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IMOS - Ocean Radar - Red Head HF ocean radar station (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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The Red Head (RHED) HF ocean radar site (33.010245 S 151.727059 E) is one of two HF ocean radars covering the Newcastle area, New South Wales. The other HF ocean radar station is at Seal Rocks. The HF ocean radar coverage is from the coast to beyond the edge of the continental shelf. The RHED HF ocean radar is a SeaSonde crossed-loop direction finding array. This radar operates at a frequency of 5.2625 MHz, with a bandwidth of 25 KHz, a maximum range of 200 Km and a range resolution of 6 Km. Within the HF radar coverage area surface current radials are measured.

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Title IMOS - Ocean Radar - Red Head HF ocean radar station (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4f2133aa-07b7-43ba-b756-2ce4983e3b08
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 25/03/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Ocean Radar - Red Head HF ocean radar station (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-ocean-radar-red-head-hf-ocean-radar-station-newcastle-new-south-wales-australia