National IOOS high frequency radar search and rescue project

Author

Harlan, Jack ; Allen, Arthur ; Howlett, Eoin ; Terrill, Eric ; Kim, Sung Yong ; Otero, Mark ; Glenn, Scott ; Roarty, Hugh ; Kohut, Josh ; O´Donnell, James ; Fake, Todd

Author_Institution

NOAA IOOS Program, Silver Spring, MD, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) partners have begun an effort to extend the use of high frequency (HF) radar for U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) search and rescue operations to all U.S. coastal areas with HF radar coverage. This project builds on the success of an IOOS and USCG-supported regional USCG search and rescue product created by Applied Science Associates (ASA), Rutgers University and University of Connecticut for the mid-Atlantic region. We describe the regional product and the expanded national product´s two main components: optimally-interpolated velocity fields and a predicted velocity field.

Keywords

interpolation; search radar; HF radar coverage; US Coast Guard; US Integrated Ocean Observing System; US coastal area; high frequency radar; mid-Atlantic region; optimally-interpolated velocity field; regional product; search and rescue operation; Educational institutions; Hafnium; Radar; Sea measurements; Sea surface; US Government agencies; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2011

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1427-6

Type

conf

Filename

6107090