2012, Partrac Ltd., Brims Tidal Array, Bottom-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Metocean Survey

Partrac Ltd was contracted by SSE Renewables to undertake collection of metocean data (tidal current profiles, waves, turbulence, water level and suspended sediments) at their Cantick Head development site. Six ballasted bed-frames, each comprising a 300 kHz RDI (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) plus turbidity logger, were deployed at all six sites, namely 15, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23. Sites 15, 19, 22 and 23 were deployed between the 30th and 31st May.