The deployment of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) sub-surface installation by University College Dublin, which was scheduled to take place between 15 - 21 October 2020 as Afloat previously reported, will now take place on 7 November 2020.
The deployment will occur approximately 0.60 Nautical Miles from Rock Island lighthouse in a direction of 235° (see Appendix 1). The exact location co-ordinates are as follows:
Latitude: 53°08' 57.4"N
Longitude: 009°52' 23.4"W
The deployment will be carried out by the 'MV Chateau-Thierry'
Yellow spherical marker buoys, 40 cm in diameter will be used. They will flash yellow every 5 seconds.
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) is a hydroacoustic current meter similar to a sonar, used to measure water current velocities over a depth range using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from particles within the water column.
The UCD Highwave Project aims to use statistics and fluid mechanics to explore fundamental questions in wave breaking.