NOAA and HF Radar FY05 and Beyond Jack Harlan National Ocean Service Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services SCCOOS Meeting 18 October 2004

HF Radar Product Categories Near Real-Time Products –Vector Velocities – 2-D Maps (up to 3 Spatial Resolutions), –Single Location Velocity Retrieval Trajectory Products “Where Has This Parcel Been?” –aka Passive Particle Tracking –For the last 2 hrs, 6 hrs, 24 hrs, week, month? Derived Products –Tidal Constituent Currents –Contour Maps of Magnitude, Direction Model-Based Products –2-D Map Forecasts/Hindcasts –Single Particle: “Where Will This Parcel Go?” –Single Particle: “Where Might This Water Have Come From?”

Applications for HFR-Derived Products Marine Navigation - Safety, Fuel Economy Fisheries - Management, Commercial, Recreational Hazardous Material Spill Response –Oil, Sewage, Pollution Ecosystem Management –Marine Protected Areas –National Estuarine Research Reserves Coastal Management –Beach Closure Decision-Making –Another Tool in the Toolbox Coastal Monitoring –IOOS –Harmful Algal Blooms

Transition to Operational Products NOS: NOAA Lead in Partnership with NDBC Data Products – input from users required now QA/QC Methods 24/7 Data Availability Data Management/Archival/Dissemination Radar Operation & Maintenance –Standards –Personnel Radar Frequency Allocations Develop Operational Requirements

Present Activities within NOAA National Ocean Service –Developing QA/QC Methods –Velocity Vector Products for Marine Navigation –Tidal Velocity Products –Particle Trajectory Products NOAA-Wide Planning –Request for Funds for Purchase, Operation & Maintenance of HFR FY07 to FY12