Otis Brown

Dr. Brown's specialties are satellite oceanography, development of quantitative methods for the processing and use of satellite remotely-sensed observations to study ocean variability, focused on ocean color and infrared observations. Experimental focus has been on western boundary current variability for the studies in the Somali Current, Gulf Stream, Agulhas and Brazil Confluence regions. More recently this effort has expanded to include development of basin scale climatologies for SST and color fields.

2001- Minnett, P. J., R. O. Knuteson, F.A. Best, B.J. Osborne, J. A. Hanafin and O. B. Brown, 2001. The Marine-Atmosphere Emitted Radiance Interferometer (M-AERI), a high-accuracy, sea-going infrared spectroradiometer. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,18, 994-1013.

2001- Yang, Q., B. Parvin, A.J. Mariano, E. Ryan, R.H. Evans and O.B. Brown, 2001. Seasonal and interannual studies of vortices in sea surface temperature data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Oceanography from Space Venice 2000 special issue). (Submitted)

2000- Kearns, E.J., J.A. Hanafin, R.H. Evans, P.J. Minnett, and O.B. Brown. An independent assessment of Pathfinder AVHRR sea-surface temperature accuracy using the Marine Atmosphere Emitted Radiance Interferometer (M-AERI). Bull. Am. Met. Soc. 81, 1525-1536.

1998- An Overview of MODIS Capabilities for Ocean Science Observations. IEEE, Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 36(4): 1250-1265, (with Wayne E. Esaias, M. Abbott, I. Barton, J.W. Campbell, K.L. Carder, D.K. Clark, R.H. Evans, F.E. Hoge, H.R. Gordon, W.M. Balch, R. Letelier, and P.J. Minnett). 1985 - Phytoplankton blooming off the U.S. East Coast: A satellite description. Science, 229: 163-167 (with Evans, Brown, Gordon, Smith and Baker).

1997- Agulhas Ring Dynamics from TOPEX/POSEIDON Satellite Altimeter Data. J. Mar. Res., 55: 861-883, (with G. Goni, S. Garzoli, A. Roubicek and D. Olson).

1996 - Study of the Rio de la Plata Turbidity Front, Part I: Spatial and Temporal Distribution. Continental Shelf Research. Continental Shelf Res. 16(10): 1259-1282, (with M.B. Framiñan).

1996- Observations of the infrared radiative properties of the ocean-implications for the measurement of sea surface temperature via Satellite Remote Sensing. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 77(1): 41-51, (with Smith, Knuteson, Revercomb, Feltz, Howell, Menzel, Nalli, J. Brown, Minnett and McKeown).

1996- Assimilation of Sea Surface Height Data into an Isopycnic Ocean Model.  J.Phys.Oceanog., 26(7): 1189-1213, (with C. Forbes).

1995 - Mesoscale Ocean Variability Signal from GEOSAT Altimeter Data in the SW Atlantic Ocean: A Comparison of Orbit Error in three different GEOSAT Data Sets. Bolm Inst. Oceanogr., 43(2): 101-110 (with G. Goni, G. Podestá, J. Brown.)

1993 - Eddy and wave dynamics in the South Atlantic as diagnosed from GEOSAT altimeter data. J. Geophys. Res., 98(C7): 12,297-12,314 (with Forbes, Leaman and Olson).

1993 - Calibration of AVHRR Infrared Channels: A New Approach to Nonlinear Correction. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 98(C10): 18,157-18,269. (with Brown and R. Evans).

1991 - The annual cycle of satellite-derived sea surface temperature in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate , 4(4): 457-467 (with Podestá and Evans).

1991 - Efficient objective analysis of dynamically heterogeneous and nonstationary fields via the parameter matrix. Deep Sea Res., 39(7/8): 1255-1271 (with Mariano).

1990 - Surface-ocean color and deep-ocean carbon flux: How close a connection? Deep-Sea Res., 37(8): 1331-1343 (with Deuser, Muller-Karger, Evans, Esaias and Feldman).

1986 - Warm Core Rings: A statistical study of their behavior. Deep Sea Res., 33(11/12): 1459-1473 (with Cornillon, Emmerson and Carle).