Surface current patterns in the northern Adriatic extracted from high-frequency radar data using self-organizing map analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (C8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hrvoje Mihanović ◽  
Simone Cosoli ◽  
Ivica Vilibić ◽  
Damir Ivanković ◽  
Vlado Dadić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
High Frequency Radar ◽  
Map Analysis ◽  
Self Organizing

scholarly journals Investigations into Synoptic Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Coastal Upper Ocean Circulation Using High Frequency Radar Data and Model Output

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 2841
Author(s):  
Lei Ren ◽  
Nanyang Chu ◽  
Zhan Hu ◽  
Michael Hartnett
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Flow Fields ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Eof Analysis ◽  
Surface Flows ◽  
High Frequency Radar

Numerical models and remote sensing observation systems such as radars are useful for providing information on surface flows for coastal areas. Evaluation of their performance and extracting synoptic characteristics are challenging and important tasks. This research aims to investigate synoptic characteristics of surface flow fields through undertaking a detailed analysis of model results and high frequency radar (HFR) data using self-organizing map (SOM) and empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis. A dataset of surface flow fields over thirteen days from these two sources was used. A SOM topology map of size 4 × 3 was developed to explore spatial patterns of surface flows. Additionally, comparisons of surface flow patterns between SOM and EOF analysis were carried out. Results illustrate that both SOM and EOF analysis methods are valuable tools for extracting characteristic surface current patterns. Comparisons indicated that the SOM technique displays synoptic characteristics of surface flow fields in a more detailed way than EOF analysis. Extracted synoptic surface current patterns are useful in a variety of applications, such as oil spill treatment and search and rescue. This research provides an approach to using powerful tools to diagnose ocean processes from different aspects. Moreover, it is of great significance to assess SOM as a potential forecasting tool for coastal surface currents.

Sensitivity of Self-Organizing Map surface current patterns to the use of radial vs. Cartesian input vectors measured by high-frequency radars

2015 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hrvoje Kalinić ◽  
Hrvoje Mihanović ◽  
Simone Cosoli ◽  
Ivica Vilibić
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Self Organizing

Inversion of Wave-number Spectrum from Simulated Bistatic High-frequency Radar Data

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 2477-2482
Author(s):  
Huan He ◽  
Heng-yu Ke ◽  
Xian-rong Wan ◽  
Fang-zhi Geng
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
High Frequency Radar

The role of an intense jet in the Tsugaru Strait in the formation of the outflow gyre revealed using high-frequency radar data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Kaneko ◽  
Ken'ichi Sasaki ◽  
Hiroto Abe ◽  
Shuichi Watanabe ◽  
Yoshiaki Sato
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
High Frequency Radar ◽  
Tsugaru Strait

The Integrated Ocean Observing System High-Frequency Radar Network: Status and Local, Regional, and National Applications

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 122-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Harlan ◽  
Eric Terrill ◽  
Lisa Hazard ◽  
Carolyn Keen ◽  
Donald Barrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Velocity Fields ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Integrated Network ◽  
High Frequency Radar ◽  
Radar Network ◽  
Network Status ◽  
Ocean Observing

AbstractA national high-frequency radar network has been created over the past 20 years or so that provides hourly 2-D ocean surface current velocity fields in near real time from a few kilometers offshore out to approximately 200 km. This preoperational network is made up of more than 100 radars from 30 different institutions. The Integrated Ocean Observing System efforts have supported the standards-based ingest and delivery of these velocity fields to a number of applications such as coastal search and rescue, oil spill response, water quality monitoring, and safe and efficient marine navigation. Thus, regardless of the operating institution or location of the radar systems, emergency response managers, and other users, can rely on a common source and means of obtaining and using the data. Details of the history, the physics, and the application of high-frequency radar are discussed with successes of the integrated network highlighted.

Automated quality control of High Frequency radar data

2012 Oceans ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Roarty ◽  
M. Smith ◽  
J. Kerfoot ◽  
J. Kohut ◽  
S. Glenn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
High Frequency Radar ◽  
Automated Quality Control

scholarly journals Evaluating the surface circulation in the Ebro delta (northeastern Spain) with quality-controlled high-frequency radar measurements

Ocean Science ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 921-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Lorente ◽  
S. Piedracoba ◽  
J. Soto-Navarro ◽  
E. Alvarez-Fanjul
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Hf Radar ◽  
Ebro Delta ◽  
Ebro River ◽  
Surface Circulation

Abstract. The Ebro River delta is a relevant marine protected area in the western Mediterranean. In order to promote the conservation of its ecosystem and support operational decision making in this sensitive area, a three-site standard-range (13.5 MHz) CODAR SeaSonde high-frequency (HF) radar was deployed in December 2013. The main goal of this work is to explore basic features of the sea surface circulation in the Ebro deltaic region as derived from reliable HF radar surface current measurements. For this aim, a combined quality control methodology was applied: firstly, 1-year long (2014) real-time web monitoring of nonvelocity-based diagnostic parameters was conducted to infer both radar site status and HF radar system performance. The signal-to-noise ratio at the monopole exhibited a consistent monthly evolution, although some abrupt decreases (below 10 dB), occasionally detected in June for one of the radar sites, impacted negatively on the spatiotemporal coverage of total current vectors. It seemed to be sporadic episodes since radar site overall performance was found to be robust during 2014. Secondly, a validation of HF radar data with independent in situ observations from a moored current meter was attempted for May–October 2014. The accuracy assessment of radial and total vectors revealed a consistently high agreement. The directional accuracy of the HF radar was rated at better than 8°. The correlation coefficient and root mean square error (RMSE) values emerged in the ranges [0.58–0.83] and [4.02–18.31] cm s−1, respectively. The analysis of the monthly averaged current maps for 2014 showed that the HF radar properly represented basic oceanographic features previously reported, namely, the predominant southwestward flow, the coastal clockwise eddy confined south of the Ebro delta mouth, or the Ebro River impulsive-type freshwater discharge. The EOF analysis related the flow response to local wind forcing and confirmed that the surface current field evolved in space and time according to three significantly dominant modes of variability.

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