HF Radar Facility - Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System
Original (non-English) name
Sistema de Radar HF - SOCIB
Acronym
HF Radar facility - SOCIB
Citation
If you use SOCIB data, please acknowledge the use of these data with one of the following statements: In applications or websites: Data products used in this application were obtained from SOCIB (www.socib.es). In addition, please make visible the SOCIB logo. In publications: Citation of a dataset with DOI is shown through the corresponding landing page of the SOCIB Data Product Catalog (apps.socib.es/data-catalog) Dataset without DOI: Data used in this work were obtained from SOCIB (www.socib.es). and cite the following publication: Tintore, J. et al. (2013), The Balearic Islands Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System Responding to Science, Technology and Society Needs, Marine Technology Society Journal, 47 (1), doi: 10.4031/MTSJ.47.1.10
Abstract
The HF Radar facility provides real-time surface current data in the Ibiza Channel. If you are interested in the technical details of functioning of the HF Radar instrument, read general information or access to the presentation at the HF Radar National Meeting.
All HF Radar Data has passed a battery of tests to ensure that the data being produced is of the highest quality and therefore, a QC flag can be displayed. Data can be downloaded in KMZ or NetCDF format. For a wider and more complete functionality use Lw4nc2 application.
In this map, the latest currents available are represented (by their direction and speed value). Use the player and the time slider to check out the currents for previous observations (the last three months are available in this viewer). Active additional layers (velocity components, magnitude or QC status flags) using the layer controls located at the top right corner. Double click on any point of the map to get a time-series plot in that point for each one of the selected parameters.
Automatic data processing reports are generated on a monthly basis in order to extract useful and meaningful information from HF radar data and system performance. Access to all monthly reports available from September 2013 up to now.