A Regional HF Radar Testbed: Serving IOOS needs in the

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A Regional HF Radar Testbed Serving IOOS needs
in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (Research to
Applications)
Mid-Atlantic Bight HF Radar Consortium
5 years later
2000
Present
Wendell Brown, Dave Ullman, Dan Halloway, Art
Allen, Marion Lewandowski, Jim ODonnell, Alan
Blumberg, Michael Bruno, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn,
Mohsen Baidey, Bruce Lipphardt, Denny Kirwan,
Bill Boicourt, John Moisen, Larry Atkinson, Mark
Bushnell, Jack Harlan, Harvey Seim and MANY others
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Systems Deployed in 1998

• Systems Deployed (2)
• - 2 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)

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Systems Deployed in 1999

• Systems Deployed (5)
• - 5 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)

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Systems Deployed in 2001

• Systems Deployed (9)
• - 5 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 4 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
• - Office of Naval Research (ONR)

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Systems Deployed in 2003

• Systems Deployed (15)
• - 7 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 8 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
• - ONR
• - NOAA
• - NSF
• - State of New Jersey
• - U. Maine/GoMOOS

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Systems Deployed in 2004

• Systems Deployed (18)
• - 8 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 9 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• - 1 Medium Range System (13 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
• - ONR
• - NOAA
• - NSF
• - State of New Jersey
• - U. Maine/GoMOOS
• - Counter NarcoTerrorism Project Office

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Systems Deployed by 2006

• Systems Deployed (26)
• - 14 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 11 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• - 1 Medium Range System (13 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
• - ONR
• - NOAA
• - NSF
• - State of New Jersey
• - Department of Homeland Security
• - Counter NarcoTerrorism Project Office

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Systems Deployed by 2007

• Systems Deployed (29)
• - 14 Standard Range Systems (25 MHz)
• - 13 Long Range Systems (5 MHz)
• - 2 Medium Range System (13 MHz)
• Support
• - National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
• - ONR
• - NOAA
• - NSF
• - State of New Jersey
• - Department of Homeland Security
• - Counter NarcoTerrorism Project Office

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Mid-Atlantic HF Radar Consortium

• University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
• University of Rhode Island
• United States Coast Guard RD Center
• University of Connecticut
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University
• University of Delaware
• University of Maryland
• NASA, Wallops Island
• Old Dominion University
• NOAA, Chesapeake Bay
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Over 50 Years of HF Radar experience site
selection to product delivery
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Present Status of the Standard Range Systems
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Present Status of the Mid-Atlantic Long-Range
Mid-Range Systems
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Applications Local to Regional
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Ensuring public health Surf Zone Forecasts, NOAA
National Weather Service
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Ensuring public health Surf Zone Forecasts, NOAA
National Weather Service
Marine/Aviation Desk
CODAR Storm Wave Data January 2004
NWS Mount Holly uses CODAR wave data in a linear
regression wave model. This model is part of a
Surf Zone Forecast including rip current
probability along the New Jersey and Delaware
Coasts
County Warning Area
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Facilitating safe and efficient marine
operations Safe Harbor Operations, NOAA PORTS
40 of the NOAA PORTS programs are in the MAB
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Facilitating safe and efficient marine
operations Safe Harbor Operations, NOAA PORTS
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NOAA PORTS Enhancements Data Assimilation

• Real-time current observations
• (ADCPs, CODAR) for nowcasting
• and forecasting
• 1) Water Level
• 2) Currents
• 3) Salinity

Evaluation - Codar based tidal prediction
- Surface current and salinity
prediction
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and
Rescue Point measurement vs. Field of
measurements Hurricane Floyd Simulation
O(4)
O(gt10)
Search area reduced by factor of 4 (gt10)
Courtesy Art Allen, USCG Office of SAR
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue
Coverage Jul 27, 2004 Aug 31, 2004
32773
Climatology SLDMB 32773 CODAR
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue
Long Range (2004)
Standard Range (2002)
NOAA Coastal Site CODAR Currents SLDMB Drifter
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue

• Two components of motion
• Deterministic
• Stochastic
• U Ubar u
• Legend
• Red ? SLDMB
• Green ? Deterministic
• prediction
• Blue ? Stochastic
• predictions

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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue
3 Hours 6 Hours 12 Hours 24 Hours
Separation between drifter and LR Codar (u)
Ullman et al., 2006
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue
Monte Carlo Modeling Results
BIS
MAB
Ullman et al., 2006
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Ensuring public health Search and Rescue, United
States Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue

• Real-Time surface currents
• Forecasted surface currents
• (STPS)
• Establish MAB as a testbed for SAROPS evaluation

1) User selects desired data product from
interactive menu 2) User specifies time window of
interest
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Ensuring national security Vessel Tracking,
Department of Homeland Security
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Collaborations
2005 - Present
2006 - Present
2001 - Present
1998 - Present
2005 - Present
2003 - Present
2003-Present
2005
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International Collaborations Norway
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Conclusions

• A regional scale HF radar network is operating in
  the Mid-Atlantic Bight.
• Shelf-wide coverage with higher resolution near
  the estuaries.
• Knowledge base is here in the MAB for all
  components of the network (HF Radar Consortium
  with over 50 years combined experience).
• The network continues to support science and
  education activities in the region.
• Immediate impacts on NOAA, US Navy, USCG, DoD,
  and DHS operations including the MANY users these
  groups serve.
• A framework for inter-agency and international
  collaboration.

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International Collaborations Baltic Sea
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Managing resources for sustainable use Adaptive
Sampling Strategies, NOAA Fisheries
Ship-to-shore Communication
NOAA Fisheries ServiceNortheast Fisheries
Science Center Conserving Our Nation's Living
Oceans For Over 125 Years
James J. HowardMarine Sciences Laboratory
John Manderson (NOAA) and John Quinlan (RU)
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Managing resources for sustainable use Adaptive
Sampling Strategies, NOAA Fisheries
Mid Atlantic Catch Data
Plume Edge
Seaward of the edge
Shoreward of the edge
Depth (m)
18 m
Menhaden
Sea floor
I cant imagine going out without this
information - John Manderson (NOAA)
Time/Distance
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Collaboration and Operation Since 1998
2001 - Present
1998 - Present
1998 2003 2001 Present 2003 Present 2003 -
2006
2003 - Present
2003-Present
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NOAA Safe Sanctuaries Rapid response demonstration
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MAB Region GDOP, 10 Screening
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NJ Shelf, Separation vs. Time