Project: Ocean Frontier Institute
Name: Research Implementation Unit (RIU); Ocean Frontier Institute
Institution: Ocean Frontier Institute
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Surface Currents (Radials), HF Radar, Sandy Cove Station, Halifax, CA East Coast, NRT, 2015-present, Hourly
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Ocean Frontier Institute
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar (CODAR) radial measurements capture surface current vectors from a single site. Data are collected at Sandy Cove (SCOV) and include quality and geometry metrics for each vector.
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20151218
20260403
ground condition
As needed
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GCMD Science Keywords
2015-present
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