Integrating Environmental Optics into Multidisciplinary, Predictive Models of Ocean Dynamics

Abstract

My long-term goal is the development of a data assimilative model system in which optical observations are linked directly and mechanistically to predictions of biological, chemical and physical dynamics of the ocean. The primary objectives are: 1. Continue to develop optical proxies for biological properties and processes in the upper ocean. 2. Establish a framework for modeling the dynamics of optical properties in the ocean, directly and mechanistically. 3. Integrate optical dynamics into state-of-the-art ocean models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557167

Entities

People

  • John J. Cullen

Organizations

  • Dalhousie University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Chlorophylls
  • Dynamics
  • Earth Sciences
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorometers
  • Industrial Research
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Nova Scotia
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Phytoplankton
  • Predictive Modeling

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers