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ocean surface m nts where the current regime consists <strong>of</strong> evrrents which are not<br />
significantly larger than the s-or errors. It is evident that future erperunents must<br />
<strong>be</strong> wefvily planned when testing the m ent measuring capabilities <strong>of</strong> a HF radar<br />
system operating in the gmvnd wave mode4.<br />
5.4 Discussion<br />
The redid components estimated from the vector current algorithm, ming simulated<br />
and actual data, strongly agree with the drifter wmpvted dimaten. The standard<br />
deviations are within the lmown errors <strong>of</strong> both techniques and the results are well<br />
correlated.<br />
The redid components computed from the direct radar estimate and the -ti-<br />
mate from the vector current algorithm correspond well with the drifter computed<br />
estimate. The standard deviations are within the knom ermis <strong>of</strong> both techniques<br />
and the resuits are well correlated.<br />
Even though the tangential component estimates were highly correlated using<br />
simulated data, they were not very well correlated using the actual data with, at<br />
<strong>be</strong>st, <strong>only</strong> 55% <strong>of</strong> the variability in the mmparison explained by the regression. This<br />
<strong>may</strong> <strong>be</strong> due to extreme variability in the current field in the regions <strong>of</strong> interest (Petrie<br />
and Anderson [48j) or to b e d m errors. The latter pmibiity was discussed in<br />
the previous section. If <strong>be</strong>amforming problems did exist they were unknown during<br />
the experiment, with the exception <strong>of</strong> the major hardware problems noted durlng the<br />
later phs~er <strong>of</strong> the exe~cise. Since <strong>be</strong>am integrity is critical for the adequate testing<br />
4Sincethemsgutuder aftheanorr<strong>of</strong>theradar~irmtrdtPngntialNnent mmp0"er.e indicate<br />
thst the -&sent& radar data <strong>may</strong> bo $wee, the i n q d~ e r <strong>may</strong> mnder why no other<br />
HF radar datasea - tetpd with the -1 UFM~ pmpminginprh-. m i~radar data bm ~o<br />
othn current modwring wmimentr are avnilable hm the Cape Raee lysmn. The 6mt dataret<br />
war mkld d- the <strong>of</strong> 1991 to mnp nnd study the raal current pattern. *timaled by<br />
the radar. E m . there uar no aca-uutbing made 8MilabLF br that mdre to p-*e data w<br />
tert the wetm cvnent algorithm. The 0th- datast uas mktd in the fu <strong>of</strong> 1996. Even though<br />
sesAruthulg driftus - deployed d- tbat penad, the eimuthd remluticm <strong>of</strong> tLe radar data<br />
..aa roo erne to pmde adequate test data for the algorithm.