Surface currents within and offshore of Monterey Bay as mapped by a multiple-site HF radar (CODAR) network

Near surface two-dimensional current observations are presented from a network of HF radar systems around the shores of Monterey Bay, California. Data from two SeaSonde systems and one CODAR system is described for the period August through October, 1994. (Each of these radar systems uses direction finding techniques to steer the observations based on radar returns on three co-located antennae). Robust low frequency and tidal-period current features are discussed and related to historical in situ measurements and earlier CODAR observations in this area.