With one CODAR station in operation at the Westshore Coal Terminal in Tsawwassen, VENUS is able to measure the radial velocities–that is, towards and away from the station’s antenna–of ocean currents in the Strait of Georgia.
A second CODAR station will be installed in early 2012 at the Iona Breakwater, near Vancouver Airport. The area covered by this second CODAR station will partially overlap that covered by the first station. In the area of overlap, the radial velocities from the two stations will be combined to create hourly maps of north-south, east-west ocean currents.
Radial velocities of ocean currents in the Strait of Georgia, measured from the CODAR station at the Westshore Coal Terminal in Tsawwassen. In early 2012, a second CODAR station will be installed at the Iona Breakwater, allowing the combined radial velocities to be resolved into north-south and east-west ocean currents.
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