Algorithm for HF radar vector current measurements |
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Authors: | Lei Liu Xiongbin Wu Feng Cheng Shaolin Yang Hengyu Ke |
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Institution: | (1) School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | A new algorithm is proposed, called the stream function method (SFM) for producing vector current maps from radial data measured
by dual-site high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR). In SFM, a scalar stream function is constructed under some oceanographic
assumptions. The function describes the two-dimensional (2-D) ocean surface water motion and is used to obtain the distribution
of vector currents. The performance of SFM is evaluated using simulated radial data, which demonstrates that SFM has advantages
over typical vectorial combination methods (VCM) both in error acceptance and robustness, and excels another method based
on least-squares fitting (LSF) in recovering the complicated current models. Furthermore, SFM is capable of providing the
total currents based on radials from single-site radar. We also test the assumptions of horizontal non-divergence in the simulation.
The new algorithm is applied to the field experiment data of Wuhan University’s ocean state measuring and analyzing radar
(OSMAR), collected in the coastal East China Sea during April 11–17, 2004. Quantitative comparisons are given between radar
results by three current algorithms and in-situ current meter measurements. Preliminary analysis of the vertical current shear is given based on the current meter measurements. |
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Keywords: | HFSWR ocean surface current dual-site stream function OSMAR |
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