Dr. Hugh Roarty - Rutgers University
Dr. Lisa Hazard – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. 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
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
VietnamUnitedStates
UnitedKingdomUAE
ThailandTaiwanSpainRussia
PortugalOman
NorwayMexicoMaltaKoreaJordanJapanItalyIsrael
IrelandIndonesia
IndiaHonduras
GreeceGermany
FranceEgypt
Croa aChinaChile
CanadaBrazil
BahamasAzerbaijanAustralia
35 Countries with
HF radar for
oceanographic
purposes
LOCATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY RADARS
SUSTAINED IN OPERATIONAL BASIS
Established in March 2012
Goals of this effort:
Increase the number of radars
Ensure HF radar data is available in a single
standardized format
Develop worldwide quality standards
Assimilate the data into ocean models
Develop standard product suite and advance the
emerging applications
GLOBAL HF RADAR NETWORK
Data Management
Applications 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
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4
3
2
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0 5 10 15 20
Circula on
OilSpill/Pollu on
SearchandRescue
BeachClosures
Storms
Mari meSafety/Opera on
BouyTracking
Fisheries
GreenEnergy
WaterQuality
Recrea on
Applica onStoriesofHFradar
APPLICATION STORIES OF HF RADAR
Global HF network mail list:
292 names currently on the list
To join send email to
GEO HF RADAR MAILING LIST
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ON
GEO HF RADAR MAILING LIST BY COUNTRY
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Croa a
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
SouthAfrica
SouthKorea
Spain
Sweeden
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
UnitedKingdom
USA
Vietnam
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
• Please send your application stories:
• Coordination must be established at all
space scales (national- european –
global)
• Share working groups cold help this task
Thank You
