Networking multiple HF radar systems with common coverage overlap

Author

Barrick, Donald E.

Author_Institution

CODAR Ocean Sensors Ltd., Los Altos, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Oct 1993

Abstract

Two older NOAA pulse-Doppler CODAR systems at Moss Landing and Monterey, CA, have been providing real-time surface-current map coverage of Monterey Bay since 1991. Recently, this configuration has been extended. The older CODAR at Monterey has been replaced by a new lower-frequency, longer-range SeaSonde. SeaSondes have been brought on line at Santa Cruz and Granite Canyon, South of Monterey. This paper describes the operation of the multisystem network. Overlapping coverage between at least two systems is required to produce a total horizontal current vector as each unit can measure only the vector component at any point that is radial to the radar. More systems results in greater coverage, accuracy and a more complex operation

Keywords

Doppler effect; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; California USA; Granite Canyon; HF radar; Monterey Bay; NOAA; North Pacific; Santa Cruz; SeaSonde; United States; coast; common coverage overlap; multiple HF radar systems; networking; ocean dynamics; overlapping coverage; pulse-Doppler CODAR system; radar remote sensing; sea surface; surface current; Current measurement; Hafnium; Laboratories; Oceans; Radar measurements; Receiving antennas; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sensor systems; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '93. Engineering in Harmony with Ocean. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1385-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326029

Filename

326029