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    Vector averaging current meter speed calibration and recording technique

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    1975-09
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    McCullough, James R.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26814
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/26814
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     Flow meters; Acoustic velocity meters -- Calibration; Water current meters -- Calibration; Rotors Ocean currents -- Measurement 
    Abstract
    Equations 1-4 summarize the rotor calibration used at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the VACM. A discussion of the instrumental and test details used to derive these equations follows. A list of other VACM documents and related bibliography is included.
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    McCullough, James R. (1975). Vector averaging current meter speed calibration and recording technique. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/1912/26814
     

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