surveys
• Fisheries • Planning new ports
Boat Mount
(portable)
• Plankton biomass • Current mapping
Sentinel using VmDas Sentinel using VmDas
• Towed fish positioning • Towed fish positioning
• Boundary layer studies • Water quality studies
Towed
• Circulation/model studies
Sentinel using VmDas
• Seismic prospecting
• Exploration drilling
• Field development
Offshore oil
and gas
• Production
Table 3: WorkHorse Special Applications
Sentinel using WinRiver Sentinel using Waves
• River, stream and channel discharge • Coastal protection and engineering
• Suspended sediment load estimation • Port design and operation
• Plume tracking • Environmental monitoring
• Bridge scouring • Shipping safety
• Simultaneous bathymetry discharge, flow structure
NOTE. For information on how to use a Sentinel in river discharge
measurements, see the WinRiver User's Guide. For information on how to
use a Sentinel to monitor waves, see the
Waves
User's Guide.
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