BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/St_Johns BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0430 TZOFFSETTO:-0330 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:NDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0330 TZOFFSETTO:-0430 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:NST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T141754Z UID:27C43569-1BD4-4A9D-A468-B20BDEEC26AD DTSTART;TZID=America/St_Johns:20260928T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/St_Johns:20260928T153000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Hugh Roarty\n\nTitle：The Climatology of New Jers ey Coastal Currents\n\nAbstract: Oceanographic High Frequency radars (HFR) have been mapping currents along the New Jersey coast since 1998 when two stations were installed at Brant Beach and Brigantine as part of the Rutg ers University Long Term Ecosystem Observatory (LEO-15). Twenty-eight year s later\, that seminal duo has grown into the 41-site Mid Atlantic HFR net work providing continuous current maps along more than 1\,000 km of coastl ine from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. The expansive gridded current velociti es serve a variety of stakeholders including federal agencies like the U.S . Coast Guard for search and rescue\, NOAA for oil spill response\, Homela nd Security for vessel detection and ocean scientists developing both shor t-term forecasting applications as well as longer term\, multi-decadal cha nges in coastal circulation. Long-term archives are now available with cal culated decadal mean\, annual and seasonally averaged surface currents. Th is presentation provides a history of the network to date and a glimpse to wards the future.\n\nShort Bio: Hugh J. Roarty is a Research Project Manag er at Rutgers University’s Center for Ocean Observing Leadership\, with more than two decades of experience advancing coastal and ocean observing systems from research concepts to sustained operational capabilities. Trai ned as an ocean engineer\, he has played a central role in the design\, de ployment\, and operation of high-frequency (HF) radar networks\, autonomou s platforms\, and in situ sensors supporting coastal oceanography\, mariti me safety\, and national observing infrastructure. His work bridges engine ering\, applied science\, and operations\, with a sustained focus on trans lating observational data into actionable products for stakeholders includ ing NOAA\, the U.S. Coast Guard\, and DARPA.\n\nOver the course of his car eer\, Dr. Roarty has won nearly $10M in research funding\, authored or co- authored close to 100 peer-reviewed publications\, and delivered more than 200 technical presentations. He is widely recognized for his leadership i n HF radar science\, including vessel detection\, wave and current measure ment\, quality assurance/quality control\, bistatic radar systems\, and ne twork resilience—work that has directly informed search and rescue opera tions\, offshore wind planning\, and coastal hazard response. In addition to his research contributions\, he has held faculty appointments at Prince ton\, mentored students and early-career scientists\, and helped shape bes t practices and standards for regional\, national\, and global ocean obser ving networks.\n\nTime: 2:30pm-3:30pm NST\, 28 September\, 2026\n\nWebinar Link: [https://mun.webex.com/meet/weimin](https://enotice.mmsend.com/link .cfm?r=QzHwPeuKUb7sycK5uTqzwg~~&pe=7Qww6GU8HvpBIRVn7rOqdU9R9-5W_QcumJnxl29 hwRgD4raluad-WojsJEAZ5_qx9DAwIvOZGq98x45AWxKruA~~&t=l8KfSwggflfGUd_dTH3f-Q ~~)\n\nSpeaker(s): Hugh Roarty \, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee. org/m/578247 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/578247 ORGANIZER:weimin@mun.ca SEQUENCE:45 SUMMARY:IEEE OES Oceanography and Meteorology TC Webinar 2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/578247 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span lang="en-US"><strong data-olk-copy-s ource="MessageBody">Speaker:&nbsp\;</strong>Dr. Hugh Roarty</span></p>\n<p ><span lang="en-US"><strong>Title：</strong>The Climatology of New Jersey Coastal Currents</span></p>\n<p><span lang="en-US"><strong>Abstract:</str ong> Oceanographic High Frequency radars (HFR) have been mapping currents along the New Jersey coast since 1998 when two stations were installed at Brant Beach and Brigantine as part of the Rutgers University Long Term Eco system Observatory (LEO-15). Twenty-eight years later\, that seminal duo h as grown into the 41-site Mid Atlantic HFR network providing continuous cu rrent maps along more than 1\,000 km of coastline from Cape Cod to Cape Ha tteras. The expansive gridded current velocities serve a variety of stakeh olders including federal agencies like the U.S. Coast Guard for search and rescue\, NOAA for oil spill response\, Homeland Security for vessel detec tion and ocean scientists developing both short-term forecasting applicati ons as well as longer term\, multi-decadal changes in coastal circulation. Long-term archives are now available with calculated decadal mean\, annua l and seasonally averaged surface currents. This presentation provides a h istory of the network to date and a glimpse towards the future.</span></p> \n<p><span lang="en-US"><strong>Short Bio: </strong></span>Hugh J. Roarty is a Research Project Manager at Rutgers University&rsquo\;s Center for Oc ean Observing Leadership\, with more than two decades of experience advanc ing coastal and ocean observing systems from research concepts to sustaine d operational capabilities. Trained as an ocean engineer\, he has played a central role in the design\, deployment\, and operation of high-frequency (HF) radar networks\, autonomous platforms\, and in situ sensors supporti ng coastal oceanography\, maritime safety\, and national observing infrast ructure. His work bridges engineering\, applied science\, and operations\, with a sustained focus on translating observational data into actionable products for stakeholders including NOAA\, the U.S. Coast Guard\, and DARP A.</p>\n<p>Over the course of his career\, Dr. Roarty has won nearly $10M in research funding\, authored or co-authored close to 100 peer-reviewed p ublications\, and delivered more than 200 technical presentations. He is w idely recognized for his leadership in HF radar science\, including vessel detection\, wave and current measurement\, quality assurance/quality cont rol\, bistatic radar systems\, and network resilience&mdash\;work that has directly informed search and rescue operations\, offshore wind planning\, and coastal hazard response. In addition to his research contributions\, he has held faculty appointments at Princeton\, mentored students and earl y-career scientists\, and helped shape best practices and standards for re gional\, national\, and global ocean observing networks.</p>\n<p><span lan g="en-US"><strong>Time: </strong>2:30pm-3:30pm NST\, 28 September\, 2026</ span></p>\n<p><span lang="en-US"><strong>Webinar Link:</strong> <a id="LPl nkOWA28982fd1-65d1-46b4-9b66-c01db2eb5614" title="https://enotice.mmsend.c om/link.cfm?r=QzHwPeuKUb7sycK5uTqzwg~~&amp\;pe=7Qww6GU8HvpBIRVn7rOqdU9R9-5 W_QcumJnxl29hwRgD4raluad-WojsJEAZ5_qx9DAwIvOZGq98x45AWxKruA~~&amp\;t=l8KfS wggflfGUd_dTH3f-Q~~" href="https://enotice.mmsend.com/link.cfm?r=QzHwPeuKU b7sycK5uTqzwg~~&amp\;pe=7Qww6GU8HvpBIRVn7rOqdU9R9-5W_QcumJnxl29hwRgD4ralua d-WojsJEAZ5_qx9DAwIvOZGq98x45AWxKruA~~&amp\;t=l8KfSwggflfGUd_dTH3f-Q~~" da ta-auth="NotApplicable" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" data-linkindex= "2">https://mun.<span data-markjs="true">webex</span>.com/meet/weimin</a>< /span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR