Oral Presentation and Discussion Program


Monday: April 9, 2001 Introduction and Goals
8:30 - 9:00 am H. Graber and J. Paduan Overview
New System Developments
9:00 - 9:30 am K.W. Gurgel The University of Hamburg WERA HF radar - theory and solutions
9:30 - 10:00 am C. Teague Status of multi-frequency coastal radar
10:00 - 10:30 am Y. Hisaki Progress of HF radar oceanography in Japan
10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am R. Harris HiFAR system description
11:30 - 12:00 am D. Trizna A model for the first-order Doppler spectrum for bistatic HF radar surface wave sea scatter
12:00 - 12:30 pm D. Barrick Late-breaking advances in HF radar technology for surface current mapping
12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 pm T. Hezel System concept and performance of the modular HF-radar system "WERA" surface wave effects
Surface Wave Effects
2:30 - 3:00 pm L. Wyatt HF radar measurement of the directional spectrum and derived wave parameters
3:00 - 3:30 pm M. Heron Significant wave heights from second/first order ratio: sensitivities and errors
3:30 - 4:00 pm J. Paduan Effect of Stokes drift on HF radar measurements
4:00 - 4:30 pm Coffee Break
4:30 - 6:00 pm Session Discussion Suggested Topics: FCC licensing, GPS timing, scattering theory, logistics
6:30 - 8:00 pm Reception

Tuesday: April 10th Wind Effects
9:00 - 9:30 am L. Wyatt HF radar wind measurement - present capabilities and future prospects
9:30 - 10:00 am H. Graber A new approach to HF radar wind measurements Regional Results
Regional Results
10:00 -10:30 am M. Kosro Mapping currents off Oregon and Northern California using radio signals near 12 and 5 MHz
10:30 - 11:00 am J. Vesecky Multi-frequency and single-frequency surface current measurements by HF radar on Monterey Bay: Comparisons and merging of data
11:00 - 11:30 am Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 am P. Flament The University of Hawaii WERA: a FMCW HF radar
12:00 - 12:30 pm L. Washburn An overview of HF radar surface current observations in the vicinity of Pt. Conception California
12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 pm J. Kohut Development of an HF-radar network for the New Jersey shelf observing system
2:30 - 3:00 pm K.W. Gurgel Application of WERA within the EuroROSE Project
3:00 - 3:30 pm S. Anderson An overview of DSTO's HF radar systems and their remote sensing capabilities
3:30 - 4:00 pm L. Shay Kinematics of submesoscale coastal ocean flows detected by VHF radar and AUVs
4:00 - 4:30 pm Coffee Break
4:30 - 6:00 pm Session Discussion Suggested Topics: Ionospheric effects, antenna patterns, effective depth, calibration

Wednesday: April 11th Processing techniques, algorithms and software
8:30 - 9:00 am M. Cook Processing HF radar data using the HFRadarmap software system
9:00 - 9:30 am B. Lipphardt Normal mode analysis of velocity gradient fields in Monterey Bay
9:30 - 10:00 am M. Heron Surface current field mapping: using the divergence and cure operators
10:00 - 10:30 am C. Teague On the effective depth as a function of radar frequency
10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break
Data Assimilation / Model Validation
11:00 - 11:30 am D. Kirwan A pontification on data assimilation and HF radar
11:30 -12:00 am J. Paduan Statistics and data assimilation results from long-term HF radar-derived surface currents around Monterey Bay
12:30 - 1:00 pm P. Oke Assimilation of CODAR data into a primitive equation model of the continental shelf circulation off Oregon
1:00 - 5:00 pm Lunch --- Free afternoon for skiing
5:30 - 7:00 pm Session Discussion Suggested Topics: Data assimilation, real-time applications, errors statistics

Thursday: April 12th Tides, Eddies, Higher Frequency Effects
8:30 - 9:00 am L. Shay Very high frequency radar mapping of surface currents
9:00 - 9:30 am B. Haus A new look at eddies using wavelet techniques
Errors
9:30 - 10:00 am D. Fernandez Statistical errors associated with high-frequency radar measurements made with a phased array
10:00 - 10:30 am H. Graber Expected errors when intercomparing in-situ and radar current measurements
10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am B. Haus Observations of the influence of local sea-surface conductivity on HF signal attenuation
11:30 - 12:00 am B. Emery Evaluating radial component current measurements from CODAR HF radars and moored in situ current meters
12:00 - 1:30 pm Final Business ONR perspective
Priorities for HF
Next meeting
Subcommittee action items
SCOR/other international efforts
Publication of proceedings
Website information
Major initiatives
1:30 pm Meeting Adjourned



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