An Improved Timed Communication Buoy System

摘要

In this paper, we present an improved timed communication buoy system (TCBS). The system had a main float with a new mechanical design and a new electronic control system design, and described several modifications made to the autonomous communication float (ACF) of the improved TCBS. To evaluate the performance of this improved TCBS, a sea trial was conducted in the South China Sea from February to May 2015. During the sea trial, one of the ACFs was successfully released from the TCBS's main float and transmitted back the data collected by the dual acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) onboard. The preliminary data analysis for the local current conditions is also presented in this paper.