title: Airborne Doppler lidar investigation of the wind-modulated sea-surface angular retroreflectance signature.
abstract: Concurrent measurements of sea-surface retroreflectance and associated wind velocity acquired with an airborne CO2 Doppler lidar are described. These observations provide further insight into thermal infrared optical phenomenology of air-sea interface processes, contribute to a greater understanding of radiation transfer between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere, and enable improved models of wind-driven ocean-surface stress applicable to other remote sensing applications. In particular, we present lidar measurements of azimuthally anisotropic reflectance behavior and discuss the implications to current understanding of sea-surface optical properties.
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. dtratt@jpl.nasa.gov
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tratt
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Menzies
authors.forename: Meng P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chiao
authors.forename: Dean R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cutten
authors.forename: Jeffry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rothermel
authors.forename: R Michael
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hardesty
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Durden