Dr. Klaus-Werner Gurgel
Name: Dr. Klaus-Werner Gurgel
Address: Institut für Meereskunde
der Universität Hamburg
Bundesstrasse 55
20146 Hamburg
Room 305
Institute: Bundesstraße 53
20146 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-42838-5742
Fax: +49-40-42838-5713
Mail 
gurgel@ifm.uni-hamburg.de
Biography
Klaus-Werner Gurgel (IEEE M'94) received the diploma in electrical engineering from the University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, in 1980 and the Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Hamburg, in 1993.
From 1980 to 1985, he was responsible for the technical development and deployment of the University of Hamburg's HF radar during numerous experiments, which at that time was based on NOAA's Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar (CODAR). From 1985 to 1993, he was working on a shipborne version of the CODAR for applications at the Arctic Front. In 1996, he developed a new HF radar system called WEllen RAdar (WERA) within the European Union (EU) funded project "Surface Current And Wave Variability Experiment" (SCAWVEX), which was later on used within the EU funded projects "European Radar Ocean SEnsing" (EuroROSE) and "Weather Information Network, Guidance, and Supervision onboard Ships" (Wings-for-Ships). Ater a technology transfer to industry, WERA is now commercially available and applied by several Universities and Institutions worldwide.
Dr. Gurgel currently is a research scientist at the University of Hamburg, Institute of Oceanography, and involved within numerous projects on radar remote sensing. Since November 2004, he is Adjunct Professor at the Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Fl, USA. Dr. Gurgel is member a member of IEEE Oceanic Engineering, Geoscience & Remote Sensing, and Antennas and Propagation Society.
Main Interests
Theory, application and technical development of 
HF radar systems used in oceanography. This includes:
- Propagation and backscattering of electromagnetic waves from the sea surface
- Studies of oceanographic phenomena like eddis and fronts by HF radar
- Further development of HF radar hardware and algorithms
The use of HF radar networks within operational forecasting systems of coastal regions:
- Accuracy of the measurements
- Model statistics and data assimilation
- Real-time aspects
This work has close linkage to EuroGOOS, the European Global Ocean Observing System.
Please also visit the HF radar homepage.
Projects
| Project | Title / Description | Duration | Grant Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| SURLITOP | Development and demonstration of technologies for tracking and monitoring of pollutants | Feb 2005 - Feb 2006 |  French Ministry of Research (50%) |
| WINGS-FOR-SHIPS | New maritime intelligent workplace for ship masters | Jan 2002 - Sep 2004 | EU-FP5 IST |
| Coop. with Uni Hawaii | Circulation in the lee of islands / Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment | Feb 1999 - Aug 2001 | Uni Hawaii/NSF |
| EuroROSE | European Radar Ocean Sensing | Sep 1998 - Oct 2001 | EU-MAST 3 |
| SCAWVEX | Surface Current and Wave Variability Experiment | Feb 1995 - Apr 1998 | EU-MAST 2 |
| TRUMP | Transport und Umsatz in der Pommerschen Bucht | Jan 1994 - Dec 1996 | BMBF |
| SFB318 | Shipborne Measurements of Surface Current Fields | 1990 - 1993 | DFG |
Presentations
- IRS 2007 conference in Cologne, Germany.
- Oceans 2007 Europe conference in Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Oceans 2005 Europe conference in Brest, France.
- AMRS 2005 conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.
- Radar 2003 conference in Adelaide Australia.
- IGARSS 2002 conference in Toronto Canada.
- IGARSS 2001 conference in Sydney Australia.
- Radiowave Oceanography Workshop 2001 (paper 1) in Timberline, Oregon/USA.
- Radiowave Oceanography Workshop 2001 (paper 2) in Timberline, Oregon/USA.
- IGARSS 2000 conference in Honolulu Hawaii.
- Euromar'99 workshop in Brussels. (Keynote on Coastal Radars)
- IGARSS'99 conference in Hamburg.
- Oceans'98 conference in Nice.
- EGS'98 conference in Nice. Take a look at the poster.
- Oceanology'98 conference in Brighton.
- IGARSS'97 (paper 1) conference in Singapore.
- IGARSS'97 (paper 2) conference in Singapore.
- EEO'97 conference in Southampton.
- PIERS'96 conference in Innsbruck.
- EGS'95 conference in Hamburg.
- OCEANS'94 conference in Brest.