September 2012
Thailand - U.S. Increasing Ties
in HF Radar Technology
Information sharing to prove beneficial as
Thailand expands its SeaSonde network |
 
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Members of the Thai delegation, Rutgers
University and U.S. IOOS pose for a group
photo in front of COOL room glider ops screen. |
This August a high-ranking delegation from Thailand’s Ministry of Science and
Geo-Informatics Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) kicked
off a special U.S. trip by visiting SeaSonde sites along the New Jersey coast
and the Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOLroom),
where they joined Rutgers scientists as
well as U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing
System (U.S. IOOS) Program Director
Ms. Zdenka Willis in discussion on U.S.
experiences with HF radar and data
utilization for both
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| Rutgers’ Hugh Roarty points out details of
the SeaSonde hardware in Belmar, New
Jersey. |
research and
operational pursuits. GISTDA, already
with expertise in satellite remote sensing,
is adding HF radar technology into its
suite of observing technologies and establishing a 13-radar unit SeaSonde network in
the Gulf of Thailand this year. Delegates concluded their U.S. trip in San Francisco
touring local radar sites inside the bay and conducting factory inspections of their
new SeaSonde materials. Preparations for the installation, led by CODAR’s local
Thai partner Metlink Info. Co., are already underway and once completed will bring
the total number of SeaSondes operating in that country to 20.
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