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2013 , Vol. 32 >Issue 4: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2013.04.001

Marine Hydrography

Review of studies on the validation of surface currents measured by high-frequency radar

  • ZHU Da-yong ,
  • LI Yan ,
  • GUO Xiao-gang ,
  • ZHANG You-quan
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  • 1. The Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; 3. Fujian Marine Forecasts, Fuzhou 350003, China

Received date: 2011-07-21

  Revised date: 2011-10-09

  Online published: 2013-10-30

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Abstract

In this paper, we reviewed the studies on the validation of surface currents measured by high-frequency (HF) radar in terms of instrument development and application. We compared the HF radar current measurement with the conventional in-situ observations, and made statistic analysis to assess the difference between them. The validation errors of HF radar current data are about 10-20 cm·s-1. The sources of these errors are the inherent differences between the physical character of the measuring target and the observation errors of the conventional instrument and the HF radar.

Key words： HF radar; surface current; validation; review

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ZHU Da-yong , LI Yan , GUO Xiao-gang , ZHANG You-quan . Review of studies on the validation of surface currents measured by high-frequency radar[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2013 , 32(4) : 1 -7 . DOI: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2013.04.001

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