Fourth Meeting of Global High Frequency Radar Network

Hugh RoartyRutgers University

U.S. Department of State, Washington DCJuly 31, 2003

GEO, the Group on Earth ObservationsAn Intergovernmental group with 99 Members and

87 Participating Organizations

© GEO Secretariat

87 Participating Organizations

To realize a future wherein decisions and

actions, for the benefit of humankind, are

informed by coordinated, comprehensive

and sustained Earth observations and

information.

GEO Vision

2015 Global HF Radar Network Meeting

Fourth Meeting of the Global High Frequency Radar Network

September 22-23, 2015Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Global HF Radar Network

• Established in March 2012• Journal of Operational

Oceanography Vol. 5 No. 1

Goals for Global HF Radar Network

1) Increase the number of coastal radars

2) Ensure HFR data is available in a single standardized format in near-real-time,

3) Assimilate data into ocean and ecosystem models

4) A set of easy to use standard products

5) Worldwide Quality Standards

6) Develop emerging uses of HF radar

Goal Inventory

1 2 3 4 5 6

USA ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Spain ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Australia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Italy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Malta ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Philippines ✔

Saudi Arabia ✔ ✔

Greece ✔ ✔

Global HF Radar Network

• Co Chairs 2012-2015–Jack Harlan (USA)–Lucy Wyatt (Australia)–Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul (Spain)

Global HF Radar Network

• Co Chairs 2015-2017–Hugh Roarty (USA)–Lisa Hazard (USA)–Simone Cosoli (Australia)–Jack Harlan (USA)–Lucy Wyatt (UK)–Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul (Spain)

ROW

Taiwan 2014

Role of Global Network

ROW

Previous Meetings

•London 2012•Norway 2013•Taiwan 2014•Greece 2015

London 2012

London 2012• Imagine Global Current Maps

Global HF Radar Viewer

http://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/mapping/global/fullpage.php

Global HF Radar Viewer

London 2012• Imagine global current maps• Inventory of the radars

• There are 99 Member Nations in the Group on Earth Observations

• 72 countries have a salty coast• 35 of those countries have High

Frequency radars on their coastline• Approximately 349 radars worldwide

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

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WERA® High-Frequency (HF) Ocean Radar Installations

Since 1999 more that 80 WERA systems have been installed.

Permanent WERA Installation

Temporary WERA Installation

Planned WERA Installation

258 Stations Located So Far

ORCA Meeting Inventory

Global Inventory

349

381

London 2012• Imagine Global Current Maps• Inventory of the radars• Inventory of the applications

Application Success Stories

http://marine.rutgers.edu/~hroarty/GEO/ESRI/

Climate Change

Global Warming

Greenhouse gas

radar

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5×10-7

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Method #3• Web of Science• Search HF Radar• Refine by Oceanography• Create Citation Report

Citations in Each Year – HF Radar Oceanography