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Dr. Hugh Roarty - Rutgers University Dr. Lisa Hazard – Scripps Institution of OceanographyProf. Lucy Wyatt - Austral ian Coastal Ocean Radar Network
Dr. Jack Harlan- Integrated Ocean Observing System Dr. Enrique Alvarez – Puertos del Estado
THE GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR
NETWORK
High frequency (HF) radar systems measure the speed and direction of ocean surface currents in near real time.
Approximately 349 radars worldwide
Two main companies (CODAR and WERA)
THE HF RADAR AROUND THE WORLD
CODAR SEASONDE WORLDWIDE 2012
• United States 130
• Canada 8
• Mexico 2
• Brazil 2
• Bahamas 2
• Honduras 2
• Norway 6
• Portugal 4
• Italy 6
• Croatia 2
• Spain 16
• Ireland 2
• Russia 1
• France 2
• Israel 2
• Japan 22
• Korea 24
• China 8
• Thailand 6
• Malta 2
• Taiwan 20
• India 12
• Vietnam 3
• Indonesia 2
• Jordan 1
• UAE 2
• Egypt 2
• Azerbaijan 2
• Australia 5
Total Sales: ~298
USA: 14 Canada: 6 Mexico: 3 France: 6 I taly: 2 Australia: 8 Germany: 7 UK: 4 Chile: 2 Oman: 12 Greece: 2 China: 6 Korea: 2
Total Sales: 85
WERA WORLDWIDE 2014
Taiwan: 2 Slovenia: 2 Croatia: 2 Turkmenistan: 3 Poland: 2
NUMBER OF HF RADAR STATIONS PER COUNTRY
35 Countries with HF radar
for oceanographic
purposes
LOCATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY RADARS SUSTAINED IN OPERATIONAL BASIS
Established in March 2012Goals of this effort:
Increase the number of radarsEnsure HF radar data is available in a single standardized format
Develop worldwide quality standardsAssimilate the data into ocean modelsDevelop standard product suite and advance the emerging applications
GLOBAL HF RADAR NETWORK
Data ManagementApplications and Success Stories
Best Practices in Deployment & Operation: Capacity Building
WORKING GROUPS
DATA MANAGEMENT STANDARDS WG
Standard Totals Format – Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) format:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
Standard Naming Conventions – Climate Forecast Interoperability:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/conventions.html
APPLICATION STORIES OF HF RADAR
Global HF network mail list: geo.global.hfradar@ucsd.edu
292 names currently on the list
To join send email to geo.global.hfradaradm@ucsd.edu
GEO HF RADAR MAILING LIST
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ON GEO HF RADAR MAILING LIST BY COUNTRY
42 Countries Represented on the Mailing List
Countries With Radars Not on Mailing List:
• Azerbaijan• Bahamas• Chile• Egypt• Honduras• Oman
HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR NETWORK (HFRNET) PARTNERSHIPS
Australia
Canada
Continental U.S.A.
Republic of Korea
Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Is.
Hawaiian Is.
Spain
Mexico
CONCLUSIONS
• Join the distribution list: send email to geo.global.hfradaradm@ucsd.edu
• Please send your application stories: hroarty@marine.rutgers.edu
• Coordination must be established at all space scales (national- european – global)
• Share working groups cold help this task
Thank You
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