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CODAR Surface Current Maps
CODAR is used to measure the surface currents of the coastal ocean. A transmitter sends out a radio frequency that scatters off the ocean surface and back to a receive antenna. Using this information and the principles of the Doppler shift, CODAR is able to calculate the speed and direction of the surface current. The long-range system consists of four sites along the New Jersey coast. These sites are in Sandy Hook, Loveladies, Tuckerton, and Wildwood. This network provides current measurements out beyond the shelf break, approximately 100 km offshore. The standard-range system consists of two sites that have been setup in Brant Beach and Brigantine New Jersey for our LEO-15 based research and Sandy Hook, NJ and Breezy Point, NY to support our upcoming Hudson River research. This system provides higher-resolution current maps out about 20 km.
General Information
Norway Project
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