First in-situ measurements of HF radar echoing targets

First in-situ measurements of HF radar echoing targets

[1] The sounding rocket Investigation of Cusp Irregularities 2 (ICI-2) was launched into the cusp ionosphere over Svalbard to investigate the production of decameter scale irregularities in the electron plasma associated with HF radar backscatter. The main mission objective was to obtain high-resolution measurements of decameter scale electron plasma irregularities and to quantify the growth ra...

Testing Lidar-Radar Derived Drop Sizes Against In Situ Measurements

HF Radar Activity in European Coastal Seas: Next Steps toward a Pan-European HF Radar Network

Citation: Rubio A, Mader J, Corgnati L, Mantovani C, Griffa A, Novellino A, Quentin C, Wyatt L, Schulz-Stellenfleth J, Horstmann J, Lorente P, Zambianchi E, Hartnett M, Fernandes C, Zervakis V, Gorringe P, Melet A and Puillat I (2017) HF Radar Activity in European Coastal Seas: Next Steps toward a Pan-European HF Radar Network. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:8. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00008 HF Radar Activi...

WERA HF radar measurements of wind direction in the South Atlantic Bight

Wind direction measurements collected at 4 in-situ anemometers were compared with the WERA HF radar over a 20 month period to assess the accuracy of the radar system. The radar data was interpolated onto the less frequent in-situ time series. An unexpectedly large RMS error of 58.9° was calculated over all stations. A complex correlation coefficient of 0.65 was obtained. An improved correlation...

On the accuracy of HF radar surface current measurements: Intercomparisons with shipbased sensors

High-frequency (HF) radar systems can provide periodic, two-dimensional, vector current estimates over an area approaching 1000 km •. As the use of these HF systems has gained wider acceptance, a number of attempts have been made to estimate the accuracy of such systems. However, comparisons of HF radar current estimates with in situ sensors are difficult to interpret since HF systems measure c...