HFR derived surface currents in the Gulf of Manfredonia
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences S.S. of Lerici (SP) |
| Country | Italy  |
| Project | RITMARE - La Ricerca ITaliana per il MARE(RITMARE); Sistema di Supporto alle decisioni per la gestione sostenibilie della Pesca nelle regioni del Mezzogiorno d'Italia(SSD-PESCA) |
| Time period | The dataset contains historical and reprocessed data of radial and total surface current velocities measured by the CNR-ISMAR HF radar network deployed in the Gulf of Manfredonia, in the Southern Adriatic Sea |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Gulf of Manfredonia, Southern Adriatic Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Date and time; Metadata parameters; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) |
| Instruments | Surface current radars |
| Description | |
| Summary | The dataset consists of radial and total velocity fields of the surface current in the Gulf of Manfredonia, located in the Southern Adriatic Sea. The dataset contains radial and total velocity fields averaged over a time interval of 1 hour around the cardinal hour and reprocessed radial and total velocity fields averaged over monthly time intervals. Surface current velocities estimated by HF Radar are representative of the upper 0.3-2.5 meters of the water column. Radial velocities are measured on a radial grid with azimuthal resoultion of 5 degrees and range resolution of 1 km. Total velocities are derived using least square fit that maps radial velocities measured by individual sites onto a Cartesian grid with spatial resolution of 1.5 km. These total fields represent the horizontal components of the surface currents on a regular grid in the area of overlap of two or more radar stations. |
| Originators | CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences S.S. of Lerici (SP) |
| References | Lorenzo Corgnati (2015) The ISMAR high frequency coastal radar network: monitoring surface currents for management of marine resources, IEEE Xplore |
| Data web site | http://radarhf.ismar.cnr.it |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences S.S. of Lerici (SP) |
| Availability | SeaDataNet licence |
| Contact | Carlo Mantovani (HFR network coordinator) |
| Address | CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences S.S. of Lerici (SP) |
| Telephone | +39 0187 1788900 |
| Facsimile | +39 0187 970585 |
| sdc@sp.ismar.cnr.it | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences S.S. of Lerici (SP) |
| Local identifier | HFR_GoM_Currents |
| Global identifier | 6737 |
| Last revised | 2017-11-15 |
