A Regional HF Radar Testbed:

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A Regional HF Radar Testbed Serving IOOS/OOI
needs in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Mid-Atlantic Bight HF Radar Consortium
2000
Present
Wendell Brown, Dave Ullman, Dan Halloway, Art
Allen, Marion Lewandowski, Jim ODonnell, Alan
Blumberg, Michael Bruno, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn,
Mohsen Baidey, Bruce Lipphardt, Denny Kirwan,
Bill Boicourt, John Moisen, Larry Atkinson, Mark
Bushnell, Jack Harlan, Harvey Seim and MANY others
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Mid-Atlantic HF Radar Consortium

• University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
• University of Rhode Island
• United States Coast Guard RD Center
• University of Connecticut
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University
• University of Delaware
• University of Maryland
• NASA, Wallops Island
• Old Dominion University
• WeatherFlow, Inc.
• NOAA, Chesapeake Bay
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Over 50 Years of HF Radar experience site
selection to product delivery
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Systems Deployed Now

• Systems Deployed (20)
• - 11 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 8 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• - 1 Medium Range System (13 MHz)

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New Sites to be deployed 2006
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Systems Deployed by 2006

• Systems Deployed (27)
• - 15 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 11 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• - 1 Medium Range System (13 MHz)

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Systems Deployed by 2007

• Systems Deployed (30)
• - 15 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 13 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• - 2 Medium Range System (13 MHz)

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Present Status of the Standard Range Systems
Nested Coverage of 5 major estuaries and sounds
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Present Status of the Mid-Atlantic Long-Range
Mid-Range Systems
Covering over 1000 km of coastline from the
shore to beyond the shelf break
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Data Management

• Distributed (Redundancy Robustness)
• Web Interface
• Diagnostics
• Currently operating with 53 sites

Routine and requested Totals
Terrill, 06331-220
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Applications Coast Guard Search and Rescue
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and
Rescue Point measurement vs. Field of
measurements Hurricane Floyd Simulation
O(4)
O(gt10)
Search area reduced by factor of 4 (gt10)
Courtesy Art Allen, USCG Office of SAR
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue

• Real-Time surface currents
• Forecasted surface currents
• (STPS)

1) User selects desired data product from
interactive menu 2) User specifies time window of
interest
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue
Long Range (2004)
Standard Range (2002)
NOAA Coastal Site CODAR Currents SLDMB Drifter
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue
Mid-Atlantic SAROPS Testbed
Coverage Jul 27, 2004 Aug 31, 2004
32773
Climatology SLDMB 32773 CODAR
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US Coast Guard SAROPS Testbed
Drifter Deployment July 2006 - Present
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Applications Tropical Storm Ernesto The
regional 3-D response
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The Big Picture
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 1, 2006 1300
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 1, 2006 1600
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 1, 2006 1900
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 1, 2006 2200
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 0100
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 0400
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 0700
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1000
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1300
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1300
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1600
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1900
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 2200
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 3, 2006 0100
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 3, 2006 0400
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 3, 2006 0700
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Surface Impacts
After
Before
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Sub-Surface Impacts
Before
June 14, 2006 - Present
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Sub-Surface Impacts
During
June 14, 2006 - Present
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Sub-Surface Impacts
After
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Conclusions

• A regional scale HF radar network is critical to
  the IOOS/OOI mission within the coastal ocean.
• The Mid-Atlantic Bight has shelf-wide HF radar
  coverage along 1000 km of coastline with higher
  resolution near the estuaries and sounds.
• Knowledge base is here in the MAB for all
  components of the network (HF Radar Consortium
  with over 50 years combined experience).
• The network continues to support science and
  education activities in the region. (Schofield et
  al. 060331-98,
• Frazer et al. 060331-134, and Glenn et al.,
  060331-107)
• Immediate impacts on NOAA, US Navy, USCG, DoD,
  and DHS operations including the MANY users these
  groups serve.

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Ensuring public health Surf Zone Forecasts, NOAA
National Weather Service
NWS Mount Holly uses CODAR wave data in a linear
regression wave model. This model is part of a
Surf Zone Forecast including rip current
probability along the New Jersey and Delaware
Coasts
Marine/Aviation Desk
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