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Ocean Optics and Electromagnetic Remote Sensing

AMP's remote sensing research interests include both understanding the physics of radiative transfer and the use of remote sensing systems to study ocean processes. Examples are the use of in-situ optical instruments to study turbulence, the use of the Ocean Surface Current Radar (OSCR) system to remotely measure surface currents and surface wave spectra, and the use of satellite-based instruments to measure surface winds, surface waves and surface roughness.

The CSTARS (Center for Southeastern Tropical Remote Sensing) facility will soon provide real time access to a variety of visible, infrared and SAR (synthetic aperture radar) data in the Equatorial Atlantic/Caribbean Basin region. Both basic and applied studies of land, ocean and atmosphere will be undertaken. Examples include monitoring groundwater level, topographic mapping, monitoring target movement, assessing storm and flood damage, assessing soil properties and health of vegetation, and geodynamics.

AMP faculty and staff collaborate with colleagues in MGG and MPO on CSTARS activities, with MPO's remote sensing group, and with the optics group in UM's Physics Department.

Other related links: American Geophysical Union (AGU), IEEE, Optical Society of America (OSA), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), The Oceanography Society (TOS)

Hurricane Georges, 1998