High-res Current and Wave Mapping06/04/2011 |
| Helzel Messtechnik is the German manufacturer of the remote ocean sensing system WERA. The shore-based ocean radar “WERA” provides reliable data of ocean surface currents and significant wave height and direction over long distances (> 200km) with outstanding spatial and temporal resolution for VTS, SAR and environmental protection applications. |
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As WERA is modular and broadband, it can be operated at very low frequencies to provide very long ranges or at the upper HF band (30MHz) with a resulting range of 50km. This product family is now extended by a VHF instrument operating up to 50MHz providing highest resolution (down to 100m range cell size) for ranges up to 20km.
The very high operating frequency results in short array: < 20m for 8 antennas (beam forming mode) or < 3m for 4 antennas (direction finding). It is easy to install and can be part of a rapid deployment mobile unit housed in a van or trailer.
Such a mobile station has been recently installed for two months in France near the river Loire estuary close to St. Nazaire. Examples of the resulting current maps measured with a pair of 12 antennas, 43MHz WERA systems are displayed in the illustrations.
A pair of stations is required to provide high quality 2-D vector maps. However, even a single station can provide 2-D current vectors but with reduced spatial resolution.
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