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What is RADAR ON RAIA?
Title: High frequency radars in the RAIA Observatory
Programme: Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020
programme
Priority: Priority axis 1 “Intelligent growth through cross-border
cooperation for the promotion of Innovation”
Total budget: 1.438.471,95€; ERDF grant: 1.078.853,96€
Duration: From 01/06/2019 to 31/12/2021
The RADAR ON RAIA project aims to update and extend beyond the Galician border the HF
radar network that has been operating since 2011 in the framework of the RAIA
Observatory. The cross-border infrastructure will improve the knowledge of ocean dynamics
from a local to a regional level in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
The project will allow the establishment of a cross-border collaboration beyond the physical
infrastructure itself, developing a sharing strategy of maintenance procedures, validation
and data processing on both sides of the border, as well as an easy and public access to
all the information.
In addition, new products will be developed to exploit the potential of the HF radar
technology.
THE GOAL
✓ Implemented through collaborationof 13 partners (7 PT + 6 SP/Galicia)with different expertise in the scopeof the RAIA, RAIA.co and RAIA.tecINTERREG projects (2009-2016).
✓Support the development of operational oceanography along the NW Iberian coast.
✓Support regional and local socio-economic needs.
Background: RAIA OBSERVATORY
Coastal
Observing
System
Meteorological and
oceanographic
modelization
Operational
Implementation Open Data Management
END USERS
Products & Services
Operationalservices
Technology
Society
Science
Since 2008
LOCAL AND REGIONAL
SOCIAL DRIVERS
CMEMS
In Situ TAC
CMEMS
Global/IBI
Background: RAIA OBSERVATORY
Moored
Coastal
Buoys
Drones
and
vehicles
Weekly-
CTD
profiles
Tide
Gauge
Network
Continuous
underwater
stationUnderway
transects
Meteorological
Stations
HF
Radar
-40
-20
0
34 35 36
salinity
RAIA COASTAL OBSERVING FACILITIES
CMEMSIn Situ TAC
RAIA COASTAL OBSERVING FACILITIESRAIA OBSERVING SYSTEM
➢Improve coastal observation in terms of
meteo-oceanographic and water quality
data.
➢Develop new technologies for ocean
observation.
MyOceanGlobal 1/12
Forecasts (up to 72 hours) of sea and swellCoastal Models: ROMS /MOHID
- North Iberian peninsula: 2km
- Rías Baixas 300 m
Phytopl
ankton
Zoopla
nkton
Nutrien
ts
NO3-
NH4+
Detritu
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(small/l
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Up
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Gra
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Metab
olismMor
talit
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NPZD
• Meteorological
models
• Waves models
• Hydrodynamic
models
• Biogeochemical
models
➢Provide high-resolution operational models (hydrodynamic and biogeochemical).
RAIA FORECASTING SYSTEM
OperationalModels
➢Establish a common platform for management and
distribution of data and products.
➢Provide data to the main European initiatives:
Copernicus, EMODnet and SeaDataNet.
RAIA OPEN DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Dynamic maps for fronts and eddies, distribution of faecal pollution, floods prediction.
• Forecast of waves and wind for ports, shellfish harvest associations and surfer community
• Apps for smartphones
• …
Surface currents mapsHF Radar
Contamination maps
Meteo-ocean forecast forfishing and leisure
Beach info
➢Develop and implement a wide range of
products and services defined by end users.
RAIA PRODUCTS FOR END USERS
Moored
Coastal
Buoys
Drones
and
vehicles
Weekly-
CTD
profiles
Tide
Gauge
Network
Continuous
underwater
stationUnderway
transects
Meteorological
Stations
HF
Radar
-40
-20
0
34 35 36
salinity
RAIA COASTAL OBSERVING FACILITIES
CMEMSIn Situ TAC
RAIA COASTAL OBSERVING FACILITIESRAIA COASTAL OBSERVING FACILITIES
Improve the knowledge of the ocean
dynamics within the cooperation area and
capitalize this knowledge through the
development of products orientated to end
users.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Extend and consolidate the HF radar network
through the integration with other pre-existing
ocean observation infrastructures.
Transfer information, knowledge and products
to the scientific community, competent
agencies and technology-based companies
within the cooperation area.
1. Consolidation of a
cross-border HF radar
network
2. Data validation
4. Products for end users 3. Spatial Data
Infrastructure
LINES OF WORK
1. Consolidation of a cross-border HF radar network
Reinforcement of the HF radar Galician Observation System and its
operation, acquiring a new HF radar station (13.5MHz) for Leça da
Palmeira, the adjustment of the Cabo Fisterra antenna and the
update of Galician antennas.
Expected results:
• Identification of the best locations to ensure the coverage of
the Portuguese-Galician coast.
• Development of a common management strategy at both
sides of the border.
• Traceability study of the radial and total current data of all HF
radar sites (5 MHz, 13.5 MHz y 42.6 MHz).
2. Data validation
Ensure the proper operation of all equipment and data
quality as a basis to build trust in the use of this new
technology.
Expected results:
• Adaptation and improvement of the existing
methodology, based on the homogenization of
maintenance procedures, standardization of data
formats and their accessibility.
• Data quality monitoring in real-time.
• Assessment of the accuracy of surface current velocities
and waves measured by HF radar systems from a
geophysical point of view by using Eulerian and
Lagrangian validations.
3. Spatial Data Infrastructure
Assure data accessibility through the development of a
Spatial data infrastructure, compatible with the RAIA
Observatory and other European data portals.
Expected results:
• Standardization of radial, total and interpolated current
data in a single format with a unified list of metadata.
• Consolidation and start-up of the catalogue, display and
download services based on the standards for their
exploitation.
• Design and development of a cross-border training
action integrated with Campus del Mar.
4. Products for end users
Development of products and services to support an efficient management of the marine
environment based on the HF radar network of the RAIA Observatory. For example, improvements in
the sea state description or identification of relevant accumulation areas for the marine ecosystems
management.
Source: Atan, R.; Goggins, J.; Nash, S. A Detailed Assessment of the Wave Energy
Resource at the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site. Energies 2016, 9, 967.
Expected results:
• Evolution of the wave resource in real and historical time.• Lagrangian coherent structures,
conv/div, eddies, residence times.
Mesoscale
results
Surface observations
(HF radar, met
stations)
Data assimilation
Data update
(u, v)
• Surface currents data in a
homogeneous spatial grid
(OMA, format data for
backtracking use).
• Nowcasting wind model (3-12
hours) – learning model
Expected results:
• Wind fields from HF
radar spectra
Fernández et al. OCEANOGRAPHY, VoI. 10,
No. 2-1997
The RADAR ON RAIA project is co-financed with European Regional Development Fund through
INTERREG V-A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) programme 2014-2010, and it frames in the Priority axis 1
“Intelligent growth through cross-border cooperation for the promotion of Innovation”.
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