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Bottom Mount With Recovery Buoy
Bottom Mount With Recovery Buoy
Bottom Mount With Recovery Buoy
Bottom Mount With Recovery Buoy

Illustration of a typical remotely recoverable sub-surface deployment.

Illustration of a typical remotely recoverable sub-surface deployment.

PVC Pipe Bottom Mount
PVC Pipe Bottom Mount
PVC Pipe Bottom Mount
PVC Pipe Bottom Mount

6" PVC pipe is weighted to allow an ADVM/ADCP to be deployed in a vertical or "uplooker" configuration.

6" PVC pipe is weighted to allow an ADVM/ADCP to be deployed in a vertical or "uplooker" configuration.

Moving Boat Mount 2
Moving Boat Mount 2
Moving Boat Mount 2
Moving Boat Mount 2

Old custom made Kentucky-style mount on several different boats from Kentucky and Illinois deploying both Broadband (BB) and Rio Grande ADCPs. A pole can be fixed to the mount for deploying a GPS antenna located on top of the ADCP. The Kentucky-style mount constructed of Speed Rail is recommended for Rio Grande Workhorse, RiverPro, RioPro, and Sontek M9.

Old custom made Kentucky-style mount on several different boats from Kentucky and Illinois deploying both Broadband (BB) and Rio Grande ADCPs. A pole can be fixed to the mount for deploying a GPS antenna located on top of the ADCP. The Kentucky-style mount constructed of Speed Rail is recommended for Rio Grande Workhorse, RiverPro, RioPro, and Sontek M9.

Tethered boat Deployment 2
Tethered boat Deployment 2
Tethered boat Deployment 2
Tethered boat Deployment 2

Photograph of tethered boat being deployed from a manned cableway.

Photograph of tethered boat being deployed from a manned cableway.

Sontek 2
Sontek 2
Sontek 2
Sontek 2

Sontek 2

Oceanscience River Boat 2
Oceanscience River Boat 2
Oceanscience River Boat 2
Oceanscience River Boat 2

Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

 

Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

 

Trimaran deployment 1
Trimaran deployment 1
Trimaran deployment 1
Trimaran deployment 1

Photograph of OceanScience, Inc. rough water trimaran boat for the StreamPro.

Photograph of OceanScience, Inc. rough water trimaran boat for the StreamPro.

USGS Hydrologist at Work, Glacial Ridge Refuge
USGS Hydrologist at Work, Glacial Ridge Refuge
USGS Hydrologist at Work, Glacial Ridge Refuge
USGS Hydrologist at Work, Glacial Ridge Refuge

USGS hydrologist Tim Cowdery titrates water alkalinity in a mobile sampling van using an electronic field form.

photo of a fixed-mount thermal infrared camera installed on the USGS Platte Kill at Dunraven NY streamgage.
Photo of an installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera on a gage
Photo of an installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera on a gage
Photo of an installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera on a gage

Photo of a newly installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera installed on the USGS Platte Kill at Dunraven NY streamgage in the Neversink River watershed.

Tethered ADCP
Tethered ADCP
Tethered ADCP
Tethered ADCP

Tethered Boat Mount

Examples of tethered acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) boats used for making discharge measurements.

(Left photograph by Jeff Woodward, Environment Canada and right photograph by Geoffrey D. Cartano, U.S. Geological Survey.)

Tethered Boat Mount

Examples of tethered acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) boats used for making discharge measurements.

(Left photograph by Jeff Woodward, Environment Canada and right photograph by Geoffrey D. Cartano, U.S. Geological Survey.)

Moving Boat Mount
Moving Boat Mount
Moving Boat Mount
Moving Boat Mount

Speed Rail Mount with adjustable Pitch Roll

Speed Rail Mount with adjustable Pitch Roll

Sontek M9
Sontek M9
Sontek M9
Sontek M9

Sontek M9 bridge deployment during flooding event

Sontek M9 bridge deployment during flooding event

Oceanscience River boat
Oceanscience River boat
Oceanscience River boat
Oceanscience River boat

Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

Custom Boogie Board 3
Custom Boogie Board 3
Custom Boogie Board 3
Custom Boogie Board 3

Photograph of custom boogie board for ADCP deploymet, view of bottom.

Photograph of custom boogie board for ADCP deploymet, view of bottom.

StreamPro with Tagline
StreamPro with Tagline
StreamPro with Tagline
StreamPro with Tagline

Photograph of the StreamPro being deployed in the included tethered boat on a temporary tagline.

Photograph of the StreamPro being deployed in the included tethered boat on a temporary tagline.

OceanScience, Inc. designed alternative boat
OceanScience, Inc. designed alternative boat
OceanScience, Inc. designed alternative boat
Raisable Pipe Mount
Raisable Pipe Mount
Raisable Pipe Mount
Raisable Pipe Mount

2" aluminum pipe, structural pipe fittings, and square tubing are utilized to create a dock servicable uplooking ADVM mount.

2" aluminum pipe, structural pipe fittings, and square tubing are utilized to create a dock servicable uplooking ADVM mount.

I-beam and sled ADVM mount example 2
I-beam and sled ADVM mount example 2
I-beam and sled ADVM mount example 2
I-beam and sled ADVM mount example 2

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled. 

 

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled. 

 

Missouri boat and mount 2
Missouri boat and mount 2
Missouri boat and mount 2
Missouri boat and mount 2

Missouri boat and mount.

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