1. Dr. Hugh Roarty - Rutgers University Dr. Lisa Hazard – Scripps Institution of Oceanography Prof. Lucy Wyatt - Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network Dr. Jack Harlan- Integrated Ocean Observing System Dr. Enrique Alvarez – Puertos del Estado THE GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR NETWORK

2.  High frequency (HF) radar systems measure the speed and direction of ocean surface currents in near real time.  Approximately 349 radars worldwide  Two main companies (CODAR and WERA) THE HF RADAR AROUND THE WORLD

3. CODAR SEASONDE WORLDWIDE 2012 United States 130 Canada 8 Mexico 2 Brazil 2 Bahamas 2 Honduras 2 Norway 6 Portugal 4 Italy 6 Croatia 2 Spain 16 Ireland 2 Russia 1 France 2 Israel 2 Japan 22 Korea 24 China 8 Thailand 6 Malta 2 Taiwan 20 India 12 Vietnam 3 Indonesia 2 Jordan 1 UAE 2 Egypt 2 Azerbaijan 2 Australia 5 Total Sales: ~298

4.  USA: 14  Canada: 6  Mexico: 3  France: 6  Italy: 2  Australia: 8  Germany: 7  UK: 4  Chile: 2  Oman: 12  Greece: 2  China: 6  Korea: 2  Total Sales: 85 WERA WORLDWIDE 2014  Taiwan: 2  Slovenia: 2  Croatia: 2  Turkmenistan: 3  Poland: 2

5. NUMBER OF HF RADAR STATIONS PER COUNTRY 35 Countries with HF radar for oceanographic purposes

6. LOCATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY RADARS SUSTAINED IN OPERATIONAL BASIS

7.  Established in March 2012  Goals of this effort:  Increase the number of radars  Ensure HF radar data is available in a single standardized format  Develop worldwide quality standards  Assimilate the data into ocean models  Develop standard product suite and advance the emerging applications GLOBAL HF RADAR NETWORK

8.  Data Management  Applications and Success Stories  Best Practices in Deployment & Operation: Capacity Building WORKING GROUPS

9. DATA MANAGEMENT STANDARDS WG  Standard Totals Format – Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) format: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/  Standard Naming Conventions – Climate Forecast Interoperability: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ conventions.html

10. APPLICATION STORIES OF HF RADAR

11.  Global HF network mail list: geo.global.hfradar@ucsd.edu geo.global.hfradar@ucsd.edu  292 names currently on the list To join send email to geo.global.hfradaradm@ucsd.edu geo.global.hfradaradm@ucsd.edu GEO HF RADAR MAILING LIST

12. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ON GEO HF RADAR MAILING LIST BY COUNTRY 42 Countries Represented on the Mailing List Countries With Radars Not on Mailing List: Azerbaijan Bahamas Chile Egypt Honduras Oman

13. HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR NETWORK (HFRNET) PARTNERSHIPS Australia Canada Continental U.S.A. Republic of Korea Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Is. Hawaiian Is. Spain Mexico

14. CONCLUSIONS Join the distribution list: send email to geo.global.hfradaradm@ucsd.edu geo.global.hfradaradm@ucsd.edu Please send your application stories: hroarty@marine.rutgers.edu hroarty@marine.rutgers.edu Coordination must be established at all space scales (national- european – global) Share working groups cold help this task Thank You