Ocean-monitoring tests with the U.S. Air Force over-the-horizon radars

Author

Georges, T.M. ; Harlan, J.A.

Author_Institution

Wave Propagation Lab., NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

221

Abstract

NOAA is evaluating the potential of over-the-horizon (OTH) defense radars for providing surface-wind data over very large data-sparse ocean areas. Tests with the U.S. Air Force OTH-B east- and west-coast radar systems have mapped surface wind direction over areas as large as 20 million square kilometers, revealing synoptic weather patterns. The east-coast radar in Maine has also focused on smaller areas to track hurricanes Claudette and Andrew more than 2000 km away. With the end of the Cold War, routine ocean-monitoring tasks could be added to military OTH radars at modest incremental cost

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; wind; 6 to 28 MHz; HF radar; North Atlantic; North Pacific; OTH; OTH-B; U.S. Air Force; USA military radar; atmosphere; defense radar; hurricane; marine wind; measurement technique; ocean; over the horizon radar; radar remote sensing; sea echo; sea surface; surface wind direction; Hurricanes; Monitoring; Oceans; Radar tracking; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface fitting; Surface waves; Testing; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322530

Filename

322530