The first large-scale map of ocean surface currents made with dual over-the-horizon radars

The authors show the results of the first attempt to map vector ocean surface currents using dual over-the-horizon radars. The test used the US Navy ROTHR radars in Virginia and Texas to illuminate, via ionospheric reflection, two 70000 km/sup 2/ areas in the Florida Straits, approximately 1500 km f...

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Main Authors: Georges, T.M., Harlan, J.A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Current measurement
Degradation
Frequency
Large-scale systems
Oceans
Radar
Reflection
Sea measurements
Sea surface
Testing
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Summary:The authors show the results of the first attempt to map vector ocean surface currents using dual over-the-horizon radars. The test used the US Navy ROTHR radars in Virginia and Texas to illuminate, via ionospheric reflection, two 70000 km/sup 2/ areas in the Florida Straits, approximately 1500 km from the radars. Each radar maps radial currents, which are interpolated to a common grid and combined into vector currents. Details of the Florida current and ancillary flows are seen with 10-15-km resolution.
DOI:10.1109/OCEANS.1996.569128