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

2. 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?”

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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