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A paper was presented at OCEANS '15 on a new way of increasing the resiliency of a High Frequency radar network through the use of bistatic measurements. This was modeled on the Mid Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) High Frequency Radar network. The bistatic operating system is a recent feature of the SeaSonde HF radar. The bistatic capability is a viable way...
Ocean Environmental data is a key component utilized by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) when developing and executing a search and rescue mission. The Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) became operational with the USCG in 2007 and is the main tool for developing search and rescue mission plans. This tool utilizes environmental data (wind, ocean currents, etc.) to estimate the...
Increasing the resiliency of High Frequency radar measurements has been a priority within the community for the past several years. One method to increase resiliency is through the use of a bistatic radar configuration, which is unique to the SeaSonde HF radar. This is achieved by separating the transmit and receive stations and then linking them through the Global Positioning System (GPS) reference...
The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) is operated in 26 regions of the United States including New York/New Jersey Harbor. This system provides observations and predictions of water level, currents, salinity and meteorological parameters that are used by mariners to safely navigate the coastal waters. HF radar surface current measurements are a new data product available in three of...
The ephemeral nature of sea breeze makes it a challenging phenomenon to study. The sea breeze is an important wind resource that could potentially be harnessed to enhance coastal wind energy development. It is also an important force in coastal ocean dynamics and warrants further study. It would be convenient and inexpensive to study the sea breeze with HF radar, over broad spatial and temporal scales,...
The proliferation of HF radar networks around the globe has made them a vital component of the ocean observing endeavor. There are approximately thirty-four nations with oceanographic HF radar networks, eight of which have over 10 radar stations in their network. Providing high quality measurements for sustained periods of time is of the utmost importance. The global HF radar network has been established...
High Frequency radar has been operational with the US Coast Guard since May 2009. The long-range SeaSonde is a key component of the national HF radar network. Default SeaSonde processing on long-range systems only captures 92% of the M2 tidal current velocity and hence 85% of the tidal energy due to a 180-minute averaging time. Reducing this averaging time would help improve the surface current measurements...
There are approximately 300 High Frequency (HF) radars deployed around the globe making real time measurements of the surface currents in the coastal ocean. In the United States, the HF radar network within the Mid Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) became operational with the United States Coast Guard in May 2009. This model was expanded nationally and the Integrated...
The state of New Jersey has the goal of producing 23% of its energy from renewable sources by 2021. Offshore wind is envisioned as being part of that renewable portfolio. To meet this goal New Jersey passed the nation's first offshore wind renewable energy standard which requires that at least 1,100 megawatts (MW) by 2021. Currently NJ has 0 MW of offshore wind energy. In order to reduce the risk...
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are indispensable tools for marine scientists to study the world's oceans. Depending on their missions, AUVs are equipped with advanced sensors (sonar, cameras, acoustic communication, bio-sensors), have on-board computers for data analysis (image analysis, data compression), and are capable of on-board decision making (resource planning, swarming). Since AUVs...
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