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Hugh Roarty
Ethan Handel
Michael Smith
Erick Rivera
John Kerfoot
Josh Kohut
Scott Glenn
hroarty@marine.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University
Coastal Ocean Observation Lab
CODAR Network L-Band & X-Band Satellite 3-D Nowcasts Glider Fleet
Receivers & Forecasts
1000 km CT RI Cape
MA
Cape to Cape Cod
NY 10 States
PA
11 IOOS NJ
Regional
Associations
MD DE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC
REGIONAL
ASSOCIATION
COASTAL
OCEAN
OBSERVING
VA SYSTEM
NC
Cape
Hatteras To seek, discover and apply new knowledge
& understanding of our coastal ocean
MARACOOS Regional Data & Regional Products
Satellites HF-Radar Gliders Drifters
monopole (A3)
loop box
(A1 & A2)
radial whips
electronics
loop box Frequency Dependent Range,
Resolution & Vessel Size
NETWORK 2001
2000 2007
2010 2003
5 MHz 2001
2001
2006
2006
2009
Range ~ 180 km
2003 Resolution 6 km
2003
Standard
Range
Network
25 MHz
Range ~ 30 km
Resolution 1 km
Future Medium
Range Network
13 MHz
Range ~ 80 km
Resolution 2 km
13 MHz Tx/Rx
Antenna
• Single antenna at 13
MHz
• Transmit and Receive
• Radial whips no
longer needed
• Possible to install with
no guy wires and
small base
Long Range
Data Coverage
2008 Temporal Coverage
Unweigted Least Squares Optimal Interpolation
2009 Spatial Coverage
Unweigted Least Squares Optimal Interpolation
2010 Spatial Coverage
Unweigted Least Squares Optimal Interpolation
Spatial and Temporal Coverage Metric
Spatial and Temporal Coverage Metric
Long Range
Annual and Seasonal Mean
Winter
DEC ’08 – FEB ‘09
Curly vectors
plotted with
NCAR
Computing
Language (NCL)
Spring
MAR ’09 – MAY ‘09
Summer
JUNE ’09 – AUG ‘09
Fall
SEP ’09 – NOV ‘09
Delivery and Use in SAROPS
Individual Forecast
Data Product
Product Decision Tool
Site Data Aggregator Aggregator
Generation
Distribution: OPeNDAP/ THREDDS
Data Format: NetCDF STPS,
(UConn)
NOAA
National HOPS
Network (SMAST)
NYHOPS
(Stevens)
HF Radar Currents in SAROPS
HF Radar
and
HYbrid Coordinate Date Time
Ocean Model or 22 July 2009
00
0000 Z
(HYCOM) 23 July 2009
Currents in SAROPS 0000 Z
24
24 July 2009
• High Confidence (HF Radar)
0000 Z
48
– sigma (1 std dev) = 0.22 knots
25 July 2009
– Tau (half life) = 264 minutes
0000 Z
72
• Low Confidence (HYCOM)
– sigma (1 std dev) = 0.37 knots 26 July 2009
0000 Z
96
– Tau (half life) = 264 minutes
• Number of particles = 5000
• SLDMB 39029
24 Hours Into Search
HYCOM HF Radar
Low Confidence High Confidence
48 Hours Into Search
HYCOM HF Radar
Low Confidence High Confidence
Search Area After 96 Hours
154 km
100 km
232 km 123 km
HYCOM HF Radar
• First of 11 Regions is
already operational in Coast
Guard SAROPS
Bistatic from
SEAB Seasonde
Backscatter
Enhancing
the Network
with Bistatics
Radial Current Vectors
13 MHz
Totals from Radials
Optimal spacing
should be 40 km
90 km
Elliptical Current Vectors
Totals from Radials & Ellipticals
Coverage Area
from only Radials
Enhancing the Network with Bistatics –
At Sea Transmitter
SNR 17 dB SNR 32 dB
e
ng
Ra
Doppler Frequency
GPS Track of YM Los Angeles
Pepper Plot of All Detections
Association of Detections with GPS
Detections on a Map
Other Detections
Conclusions
• Mid Atlantic Long Range HF
Radar Network is celebrating
its 10th anniversary
• MARCOOS is delivering
Quality Controlled Surface
Current Data and Forecasts to
the US Coast Guard for
improved SAR
• HF Radar Network is helping to
describe the nature of the flow
in the Mid Atlantic
• We are also developing the
dual-use capability of the radar
for vessel detection