SeaSonde Overview O C E A N S E N S O R S Tuesday, October 8, 13
HF RADAR Definition and Uses
• What Is HF RADAR?• RADAR = RAdio Detection And Ranging
• HF = High Frequency: 3 - 30 MHz or 100 - 10 m wavelength
• VHF = Very High Frequency: 30 - 300 MHz or 10 - 1 m wavelength
• What Can Be Observed/Detected?• Currents
• Most robust environmental data product from HF RADAR systems
• First-order effect - sea echo from Bragg scattering
• Waves• Second-order effect
• Subject to perturbation theory limits - upper waveheight limitation
• Ionosphere Layers• Can cause interference with current measurements
• Discrete “Targets”• Ships: dual use w/ current mapping (under development)
• Ice Packs/Bergs (work done in 70’s - more being done currently)
Tuesday, October 8, 13
monopole (A3)
radial whips
loop box(A1 & A2)
Computer and Monitor TransmitterReceiver
What does an HF RADAR consist of?
loop 1 (A1)loop 2 (A2)
receive antenna
loop box
Transmit Antenna
Receive Antenna
electronics
Tuesday, October 8, 13
RF Modes of Propagation
Ionosphere
Earth
Line-of-sight (Horizon Limited)
Over-The-Horizon (OTH)
Ground Wave (Beyond Horizon)
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
λ/2λ/2
λλ
Bragg Sea Echo
A B C
Freq mhz
λmeters
λ/2meters
Tseconds
5 60 30.0 4.4
13 23 11.5 2.7
25 12 6.0 2.0
42 7 3.6 1.5
SeaSonde PrinciplesSeaSonde Principles
Tuesday, October 8, 13
1 2 3 4 5
Doppler Frequency (Hz)Ec
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(dBm
)0 +fB-fB
RadialCurrents
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The Doppler Spectrum
Loop 1 (A1)
Loop 2 (A2)
Monopole (A3)
0 HzDoppler Offset
a.k.a. “DC”
Positive Doppler:Targets moving
towards Antennas
Negative Doppler:Targets moving
away from Antennas
Positive Bragg peaks(Waves approaching)
Negative Bragg peaks(Waves receding)
Noise Floor
Tuesday, October 8, 13
First Order Regions are convolution of spectral energy from all velocities at a given range cell
+30 cm/s-45 cm/s
Compare Phase, Amplitude of all three antennas to determine
direction of velocity
Loop 1 (A1)
Loop 2 (A2)
Monopole (A3)
0 cm/s
Tuesday, October 8, 13
monopole (A3)
radial whips
loop box(A1 & A2)
Computer and Monitor TransmitterReceiver
What does an HF RADAR consist of?
loop 1 (A1)loop 2 (A2)
receive antenna
loop box
Transmit Antenna
Receive Antenna
electronics
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Direction Finding
AmplitudesAmplitudes PhasesPhases
A1/A3 A2/A3 P1-P3 P2-P3
0 0.707 0.707 0 0
15 0.866 0.5 0 0
45 1 0 0
75 0.866 0.5 0 180
90 0.707 0.707 0 180
120 0.259 0.966 0 180
180 0.707 0.707 180 180
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Direction Finding
AmplitudesAmplitudes PhasesPhases
A1/A3 A2/A3 P1-P3 P2-P3
0 0.707 0.707 0 0
15 0.866 0.5 0 0
45 1 0 0
75 0.866 0.5 0 180
90 0.707 0.707 0 180
120 0.259 0.966 0 180
180 0.707 0.707 180 180
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Direction Finding
AmplitudesAmplitudes PhasesPhases
A1/A3 A2/A3 P1-P3 P2-P3
0 0.707 0.707 0 0
15 0.866 0.5 0 0
45 1 0 0
75 0.866 0.5 0 180
90 0.707 0.707 0 180
120 0.259 0.966 0 180
180 0.707 0.707 180 180
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Output of MUSIC processing:radial vectors
Vectors are in polar coordinate system centered at receive
antenna
1 radial map per averaged cross spectra file
Typically, seven radial maps “merged” into one hourly map
Angular resolutions are 1 - 5˚
Radial Vector Output of MUSIC Processing
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Two (or more) Sites Used to Produce Total Current Vector Maps from
Single-Site Radials Where Coverages Overlap
Angle of incidenceGreater than 15°or less than 165°
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Two (or more) Sites Used to Produce Total Current Vector Maps from
Single-Site Radials Where Coverages Overlap
Angle of incidenceGreater than 15°or less than 165°
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Two (or more) Sites Used to Produce Total Current Vector Maps from
Single-Site Radials Where Coverages Overlap
Angle of incidenceGreater than 15°or less than 165°
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Surface Current Maps
[Paduan, J.D. and L.K. Rosenfeld, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 101, 1996]
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Improving Search & Rescue
ModelDrifter
CODAR
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Data courtesy of Japan Coast Guard
Vessel Traffic Safety
TextKurushio
Tokyo Bay
Typical Current = 170 cm/s
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Washington State to Rosarita, Mexico
~2000 km of coastline
Continuous SeaSonde coverage
Nested grid resolutions
COCMP
Tuesday, October 8, 13
Ground Wave Propagation & Depth of Measurement
• Requires interface between free space (air) and highly conductive medium (>8 ppt salinity sea water)
• Ocean surface exists as a free boundary allowing surface molecules freedom to conduct EM energy, much like a waveguide
• Allows vertically polarized EM energy to propagate w/ reduced energy loss for greater distances and beyond horizon
• Radar wave does not penetrate surface at all - depth of measurement comes from effective depth-averaged current “felt” by ocean wave
• 25 MHz measures to < .5 m, 5 MHz measures to 2 m deep
D ∝ λ
Depth of measurement is related to ocean wavelength(Can be linear or logarithmic)Seawater is conductive
Air is almost like free space
Tuesday, October 8, 13