Coastal Portuguese HF-Radar Data (since 2012)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Hydrographic Institute |
| Country | Portugal  |
| Project | IDAMAR - Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Marine Environment(IDAMAR) |
| Time period | Since 2012 |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Coastal Portuguese area |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Wave direction; Wave height and period statistics; Wave height estimates; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) |
| Instruments | Surface current radars |
| Description | |
| Summary | High-Frequency Radars (HFR) use remote sensing technology to provide continuous maps of near-real surface currents (between 0.5-2 m) over wide areas (out of about 200 km from near shore) with high-spatial (0.25-12 km) and hourly temporal resolution.Two or more HFR sites are needed for computing the map of total surface current vectors in the overlapping coverage area. HFR systems also provide estimations of wave parameters. |
| Originators | Hydrographic Institute |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Hydrographic Institute |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Sara Almeida |
| Address | Hydrographic Institute |
| Telephone | +351 210943000 |
| mail@hidrografico.pt | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Hydrographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 590_IHOC_HF-Radar |
| Global identifier | 6982 |
| Last revised | 2019-12-03 |
