TY - JOUR T1 - HF Radar Activity in European Coastal Seas: Next Steps toward a Pan-European HF Radar Network A1 - Rubio,Anna A1 - Mader,Julien A1 - Corgnati,Lorenzo A1 - Mantovani,Carlo A1 - Griffa,Annalisa A1 - Novellino,Antonio A1 - Quentin,Céline A1 - Wyatt,Lucy A1 - Schulz-Stellenfleth,Johannes A1 - Horstmann,Jochen A1 - Lorente,Pablo A1 - Zambianchi,Enrico A1 - Hartnett,Michael A1 - Fernandes,Carlos A1 - Zervakis,Vassilis A1 - Gorringe,Patrick A1 - Melet,Angélique A1 - Puillat,Ingrid AD - AZTI Marine Research, Pasaia, Spain AD - National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Marine Sciences, Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy AD - ETT, Genova, Italy AD - Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France AD - School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK AD - Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany AD - Departamento de Medio Físico, Puertos del Estado, Madrid, Spain AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Napoli, Italy AD - Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland AD - Portuguese Hydrographic Institute, Lisboa, Portugal AD - Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece AD - European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS) AISBL, Brussels, Belgium AD - Mercator Ocean, Ramonville St. Agne, France AD - UBO, CNRS, UMR 6523, LOPS,IFREMER,IRD,Ctr Brest, Plouzane, France UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00368/47879/ DO - 10.3389/fmars.2017.00008 KW - high frequency radar KW - operational oceanography KW - coastal observing systems KW - radar remote sensing KW - surface currents KW - surface waves KW - model assessment KW - data assimilation N2 - High Frequency Radar (HFR) is a land-based remote sensing instrument offering a unique insight to coastal ocean variability, by providing synoptic, high frequency and high resolution data at the ocean atmosphere interface. HFRs have become invaluable tools in the field of operational oceanography for measuring surface currents, waves and winds, with direct applications in different sectors and an unprecedented potential for the integrated management of the coastal zone. In Europe, the number of HFR networks has been showing a significant growth over the past 10 years, with over 50 HFRs currently deployed and a number in the planning stage. There is also a growing literature concerning the use of this technology in research and operational oceanography. A big effort is made in Europe toward a coordinated development of coastal HFR technology and its products within the framework of different European and international initiatives. One recent initiative has been to make an up-to-date inventory of the existing HFR operational systems in Europe, describing the characteristics of the systems, their operational products and applications. This paper offers a comprehensive review on the present status of European HFR network, and discusses the next steps toward the integration of HFR platforms as operational components of the European Ocean Observing System, designed to align and integrate Europe's ocean observing capacity for a truly integrated end-to-end observing system for the European coasts. Y1 - 2017/01/20 PB - Frontiers Media SA JF - Frontiers in Marine Science SN - 2296-7745 VL - 4 IS - 8 ID - 47879 ER -