IL GRUPPO SPORTIVO DELLA SCUOLA ANCHE QUESTO ANNO

"10 years of HF radar measurements in the Gulf of Naples: an observatory, as well as a cointinuing
research tool"
E.Zambianchi, D.Cianelli, P.Falco, A.Kalampokis, I.Iermano, S.Saviano, M.Uttieri Dipartimento di
Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University of Naples and CoNISMa, Italy
A CODAR Sea Sonde HF radar has been operating in the Gulf of Naples since 2004, managed by the
Department of Science and Technology of the Parthenope University/CoNISMa on behalf of the
Campania Regional Centre for the Analysis and Monitoring of Environmental Risks. Three sites
are currently working and providing hourly surface current data at 1 km resolution.
The system is intended both as an observatory for surface currents and as a tool for basic and applied
oceanographic research.
In the course of the 10 years of operation, a number of issues have been succesfully tackled, from
logistics associated to setup, calibration and validation to the utilization of data for different
applications. Various examples of the use of radar-derived current data will be illustrated: from
the study of coastal surface dynamics associated with the wind forcing to Lagrangian transport
in the area.
Ongoing research topics (e.g. assimilation of surface currents into regional circulation models) will be
briefly mentioned at the end of the presentation.
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