Sea Surface Current Mapping with HF Radar – a Primer

Authors

Clifford R. Merz, University of South FloridaFollow
Yonggang Liu, University of South FloridaFollow
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2021

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA537E_ch4

Abstract

Shore-based oceanographic High Frequency (HF) radars are frequently used to remotely sense and map coastal sea surface currents. This chapter begins with a review of the development and utilization of HF radar sea-echo interactions and their relationship in the determination of the radial component of the sea surface current and vector coverage map, followed by a brief discussion of recent ongoing HF radar observations on the West Florida Shelf (WFS). Reported are HF radar performance and its complicated relationships with environmental factors.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Sea Surface Current Mapping with HF Radar – a Primer, in W. Huang & E. W. Gill (Eds.), Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies: High frequency, marine and GNSS-based radar, SciTech Publishing, p. 95-116

This book chapter is the preprint author version. Final version available at: https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA537E_ch4

Scholar Commons Citation

Merz, Clifford R.; Liu, Yonggang; and Weisberg, Robert H., "Sea Surface Current Mapping with HF Radar – a Primer" (2021). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2538.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2538