Abstract
A dual-station High Frequency Wellen Radar (WERA), transmitting at 16.045 MHz, was deployed along the east Florida Shelf and is currently operated and maintained by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science. From September 2004 to June 2005, a bottom-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) obtained subsurface current measurements within the radar footprint along the shelf break at 86-m depth. The RMS differences ranged from 0.1 to 0.25 ms -1 between the surface and 14 m depth indicating good data. Monthly time series analyses indicated numerous current reversals during the 9-month deployment. When utilized in conjunction with the ADCF subsurface measurements, WERA enables 3-dimensional snapshots of coastal oceanographic features. Given the high temporal and spatial resolution of the WERA system, an increased understanding can be gained in the coastal ocean regime aiding the ability of ocean models at predicting complicated features in the domain.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | OCEANS 2007 - Europe |
| State | Published - 2007 |
| Event | OCEANS 2007 - Europe - Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 18 2007 → Jun 21 2007 |
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| Other | OCEANS 2007 - Europe |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Period | 6/18/07 → 6/21/07 |
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Keywords
- Coastal ocean
- Eddies
- HF radar
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Oceanography
- Ocean Engineering
- Modeling and Simulation
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Resolving coastal ocean eddy activity in surface velocity signatures from wellen radars and an acoustic doppler current profiler. / Shay, Lynn K; Parks, A. Brad; Haus, Brian K; Martinez-Pedraja, Jorge; Johns, William E; Gurgel, Klaus Werner; Cook, Thomas M.
OCEANS 2007 - Europe. 2007. 4302267.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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T1 - Resolving coastal ocean eddy activity in surface velocity signatures from wellen radars and an acoustic doppler current profiler
AU - Shay, Lynn K
AU - Parks, A. Brad
AU - Haus, Brian K
AU - Martinez-Pedraja, Jorge
AU - Johns, William E
AU - Gurgel, Klaus Werner
AU - Cook, Thomas M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A dual-station High Frequency Wellen Radar (WERA), transmitting at 16.045 MHz, was deployed along the east Florida Shelf and is currently operated and maintained by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science. From September 2004 to June 2005, a bottom-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) obtained subsurface current measurements within the radar footprint along the shelf break at 86-m depth. The RMS differences ranged from 0.1 to 0.25 ms -1 between the surface and 14 m depth indicating good data. Monthly time series analyses indicated numerous current reversals during the 9-month deployment. When utilized in conjunction with the ADCF subsurface measurements, WERA enables 3-dimensional snapshots of coastal oceanographic features. Given the high temporal and spatial resolution of the WERA system, an increased understanding can be gained in the coastal ocean regime aiding the ability of ocean models at predicting complicated features in the domain.
AB - A dual-station High Frequency Wellen Radar (WERA), transmitting at 16.045 MHz, was deployed along the east Florida Shelf and is currently operated and maintained by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science. From September 2004 to June 2005, a bottom-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) obtained subsurface current measurements within the radar footprint along the shelf break at 86-m depth. The RMS differences ranged from 0.1 to 0.25 ms -1 between the surface and 14 m depth indicating good data. Monthly time series analyses indicated numerous current reversals during the 9-month deployment. When utilized in conjunction with the ADCF subsurface measurements, WERA enables 3-dimensional snapshots of coastal oceanographic features. Given the high temporal and spatial resolution of the WERA system, an increased understanding can be gained in the coastal ocean regime aiding the ability of ocean models at predicting complicated features in the domain.
KW - Coastal ocean
KW - Eddies
KW - HF radar
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