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IMOS - Ocean Radar - Newcastle HF ocean radar site (New South Wales, Australia) - Real-time sea water velocity

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Newcastle (NEWC) HF ocean radar system covers an area of the Central Coast, New South Wales, an area subject to the variability of the East Australian Current (EAC) and its coupling with coastal winds, tides, and waves. In this area the EAC separates from the coast and generates several eddies which control the larval species and the higher marine species and ecosystems in which they forage. The NEWC HF ocean radar system consists of two SeaSonde crossed loop direction finding stations located at Sea Rocks (32.441575 S 152.539022 E) and Red Head (33.010245 S 151.727059 E). These radars operate 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 currents are measured.

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Title IMOS - Ocean Radar - Newcastle HF ocean radar site (New South Wales, Australia) - Real-time sea water velocity
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/b30fd1e5-f253-4055-ae3e-43e57f2993b7
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
simone.cosoli@uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 25/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Ocean Radar - Newcastle HF ocean radar site (New South Wales, Australia) - Real-time sea water velocity". 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-newcastle-hf-ocean-radar-site-new-south-wales-australia-real-time-sea-water-ve