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News Release 12-033

International Radio Conference Approves Bandwidth to Track Ocean Currents for Science and Disasters

Agreement provides specific radio frequency bands for ocean radars

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an ocean radar on the beach at Refugio State Beach, California.

An ocean radar at Refugio State Beach, California. The Interdisciplinary Oceanography Group at the University of California Santa Barbara operates the radar, which is sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation.

Credit: Photo courtesy Dr. Libe Washburn, University of California, Santa Barbara.


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