Providing SeaSonde high-resolution surface currents for the America's Cup

Abstract

The selection of San Francisco Bay as the venue for the 2013 America's Cup competition provides the opportunity to highlight the technology available for measuring surface currents over the entire proposed racecourse and to deliver current estimates in near real-time. Using an array of CODAR Ocean Sensors SeaSonde 42 MHz systems, the currents in Central San Francisco Bay can be mapped in high spatial resolution with a temporal resolution of 30 minutes.