Bio-Optical Instrumentation for Mapping of the Upper Ocean Using SeaSoar

Abstract

The implementation of an integrated physical/bio-optical SeaSoar system provides the ability to obtain highly resolved spatial maps of the variability of inherent bio-optical properties within the context of detailed physical structure and dynamics. This capability is important for: (1) Examining the interaction between physical and bio-optical responses of the upper ocean to atmospheric forcing. (2) Observing the details of bio-optical influences of instabilities, secondary circulations and vertical motions associated with upper ocean fronts. (3) Providing statistically meaningful spatial mapping of optical parameters for ground truthing of optical remote sensors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA572519

Entities

People

  • Burton H. Jones

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biological Processes
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Dynamics
  • Ecology
  • Information Operations
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Properties
  • Remote Detectors
  • Remote Sensing
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers