Sea Truth Validation of Bio-optical Models for 'a' and 'bb'; Application to Heat Budget Models and the Effects of Biology on Ocean Thermal Structure

Abstract

The long-term goal is to obtain better measurements of the inherent optical properties of seawater (IOPs, absorption a and back-scattering bb ) to provide better parameterisations of the absorption of light by seawater, to improve heat budget models of surface ocean stratification. The proposed work will extend on-going research at PML on furthering the understanding, accurate interpretation and exploitation of remotely sensed data of ocean colour, from sensors: SeaWiFS, MODIS (NASA), MERIS (ESA). Assimilation of data from these sensors into 1-D and 3-D ocean circulation models is a long-term goal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA619759

Entities

People

  • Gerald Moore
  • James Fishwick
  • Jim Aiken

Organizations

  • Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Acquisition
  • Assimilation
  • Backscattering
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Falkland Islands
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Validation

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  • Coastal Oceanography