Airborne Doppler lidar investigation of the wind-modulated sea-surface angular retroreflectance signature.
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.
Tratt
David M
DM
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. dtratt@jpl.nasa.gov
Menzies
Robert T
RT
Chiao
Meng P
MP
Cutten
Dean R
DR
Rothermel
Jeffry
J
Hardesty
R Michael
RM
Howell
James N
JN
Durden
Stephen L
SL