Sustained Ocean Surface Observation Using HF Radar: From Data to Societal Applications II
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 3846
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Interests: physical oceanography; coastal oceanography; coastal radars; physical–biological coupling; ocean observing systems; forecast systems; climate change
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Dear Colleagues,
HF radars offer comprehensive, frequent, and detailed information at the interface of the ocean and the atmosphere. These shore-based remote sensing systems have thus evolved into indispensable instruments within operational oceanography, enabling fo the measurement of synoptic, high-frequency and high-resolution data from surface currents, waves, and winds over wide areas. Additionally, their practical applications span across various sectors.
The majority of HF radars deployed over the past two decades have primarily served research and development purposes. Throughout this timeframe, the technology has undergone extensive validation, and at present, HF radar technology has reached a mature stage, especially in terms of surface current data extraction. It is now acknowledged as a fundamental tool for researching and managing coastal environments.
By combining the high-resolution spatial and temporal data provided by HF radar velocities with other in situ or remote sensing measurements and models, our understanding of coastal dynamics can be significantly enhanced. Consequently, this technology can foster economic blue growth while minimizing environmental impacts in coastal areas. For example, HF radars have diverse applications, including monitoring oil spills, aiding in search and rescue efforts, tracking extreme wave events, providing meteorological support, managing marine environments, operating tsunami warning systems, monitoring coastal currents and waves, facilitating routine navigation, supporting commercial fishing, monitoring Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs), assessing marine energy resources, and studying climate change, among other applications.
This Special Issue is the second volume of a previous SI that focused on the societal applications that arise from this technology. It is important to note that the scope of the first Special Issue was more extensive, and therefore was aimed at not just HF radar products. In this new Special Issue, we wish to invite more papers that demonstrate emerging products derived from HF radars in an evolutionary manner, providing useful information not only on intermediate users but also end users (specialist or non-specialist sectors).
Dr. Silvia Piedracoba
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Keywords
- HF radar
- multiplatform observations
- circulation models
- products and applications
- downstream services
- open sea and coastal areas monitoring
- physical–biological interactions
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