A network of high-frequency radar systems, designed for mapping ocean surface currents, is now providing detailed data on coastal ocean dynamics along the U.S. West Coast. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), is part of the multi-institution research consortium that created the radar network, which has grown over the last decade to what is now considered the largest network of its kind in the world. The 78 radar antennas cover 1,500 miles of shoreline, from Astoria, Washington, to Tijuana, Mexico. The system was completed over the past five years, and a study using the system was reported in March in the Journal of Geophysical Research—Oceans.
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