summary: The dataset consists of maps of radial and total velocity of the sea water surface current collected by the HF radar systems operated by OGS in the Sicilian Channel (Mediterranean Sea). Radial data are averaged over a time interval of 15 minutes for CGRN site and 60 minutes for CSMR site and for total velocities. Surface ocean velocities estimated by HF Radar are representative of the upper 0.3-2.5 meters of the ocean. The radar sites are operated according to Quality Assessment procedures, and data are processed for Quality Control and standardized in their format according to the European common data, metadata and QC standard model for HFR current data. Data access tools are compliant to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Climate and Forecast (CF) convention and INSPIRE directive. The use of netCDF format allows an easy implementation of all the open source services developed by UNIDATA.
citation: Data collected, processed and made freely available by OGS.
rights: The dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
