Coastal Geosciences/Optics
Abstract
The goal of this activity is to determine the sources, distribution, and natural variability (concentration and properties) of optically important matters in the coastal ocean in support of Naval Mine, Undersea, and Special Warfare. Research investments in this activity support the development and testing of expendable and autonomous bioluminescence sensors, the continued development of extended range underwater imaging technologies, and algorithm development and testing for application to ocean color remote sensing from aircraft and space in order to characterize key features of the coastal battle space such as bathymetry, shallow-water bottom types, and the distribution of ocean water optical properties. Funding increase from FY 2013 to FY 2014 due to programs assigned to NRL-Base. The funding decrease from FY 2014-FY 2015 in R2 Activity Coastal Geosciences/Optics is due to the completion of the development of a next generation atmospheric correction algorithm, the completion of the development of new data storage topologies and ensemble methods for irregular, multi-resolution, geophysical data, and the effort to quantify the effect that different sensor viewing angles and gain factors have on optical data measurements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 55ca84949a4bc1bc61a5bdfe171efb59