Codar Ocean Sensors

CODAR Ocean Sensors, located in Mountain View, California, conducts research, design, manufacturing and support of high frequency (HF) radar systems primarily for ocean current and wave monitoring. CODAR founders began working in the field of HF radar as early as the 1960`s. In 1968, Donald Barrick (future co-founder and President of CODAR Ocean Sensors) established the theoretical basis of HF sea scatter that allows both current extraction as well as sea state monitoring. During the early 1970s, Barrick and others, working in the U.S. Department of Commerce (NOAA) research laboratories, demonstrated the utility and accuracy of these measurements with large phased array radars. Staff at CODAR Ocean Sensors are the world’s experts in HF radar theory and system design. Our company has produced approximately 80% of all HF radars ever built worldwide, with a total operating time of over 2,000,000 hours.