Near-real-time surface ocean velocities derived from HF radar stations located along coastal waters of North Slope Alaska, Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands, eastern US/Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii and western US

Description

This archival package contains near-real-time ocean surface velocities, also known as total vector velocities, derived from HF radar stations. The velocities are arranged in a horizontal latitude/longitude grid. Measured velocities are indicative of the upper 0.3 - 2.5 meters of the ocean depending on the operating frequency and the vertical velocity profile of the water column. Data files are in netCDF format following the CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions. Velocities are reported in CF variables surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity and surface_northward_sea_water_velocity. The National Data Buoy Center in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography assembles the data from the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Center's Data Stewardship Program and submits the data on a monthly basis to NCEI. Remote sensing of ocean surface velocity from shore-based HF radar sites bridges the operational observational gap between point samples obtained from in-situ sampling and synoptic scale relatively low resolution data obtained from satellites by providing continuous mesoscale coverage at relatively high resolution near the coast.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Institution web page http://www.codar.com/
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ndbc/hfradar/rtv/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.udel.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.usf.edu
0 Institution web page http://www.geos.com/
0 Institution web page http://www.uconn.edu/index.php
0 Institution web page http://www.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://ww2.uri.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.usm.edu/
0 Institution web page http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page http://www.uvic.ca/science/seos/
0 Institution web page http://oregonstate.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.calpoly.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.stevens.edu/sit/
0 Institution web page https://www.umassd.edu/
0 Institution web page http://meopar.ca/
0 Institution web page https://manoa.hawaii.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.umaine.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www-bml.ucdavis.edu
0 Institution web page http://www.whoi.edu
21 Institution web page https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans.html
0 Institution web page https://scripps.ucsd.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
33 QA-QC document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/CODAR_SeaSonde_QA-QC_Setup_and_Diagnostics.pdf
0 Institution web page http://www.codar.com/
33 QA-QC document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/CODAR_SeaSonde_QA-QC_Setup_and_Diagnostics.pdf
0 Institution web page http://www.codar.com/
33 Best Practices document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/High-Frequency_Radar_for_Ocean_Surface_Current_Mapping:_Best_Practices.pdf
0 Institution web page http://sccoos.org/
33 Best Practices document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/High_Frequency_Radar_101_Presentation.pdf
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
33 Informational document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/IOOS_HF_Radar_Data_and_Its_Use_by_the_U.S._Coast_Guard_for_Search_and_Rescue.pdf
33 Informational document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/IOOS_and_U.S._Coast_Guard_Search_and_Rescue_Responsibilities.pdf
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
33 memorandum https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/National_HF_Radar_Techinical_Steering_Team_Position_Paper_on_the_Use_of_HF_Radar_in_Freshwater.pdf
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
33 journal article https://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/mapping/documents/2007_Terrill_HFRNet.pdf
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2006.306883
0 Institution web page http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
0 web site http://hfradar.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://manoa.hawaii.edu/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-HFRadarRTVector
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ndbc/hfradar/rtv/
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.mtu.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.sc.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.fau.edu
33 report https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/Search_and_Rescue_Operations_(SAROPS)_Environmental_Data Sources:_Their_Uncertainties.pdf
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.44.6.6
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.skio.uga.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 bibliography https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/Bibliography_of_HF_Radar_Comparisons_with_Other_Sensors.pdf
21 These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-ocean/catalog/ndbc/hfradar/rtv/catalog.html
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/granule/geoportal/?from=0&size=10&esdsl=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22query_string%22%3A%7B%22analyze_wildcard%22%3Atrue%2C%22query%22%3A%22fileid%3ANDBC-HFRadarRTVector.*%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%7D#searchPanel
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
33 report https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0126755/data/0-data/National_HF_Radar_Technical_Steering_Team_Position_Paper_on_Use_of_HF_Radar_for_Wave_Measurement.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Institution web page http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.ucsb.edu
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • sni1 - san nicolas island
  • tx (plpi)
  • scci - catalina island
  • vjor - jordan river
  • brag - fort bragg
  • arg1 - pt. arguello
  • scov - sandy cove
  • stli - stehli beach
  • wcdn - crandon
  • basc - barrow
  • scnb - newport beach
  • pacific grove
  • con - conalep
  • ptm1 - point mugu
  • sild - staten island
  • sea1 - seaside
  • va
  • pbrw - point barrow
  • scpf - point fermin
  • al
  • latitude
  • sci1 - santa cruz island
  • fort - fort funston
  • boni - bonilla island
  • sdut - upper trestles
  • tres - treasure island
  • mvco - martha's vineyard
  • de
  • vion - iona wastewater treatment plant
  • pt. sal
  • wsp1 - westport state park
  • mara - marathon
  • ns
  • pbon - point bonita
  • lopt - lockport
  • ppns - point pinos
  • focf - fourth cliff recreation area
  • vil - villarino
  • tx (pla8)
  • lewe - lewes
  • sc
  • cape - cape shore lab
  • longitude
  • fds - ft. de soto
  • king - briscoe king pavilion
  • pyfc - ponce yacht and fishing club at ponce
  • dcsr - diablo canyon standard range
  • wa
  • kok - koko head
  • ccb2 - university beach
  • canada
  • veni - venice
  • mntk - montauk
  • ct
  • cedr - cedar island
  • ospy - osprey drilling platform
  • swpp - southwest pass
  • gcap - great captain island
  • kkh - keaukaha
  • wain - wainwright
  • haty - cape hatteras
  • pri - pritchard's island
  • rfg1 - refugio state beach
  • ca
  • clmh - clam harbour
  • surface_northward_sea_water_velocity
  • texas city
  • scdh - dockweiler headquarters
  • anwr - aransas national wildlife refuge
  • nc
  • nantucket
  • clhb - clarke's harbour
  • wild - wildwood
  • yhs2 - yaquina head south
  • nant - nantucket island
  • vroc - race rocks
  • prey - point reyes
  • ptly - point lay
  • tsawwassen
  • mata - matagorda island
  • ptwn - provincetown
  • ri
  • csw - fort caswell
  • west vancouver
  • ma
  • cdn - crandon
  • sdci - san diego
  • erra - low beach
  • assa - assateague
  • rath - strathmere
  • mgs1 - mandalay generating station
  • coronado islands
  • cplf - chevron pipeline facility
  • wood - north wildwood
  • pins - padre island
  • cstm - cape st. mary
  • ragg - ragged point
  • mabo - punta tuna lighthouse
  • hill - hillsboro
  • rtc1 - romberg tiburon center
  • ere - erendira
  • duck - duck
  • oldb - old bridge waterfront park
  • brig - brigantine
  • cris - crissy field
  • smpt - smith point
  • fbk1 - fallback22
  • tx (smpt)
  • icyc - icy cape
  • mola - moses lake floodgate
  • gtn - georgetown
  • flnd - first landing state park
  • love - loveladies
  • loo1 - loomis lake
  • cona - conalep
  • luis - point san luis
  • mexico
  • oceanography
  • scripps long-range
  • anahuac
  • vdig - idigby island
  • brzy - breezy point
  • cbbt - chesapeake bay bridge tunnel
  • san juan bay
  • pesc - pescadero
  • sarb - sargent beach
  • cbl1 - cape blanco
  • samoa
  • sctb - torrance beach
  • wld2 - waldport
  • sbsr - salisbury beach state reservation
  • wsh1 - washburne
  • mets - mvco meteorological mast
  • pcyc - pass christian yacht club
  • faro - cabo rojo lighthouse at cabo rojo
  • vancouver
  • blck - block island
  • belm - belmar
  • vcol - westshore coal terminal
  • amag - amagansett
  • maine
  • new york
  • espt - eastern point retreat house
  • mi
  • lisl - little island park
  • fajardo
  • hbsp - henderson beach state park
  • grni - green's island
  • pla8 - placement 8
  • saus - sausalito-marin city sanitary district
  • sgrv - singing river
  • misq - misquamicut
  • tx
  • kap - kapolei
  • gmnb - grand manan
  • sand - sandspit
  • suns - sunset beach resort
  • gcve - gerstle cove
  • vatk - point atkinson
  • sprk - seaside park
  • sonoma county
  • bp01 - san diego
  • expl - the exploratorium museum
  • san diego
  • okko - steve okkonen's house
  • kna - kaena
  • man1 - manhattan beach
  • napl - naples
  • simp - cape simpson
  • qta - quinta
  • sdsc - san clemente is
  • trl1 - null
  • ven - venice
  • brad - bradley beach
  • cape charles
  • california
  • squb - squibnocket farms
  • stv2 - fort stevens
  • sdbp - san diego
  • sddp - dana point
  • psur - point sur
  • mrch - moriches
  • ssd1 - summerland sanitary district
  • ccb1 - north beach
  • gcyn - granite canyon
  • jek - jekyll island
  • scrz - santa cruz
  • fl
  • ny
  • sdsn - san clemente island north
  • frdo - reserva natural cabezas de san juan
  • club - cape may point
  • core - core banks
  • win1 - winchester bay
  • comm - commonweal center
  • west - key west
  • port - port monmouth
  • nb
  • usa
  • maunabo
  • rlvr - rollover pass
  • sdww - point loma waste water treatment plant
  • lend - land's end
  • hi
  • kal - kalaeloa
  • montara
  • naus - nauset
  • brnt - brant beach
  • fura - anasco
  • vir - virginia key
  • surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity
  • bolinas
  • view - ocean view beach
  • or
  • mbnp - matagorda bay nature park
  • brmr - brigantine
  • border park
  • hemp - hempstead
  • nwtp - nantucket
  • vgpt - georgina point
  • seab - sea bright
  • metl - metal magic
  • ms
  • point loma
  • vrid - ridley island
  • hosr - sandy hook
  • sdcp - camp pendleton
  • smoa - humboldt bay
  • pafs - point arena field station
  • bc
  • hecate strait
  • scripps pier
  • ssde - surfside
  • lpwr - long point wildlife refuge
  • mbac - monterey bay academy
  • bigc - big creek
  • pilr - pillar point air force station
  • hlgt - holgate
  • mont - montara sanitary district
  • ftmk - fort michilimackinac
  • npgs - naval postgraduate school
  • corpus christi bay
  • yhl1 - yaquina head long
  • bmlr - bodega marine laboratory long range
  • bml1 - bodega marine laboratory
  • hlpn - cape henlopen
  • salt point state park
  • sisl - silver slipper casino
  • pslr - point sur long range
  • kak - kaka'ako
  • ga
  • time
  • sdse - san elijo state beach
  • md
  • puerto rico
  • plpi - pleasure pier blvd
  • angl - angel island
  • wnkl - north key largo
  • haul - haulover inlet
  • cphn - cape henry
  • sau - sauzal
  • estr - point estero
  • cop1 - coal oil pt.
  • dclr - diablo canyon long range
  • obsp - orange beach state park
  • stf - dania beach
  • sdsm - san mateo point
  • gptp - gulfport
  • ppk - pepe'ekeo
  • cddo - cabo rojo
  • shel - shelter cove
  • hook - sandy hook
  • bisl - block island
  • nkl - north key largo
  • scdb - dan blocker
  • agl1 - pt. arguello
  • la
  • prince rupert
  • depth
  • sbay - club de pesca rec isla de cabras
  • rdsr - reddington
  • mlml - moss landing marine laboratories
  • cpvn - camp varnum
  • mcpk - mccollum park beach city
  • trin - trinidad
  • cat - st. catherine's
  • psg1 - point st. george
  • nj
  • sdsl - san diego
  • cmpt - cape may point
  • slid - slide ranch
  • ptc1 - point conception
  • sdpl - san diego
  • mbp - myrtle beach state park
  • hbsr - horseneck beach state reserve
  • port arthur
  • sltr - slaughter beach
  • brvw - bridgeview park
  • nic1 - nicholas canyon
  • ak

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