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StreamPro Features
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StreamPro ADCP System
  • Tiny, remote transducer head
  • Float-mounted Electronics case
  • BluetoothTM Wireless data link
  • Pocket PCTM Data Acquisition system
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StreamPro ADCP Transducer
  • Small size (1/4 size of beer can)
  • Reliable 4-beam, Janus configuration
  • 20 deg. beam angle
  • 2 MHz
  • Short blanking distance < 5cm
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StreamPro ADCP Electronics
  • Lower power – run for > 8 hours
  • 8 AA alkaline or rechargeable batteries
  • 40 pings/second with 20 depth cells
  • Data output once per second
  • Bluetooth wireless data link to PocketPC
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Operational Envelope
  • Ideal for wading-rod streams
    • 5 cm minimum bottom tracking depth
    • 10 cm minimum depth for velocity profiling
    • 2 m maximum profiling range
    • V < 2m/sec
  • Moving-float discharge method
    • One man operation, No laptop required
    • Fast method allows time for confirming sections
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StreamPro Versatility
  • Point-to-point discharge method at difficult sites
    • Over streams with ‘moving bed’
    • Under ice-covered streams
  • Hydraulic Laboratories & Boundary Layers
    • Velocity profiles in small channels, flumes, models
  • Near-surface measurement
    • Use on larger boats to fill-in near surface blank zone