Ocean Surface Wave Optical Roughness: Analysis of Innovative Measurements

Abstract

Our effort seeks to provide a more comprehensive description of the physical and optical roughness of the sea surface. This was achieved through the analysis of our suite of comprehensive sea surface roughness observational measurements within the RADYO field program. These measurements were designed to provide optimal coverage of fundamental optical distortion processes associated with the air-sea interface. In our data analysis, and complementary collaborative effort with RaDyO modelers, we investigated both spectral and phase-resolved perspectives. These will allow refining the representation of surface wave distortion in present air-sea interfacial optical transmission models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 16, 2013
Accession Number
ADA590736

Entities

People

  • Michael Banner
  • Russel P. Morison

Organizations

  • University of New South Wales

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamic Range
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Heat Flux
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Currents
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Statistics
  • Surface Roughness
  • Wave Power

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers