Patricia Bay Current Meter Deployed 2013-05-06

The Nortek Vector MicroSquid 4868 was deployed on 2013-05-06 at Patricia Bay. Patricia Bay is located in the Saanich Inlet, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. This device is a Current Meter. Acoustic Current Meters (ACM) measure current speed and direction, using the Doppler Effect. Aquadopp current metres have a sensor head that contains 3 acoustic transducers, a tilt sensor, a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor. The instrument transmits a short pulse of sound, and then listens to its echo to measure the change in pitch or frequency. The change in pitch can determine the velocity of the current. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 2.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Nortek Vector MicroSquid 4868型设备于2013年5月6日部署于帕特里夏湾（Patricia Bay）。该海湾地处温哥华岛南端的萨尼奇湾（Saanich Inlet）。
本设备属于海流计（Current Meter）范畴。声学海流计（Acoustic Current Meters, ACM）依托多普勒效应测量海流的流速与流向。
Aquadopp型海流计的传感器探头集成3个声学换能器、一个倾斜传感器、一个温度传感器及一个压力传感器。
该仪器通过发射短声脉冲并接收回波，测量回波的音调（频率）变化，进而推算海流流速。
本次部署采用固定式平台。
本批次采集的数据已通过加拿大海洋网络（Ocean Networks Canada）的Oceans 2.0数字基础设施完成归档并对外公开，其质量保障流程与衍生数据产品均遵循既定行业规范。