In summer 1996, surface current fields were measured in the central Strait of Georgia using the SeaSonde, a protable shore-based HF radar system. The objective of the study was to assess the feasibility of blending SeaSonde currents with numericla model fields over the same coverage area in order to fill gaps in the measured fields and reduce noise. The eventual goal is to assimilate the blended SeaSonde fields into a three-dimensional prognostic numerical model to improve short-range current forecasts.
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