Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1157-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1157-2021
Research article
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27 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 27 Aug 2021

Evaluating high-frequency radar data assimilation impact in coastal ocean operational modelling

Jaime Hernandez-Lasheras, Baptiste Mourre, Alejandro Orfila, Alex Santana, Emma Reyes, and Joaquín Tintoré

Data sets

SOCIB EXP RADAR Sep2014 J. Tintoré, A. Lana, J. Marmain, V. Fernández, and A. Orfila https://doi.org/10.25704/MHBG-Q265

HF Radar Ibiza data from date 2012-06-01 J. Tintoré, A. Lana, J. Marmain, V. Fernández, B. Casas, B. and E. Reyes https://doi.org/10.25704/17GS-2B59

Surface currents of the Ibiza Channel A. Barth, C. Troupin, E. Reyes, A. Alvera-Azcarate, J.-M. Beckers Jean-Marie, and J. Tintoré https://doi.org/10.13155/78713

Argo float data and metadata from Global Data Assembly Centre (Argo GDAC) Argo https://doi.org/10.17882/42182

GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis JPL MUR MEaSUREs Project https://doi.org/10.5067/GHGMR-4FJ04

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Short summary
Correct surface ocean circulation forecasts are highly relevant to search and rescue, oil spills, and ecological processes, among other things. High-frequency radar (HFR) is a remote sensing technology that measures surface currents in coastal areas with high temporal and spatial resolution. We performed a series of experiments in which we use HFR observations from the Ibiza Channel to improve the forecasts provided by a regional ocean model in the western Mediterranean.