SPOT and GPRS drifting buoys for HF Radar calibration

Traditional drifting buoys have been designed to measure the surface currents at a nominal depth of 15m with drogues of 6m height. Herein, in order to assess the performance of HF Radars two designs of Lagrangian drifting buoys have been developed and targeted to provide the vertically averaged velo...

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Autores: Martínez Fernández, Adrián, Redondo Caride, Waldo, Alonso Pérez, Fernando, Piedracoba Varela, Silvia, Lorente Jiménez, Pablo, Montero Vilar, Pedro, Torres López, Silvia, Fernández Baladrón, Adrián, Varela Benvenuto, Ramiro Alberto, Velo Lanchas, Antón, Gil Coto, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/359918
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/359918
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Buoys
Radar
Drifting buoy
HF radar
Observing system
Boies
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Radar
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Sumario:Traditional drifting buoys have been designed to measure the surface currents at a nominal depth of 15m with drogues of 6m height. Herein, in order to assess the performance of HF Radars two designs of Lagrangian drifting buoys have been developed and targeted to provide the vertically averaged velocity of the currents in the frst 2 and 0.5 meters of the water column. These are the layer heights of the HF Radars of RAIA observatory. The buoys were made with standard materials and of-the-shelf electronics, to keep costs as low as possible.