Wave, current and wind monitoring using HF radar

Abstract

Measurements of waves, winds and currents with the HF radar are presented to demonstrate their operational monitoring capabilities. These include measurements made during a 15 month deployment of the Pisces radar in the Celtic Sea to assess the feasibility of including radar as part of the UK wave monitoring Network, WAVENET, and measurements with the WERA radar on the Norwegian coast as part of the EuroROSE project. The accuracy of the measurements is discussed.

A year-long assessment of wave measurements retrieved from an HF radar network in the Gulf of Naples (Tyrrhenian Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea)

“…HF radar retrieved waves from different systems (CODAR SeaSonde, WERA, PISCES, OSCR) have been typically validatedqualitatively and quantitativelyusing wave buoys (e.g. Wyatt et al 1999, Wyatt et al 2005aAtan et al 2016), while Lipa and Nyden (2005) assessed radar performance through comparison with a bottom installed electromagnetic current metre equipped with a pressure transducer. Studies on the comparison between HF radar, wave buoys and wave model (Wavewatch III, SWAN and WAM), in particular on the topic of data assimilation, are also present in literature (Caires and Wyatt 2003;Siddons et al 2009;Waters et al 2013;Hisaki 2014;Lorente et al 2018).…”