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Improving navigational safety at US port with current and wave monitoring
In its work to improve navigational safety, The Port of Morgan City, Louisiana has installed a NOAA PORTS® monitoring system with Nortek ADCPs. The…
Boosting Chile’s aquaculture with accurate Doppler measurements
Doppler-based current and wave measurement has already helped make Chile’s ports safer and more efficient. Now the technology is being applied in the…
Turbulence study targets tidal-energy costs
Nortek is working with Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences on a major study of tidal turbulence in the Menai Strait, off the Welsh coast,…
How Plymouth University students get to grips with measuring currents through hands-on experience
During the final month of their second year, BSc Oceanography and Coastal Processes students at Plymouth University get important practical training…
Contributing to sustainable energy production from tidal turbines
Replacing fossil fuels with sustainable alternatives is both necessary and challenging. Meanwhile, tidal and river energy are among the key sources…
Providing high-performing current profiling for oil and gas production in Brazil
A company in the oil and gas industry needed a longer current profiling range for their floating production facility in Brazil, and found a solution…
Real-time AWAC wave data used at Duck Field Research Facility
The US Army Corps of Engineers posted real-time data from one of four AWAC current profilers deployed in a cross-shelf array at the Duck Field…
Offering optimal navigational performance for diver sonars through Nortek DVL integration
Small underwater vehicles are becoming more prevalent in the subsea community. The Nortek DVL can be customized for operational users of workclass…
A compact DVL improving the efficiency and quality of ROV data collection
Steep underwater walls are often important to investigate for multiple scientific end users such as biologists and geologists, as well as…
