Ocean Surface Wave Optical Roughness - Innovative Measurement and Modeling

Abstract

We are part of a multi-institutional research team funded by the ONR-sponsored Radiance in a Dynamic Ocean (RaDyO) program. The primary research goals of the program are to (1) examine time-dependent oceanic radiance distribution in relation to dynamic surface boundary layer (SBL) processes; (2) construct a radiance-based SBL model; (3) validate the model with field observations; and (4) investigate the feasibility of inverting the model to yield SBL conditions. Our goals are to contribute innovative measurements, analyses and models of the sea surface roughness at length scales as small as a millimeter. This characterization includes microscale and whitecap breaking waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA541296

Entities

People

  • Howard Schultz

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Computer Science
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Laser Altimeters
  • Measurement
  • Polarimeters
  • Roughness
  • Surface Roughness
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers