Ocean Surface Wave Optical Roughness: Analysis of Innovative Measurements
- Lead PI: Dr. Christopher J. Zappa
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Unit Affiliation: Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- February 2011 - September 2013
- Inactive
- Global
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The project will examine time-dependent oceanic radiance distribution in relation to dynamic surface boundary layer processes, construct a radiance-based surface boundary layer model, validate the model with field observations, possibly invert the model to yield surface boundary layer conditions.