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