b88ac115-1aac-4ced-a524-557409917cf9 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T13:15:01 creation ISO 19115 2016 IMOS - Ocean Radar Facility b88ac115-1aac-4ced-a524-557409917cf9 The Ocean Radar (formerly known as the Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network (ACORN)) facility comprises a coordinated network of HF radars delivering real-time, non-quality controlled and delayed-mode, quality controlled surface current data into a national archive. Based on experience in Europe and the USA, deployment of these radars is expected to make a profound change to coastal ocean research in Australia. HF radar provides unprecedented time-resolved surface current maps over the monitoring sites for physical and biological ocean research. Deployment of the radars is in support of regional nodes where there is a range of identified questions concerned with boundary currents and associated eddies and their interactions with shelf water and topography. In turn these are linked to productivity, connectivity of biological populations and phenomena such as coral bleaching and diseases. It provides a basis for applied research in wave prediction and offers test sites for hydrodynamic modelling. The equipment comprises long-range WERA and medium-range WERA systems and long-range SeaSonde systems, and associated spares and transport infrastructure. An existing system that was installed by James Cook University in the Capricorn/Bunker region around Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef was integrated into the network. An HF radar acquisition by a consortium led by South Australian Research and Development Institute in South Australia was also integrated into the network. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[112.0, -44.0], [154.0, -44.0], [154.0, -9.0], [112.0, -9.0], [112.0, -44.0]]]} 112.0 154.0 -44.0 -9.0 Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds Doppler Frequency IMOS Facility | Ocean Radar Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Eddies Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation Oceans | Ocean Waves | Sea State Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height Oceans | Ocean Waves | Swells Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Length Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Spectra Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wind Waves Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds Physical Oceanography Radiance Or Imagery | Radio Wave | Radio Wave SeaSonde (CODAR) HF Radar | Amplitude Direction Finding WERA HF Radar | Phased Array Ocean Radar page on the IMOS website documentDigital HTML Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) documentDigital HTML Website of the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML