Cape Cod to

Cape Hatteras:
~1000 km
Coastline

Results from the Mid Atlantic

High Frequency Radar Network
Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Erick
Rivera, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn
 Technology Development Road Map
of HF Radar for SAR and Vessel Detection
CODAR develops NWRA applies SIFTER Mid Atlantic HF Radar National HF Radar
Long Range First long range
system installed
Ship detection
program partnering enhanced blanking algorithm to CODAR
data, SRI develops
Network becomes
operational with US
Network become
waveform for ship operational with US
with AMI tracker for SIFTER Coast Guard
detection Coast Guard
output

CODAR patents Bistatic spar buoy Test Study of

GPS timing for deployed 100 nmi CODAR data into
frequency sharing off Atlantic City, NJ SAROPS

Medium Range First system DHS bistaic buoy

deployed near DHS COE begins
Bisatatic transmitter
installed at SeaSide,
installed at Sandy
Ambrose NJ for testing
Hook, NJ

SuperDirective Second shore Bistatic transmitter

system installed at station added as
Sandy Hook, NJ
integrated with OPT
part of Navy PowerBuoy
LEAP program

Initial test install Bistatic Buoy Installed Small Boat Coordinated field HF Radar become
Standard Range off Atlantic City, off Atlantic City, NJ Program exercise for DHS operational with
NJ COE US Coast Guard

Permanent System Relocated to

Install NY Harbor for NSF
CoOP Program

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RANGE
2003
NETWORK 2003
2001 2003
2000 2007
2001
2001
2006
2006
2009
2003
2003
C:\Documents and Settings\hroarty\My Documents\COOL\01 CODAR\MARCOOS\Renewal
 Nested
Standard
Range
Network
Existing Medium
Range Network
Future Medium
Range Network
 2008 Spatial Coverage
Unweigted Least Squares Optimal Interpolation
 2009 Spatial Coverage
Unweigted Least Squares Optimal Interpolation
 2010 Spatial Coverage
Unweigted Least Squares Optimal Interpolation
Spatial and Temporal Coverage Metric
 Winter
DEC ’08 – FEB ‘09

Curly vectors
plotted with
NCAR
Computing
Language (NCL)
 Spring
MAR ’09 – MAY ‘09
Summer
JUNE ’09 – AUG ‘09
 Fall
SEP ’09 – NOV ‘09
Validation of Optimal Interpolation Totals

Feb 24-
April 4,
2007

39 days
ADCP OI UWLS
Drifter OI UWLS
 Individual
MARCOOS Regional
Forecast Theme 1:
Data Product
Site Data Maritime
AggregatorSafety, Search And
Product Rescue
Aggregator
Decision Tool
Generation
Distribution: OPeNDAP/ THREDDS
Data Format: NetCDF
STPS,
(UConn)

HF Radar MARCOOS ROMS

Radials Totals EDS SAROPS
(Rutgers)

NOAA
National HOPS
Network (SMAST) MARCOOS

Year 1 & 2

NYHOPS Year 3
(Stevens)
 HF Radar
and
HYbrid Coordinate Date Time
Ocean Model or 22 July 2009
00
0000 Z
(HYCOM) 23 July 2009
Currents in SAROPS
0000 Z
24
24 July 2009
• High Confidence (HF Radar)
0000 Z
48
– sigma (1 std dev) = 0.22 knots
25 July 2009
– Tau (half life) = 264 minutes
0000 Z
72
• Low Confidence (HYCOM)
– sigma (1 std dev) = 0.37 knots 26 July 2009
0000 Z
96
– Tau (half life) = 264 minutes
• Number of particles = 5000
• SLDMB 39029
 24 Hours Into Search

HYCOM HF Radar
Low Confidence High Confidence
 48 Hours Into Search

HYCOM HF Radar
Low Confidence High Confidence
Search Area After 96 Hours

154 km
100 km

232 km 123 km

HYCOM HF Radar

36,000 km2 12,000 km2

10,500 nmi2 3,500 nmi2

May 4, 2009: After a year of testing, NOAA Announces on
U.S. Department of Commerce Website that
MACOORA CODAR is Operational in SAROPS
U.S. IOOS Goal
for 2010:
Bring all
sustained
regional-scale
HFR networks
up to operational
status in USCG
SAROPS
 HFR Current Mapping Product Development
Road Map for Search and Rescue

First Standard Range Long Range Network Mid Atlantic HF “A Plan to Meet the
Codar deployed on Shown to be Radar Network Nations Surface
East Coast near Effective in Second Operational with US Current Mapping
Atlantic City, NJ Coast Guard Coast Guard Needs” Implemented
SAROPS tool

Hurricane Floyd
MARCOOS Radial and Total
Simulation Predicts
Establishes First Sensitivity Study
Factor of 4 Reduction
Regional High Undertaken to Provide
in Search Area Using
Frequency Radar Best Data to
Field of Currents vs.
Network Environmental Data Server
Point Measurement

Standard Range Network Optimal Interpolation National HF Radar

Proves to be Useful in Combination Method Network Operational
Coast Guard Research Effective in Filling with US Coast Guard
and Development Pilot Spatial Gaps in Mid
Study Atlantic Tests

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 LEAP-R-T4

Enhancing the Network with Bistatics

Bistatic from SEAS

Transmitter

Bistatic from
SEAB Seasonde

Backscatter
 LEAP-R-T1

Monostatic and Bistatic

Target Geometry

SNR 17 dB SNR 32 dB

Monostatic Geometry Bistatic Geometry

at 13 MHz at 13 MHz
Contours of SNR and Range
 LEAP-R-T4

Radial Current Vectors

Totals from Radials
 LEAP-R-T4

Elliptical Current Vectors

Totals from Radials & Ellipticals

Coverage Area
from only Radials
 The Center for Secure and Resilient
Maritime Commerce (CSR)
DHS Center of Excellence for Port Security
11 Institutions – Maritime Domain Awareness & Resiliency

Maritime Domain Awareness

Approach –
Dual Use Technologies
Demonstrate Nested Vessel Detection
Global > Approaches > Port

University of Miami –
Global Satellite Coverage,
Visible & Microwave

Rutgers University –
Over-the-Horizon Compact
High Frequency Radar Networks

Stevens Institute of Technology –

Local High-Resolution Optics &
Shallow Underwater Acoustics
GPS Track of YM Los Angeles
Pepper Plot of All Detections
Association of Detections with GPS
Detections on a Map
Other Detections
Conclusions • Mid Atlantic Long Range HF
Radar Network is celebrating
its 10th anniversary
• MARCOOS is delivering
Quality Controlled Surface
Current Data and Forecasts to
the US Coast Guard for
improved SAR
• HF Radar Network is helping to
describe the nature of the flow
in the Mid Atlantic
• We are also developing the
dual-use capability of the radar
for vessel detection