Understanding the technology behind our products, and the techniques you can use in the field will greatly assist you in your product selection, product deployment and data collection experience. 

It will also help you to appreciate the significant technical advantage and increased performance that only Teledyne RDI can provide to you. Please click on any of the many informative tutorials listed below for a concise tutorial.

NEW: Optimizing Your ADCP Setup Part 1: PRIMER POINTS: For Improved Understanding of ADCP Operation Part 2: TECH PAGES: Brief Reviews of RDI's ADCP Technology *ADCP Data Gallery*
Part 1: PRIMER POINTS: For Improved Understanding of ADCP Operation (Interactive Presentations require Internet Explorer 5 or later.)
	General Product Capabilities
	Introduction to the method used for measuring velocity profiles with BroadBand ADCP
	BroadBand Basics, BroadBand Basics 2, BroadBand Basics 3
	Animated explanation of how ADCP velocity profiles are assembled
	Velocity Profile Blueprint
	Answers to popular questions about the ADCP operating envelope
	FAQ Velocity Profile Set-Up, FAQ Depth Cells
	Briefing on RDI’s Data Quality Indicators and how to use them together
	Data Quality Assurance & Control
	Review of choices and consequences for setting up the ADCP
	Understanding ADCP Performance
	Highlights of RDI’s new mode for operating in shallow, fast flows
	Mode 12
	Synopsis of why ADCPs use 4 beams
	Advantages of 4 Beams
	Analysis of the ADCP Waves Array, review of display screens in RDI’s Waves software
	ADCP Waves Array, ADCP Waves Software
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Part 2: TECH PAGES: Brief Reviews of RDI’s ADCP technology
	For measuring very slow flow, very low-noise data, or high resolution velocity profiles...
	RDI'S Pulse-to-Pulse Coherent Mode 11
	RDI's ADCPs use patented BroadBand™ technology.
	Broadband™ ADCP Advantages
	RDI's ADCPs and DVLs offer a diverse range of measurement capabilities
	RDI'S Bottom Tracking
	RDI's 4-Beam Solution vs. 3-beam systems
	Four Beams
	Summary of Mode 12's Improved ADCP Advantages
	Mode 12
	RDI's patented 2-d Phased Array technology expands the scope of ADCP and DVL performance and widens our range of configurations.
	RDI'S Phased Array Technology
	RDI's patented ADCP Waves Array applies acoustic profiling technology to measuring directional wave data and current profiles at the same time and from a single device.
	RDI'S ADCP Waves Array
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