Quantifying the Dynamic Ocean Surface Using Underwater Radiometric Measurements

Abstract

The ultimate goal is to develop direct-simulation/physics-based forward and inverse capabilities for radiance prediction in a dynamic ocean environment. The simulation-based model includes and integrate all of the relevant dynamical processes in the upper ocean surface boundary layer into a physics-based computational prediction capability for the time-dependent radiative transfer (RT). The model is applied to investigate and characterize the ocean surface using underwater radiance measurements. This research builds the foundation for advancing above water imaging as well as sensing of surface and near-surface wave and flow features using passive underwater optical measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2015
Accession Number
ADA614515

Entities

People

  • Dick K P Yue
  • Yuming Liu

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Delta Functions
  • Detectors
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Physics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Scattering
  • Statistics
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Waves
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers