HF ocean radar observation of surface currents induced by a typhoon in the East China Sea

Author

Matsuoka, Takeshi ; Sato, Kenji ; Kojima, Shoichiro ; Fujii, Satoshi

Author_Institution

Okinawa Subtropical Environ. Remote-Sensing Center, Commun. Res. Lab., Okinawa, Japan

Volume

7

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

4280

Abstract

A long-range (200 km) high-frequency (HF) ocean radar system was developed by Japan´s Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) to monitor the Kuroshio upstream region of the East China Sea. Sea surface observation began in July 2001. In this paper, we present the validation results of surface currents obtained by the radar in comparison with currents measured using a moored current meter. We also present the results of observing temporal variations in the Kuroshio over a year and the surface currents induced by a strong typhoon.

Keywords

oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; storms; 200 km; AD 2001 07; East China Sea; HF ocean radar observation; Japan´s Communications Research Laboratory; Kuroshio upstream region; moored current meter; surface currents; typhoon; Current measurement; Frequency; Hafnium; Ocean temperature; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote monitoring; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Typhoons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1295489

Filename

1295489