A Combined HF Radar and Drifter Dataset for Analysis of Highly Variable Surface Currents

This data descriptor presents the HF radar and drifter datasets, along with the methods used to process and apply them in a previously published study on the validation of surface current measurements in a region characterized by highly variable coastal dynamics. The data were collected in the framework of a large-scale Lagrangian experiment, which included extensive drifter deployment and the generation of virtual trajectories based on HF radar-derived flow fields. Both Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches were used to assess radar performance through correlation and RMSE metrics, with additional refinement achieved via Kriging interpolation. The validation results, published in Remote Sensing, demonstrated good agreement between HF radar and drifter observations, particularly when quality control parameters were optimized. The datasets and associated methodologies described here support ongoing efforts to enhance HF radar tuning strategies and improve surface current monitoring in complex marine environments.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  International Conference on Data Technologies and Applications

• Publication date

  2025-07-12

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/data10070115
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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