The Nortek 600kHz VM-CP utilises existing AWAC hardware to provide a cost effective vessel mounted system.
Nortek's Vessel-Mounted Current Profiler (VM-CP) makes it easier and less expensive for you to get the information you need about ocean currents. Your operations will go faster and you will make operational decisions with better confidence. It is easy to use, trouble-free, informative and accurate.
The VM-CP works by measuring currents below the hull, relative to the ship. It determines the vessel motion using "bottom tracking" or the ship's navigation systems, removes this motion from the current measurements, and obtains the current velocity relative to the earth coordinate system. Modern navigation systems are accurate enough to make this possible, and modern NMEA interface standards make it easy.
The SurveyP software runs under any WIN32 operating system and collects data from the CP, the DGPS receiver, and the ship's gyro. Online data are shown as rose vector plots, vertical profiles of speed and direction, and a stick plot that is overlaid a track plot.
Nortek's VM-CP gives you a new level of simplicity, accuracy and performance. Because your system alternates between bottom track and GPS/Gyro correction, the profiling range is fixed and the system works equally well in deep and shallow water. Further, calibration of the gyro input has never been easier. Make two 5-minute runs and press one button. The VM-CP software does all the rest.
