Observational and theoretical study of spectrally resolved ocean optical properties

Author

Zhang, Taiping ; Smith, William L., Jr. ; Charlock, Thomas P. ; Rutledge, C. Ken ; Jin, Zhonghai ; Cota, Glenn ; Fabbri, B.E.

Author_Institution

Anal. Services & Mater. Inc., Hampton, VA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2003

fDate

6/25/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3091

Abstract

In order to verify the COVE (CERES Ocean Validation Experiment) platform measurements and characterize the ocean optical properties, airborne measurements of spectral and broadband shortwave upwelling and downwelling radiative fluxes were made onboard the NASA Langley OV-10 aircraft between July, 2001 and March, 2003. The processed data and derived spectral albedos are compared with other observed data and model simulation results, and the comparisons show consistently good agreement.

Keywords

albedo; clouds; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radiative transfer; AD 2001 07; AD 2003 03; CERES Ocean Validation Experiment; COVE; NASA Langley OV-10 aircraft; airborne measurements; broadband shortwave upwelling; downwelling radiative fluxes; model simulation; platform measurements; spectral albedos; spectrally resolved ocean optical properties; Aerosols; Aircraft; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Boundary conditions; Earth Observing System; NASA; Oceans; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294693

Filename

1294693