The Global High Frequency Radar Network

Hugh Roarty , Thomas Cook , Lisa Hazard (1) , Doug George , Jack Harlan , Simone Cosoli , Lucy Wyatt (2) , Enrique Álvarez Fanjul (3) , Eric Terrill , Mark Otero , John Largier , Scott Glenn , Naoto Ebuchi , Brian Whitehouse , Kevin Bartlett , Julien Mader , Anna Rubio (4) , Lorenzo Corgnati (5) , Carlo Mantovani , Annalisa Griffa (6) , Emma Reyes (7) , Pablo Lorente (3) , Xavier Flores-Vidal , Kelly Johanna Saavedra-Matta , Peter Rogowski , Siriluk Prukpitikul , Sang-Ho Lee , Jian-Wu Lai , Charles-Antoine Guérin (8) , Jorge Sánchez (9) , Birgit Vinther Hansen (10) , Stephan Grilli (11)

1 EEB-UCSC - Dept Ecol Evol Biol, Univ California SC
2 SoMaS - School of Mathematics and Statistics [Sheffield]
3 PdE - Puertos del estado
4 AZTI-Tecnalia
5 ISMAR - Istituto di Science Marine
6 ISMAR - Istituto di Scienze Marine [Genova]
7 SOCIB Balearic Islands Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System
8 MIO - Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie
9 Xerox Research Centre Europe [Meylan]
10 RSLIS - Royal School of Library and Information Science
11 URI - University of Rhode Island

The Global High Frequency Radar Network HFR networks have been showing steady growth with over 60 stations currently deployed and many in the planning stage. In Asia and Oceania countries, more than 110 radar stations are in operation. HFR technology can be found in a wide range of applications: for marine safety, oil spill response, tsunami warning, pollution assessment, coastal zone management, tracking environmental change, numerical model simulation of 3-dimensional circulation, and research to generate new understanding of coastal ocean dynamics, depending mainly on each country's coastal sea characteristics. These radar networks are examples of national inter-agency and inter-institutional partnerships for improving oceanographic research and operations. As global partnerships grow, these collaborations and improved data sharing enhance our ability to respond to regional, national, and global environmental and management issues.

Mots clés: remote sensing; high frequency radar; ocean currents; waves; tsunami; boundary currents; ocean observing system

Domaines: Interfaces continentales, environnement; Océan, Atmosphère

Hugh Roarty, Thomas Cook, Lisa Hazard, Doug George, Jack Harlan, et al.. The Global High Frequency Radar Network. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019, 6, ⟨10.3389/fmars.2019.00164⟩. ⟨hal-02615123⟩