[Acoustics] Sontek Argonaut-XR

[William C Damschen]

Our office is interested in trying an uplooking Argonaut-XR to look at 
velocity characteristics in Devil's Lake to aid in the development of flow 
model.

Devils Lake is a natural lake in northeastern North Dakota that has 
reached its spill elevation for the first time in recorded history. The 
proposed site is a 150 foot wide, 18 foot deep highway bridge opening that 
separates East and West Devil's Lake. Velocities will range from small 
wind driven negative velocities  to +1.5 ft/s during run-off periods based 
on ADCP measurements across this opening. We are interested in looking at 
velocities through the water column providing a time-series of velocity 
profiles at the site and we are not interested in computing discharge. We 
would also like to operate it under ice this winter. Devil's Lake is 
notorious for brutal conditions in the winter and will have 3-4 feet of 
ice.

I would appreciate any advice or suggestions that anyone might have.

I am also looking for any good  XR MultiCell data that I could playback in 
ViewArgonaut to get a feel for the software.

Thanks,

Bill

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Bill Damschen
Hydrologic Technician
U. S. Geological Survey
821 E. Interstate Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 250-7430
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