The RSMAS Remote Sensing Group (RSG) is an interdisciplinary research group
primarily based in the Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
of the Rosenstiel School, but with members distributed in Physics, Applied
Marine Physics and Marine Biology and Fisheries. It is engaged in research
and graduate instruction in the techniques of satellite oceanography and their
application to problems in physical, biological and chemical oceanography.
There is a strong link to the
Atmospheric and Ocean
Optics Group in the Physics Department.
Current efforts range from analysis of satellite observations to theoretical
radiative transfer modeling of the earth-atmosphere system. Global and
regional satellite observations of sea surface temperature
[NOAA/AVHRR],
color [NIMBUS-7/CZCS and
SeaStar/SeaWiFS],
topography [GEOSAT, ERS-1 and
TOPEX],
and winds [ERS-1] are being investigated presently.
Present program directed research supports national and international
programs including Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere (TOGA),
Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies
(JGOFS), Mission to Planet Earth,
Earth Observing System
(MTPE/EOS) and
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
(WOCE).
There are over a dozen additional projects outside these programs.
TOGA efforts focus on development of improved
tropical SST fields based on satellite infrared observations. The
JGOFS
project is to provide near-real time cruise support of the
Arabian Sea
process study and post experiment analysis of upper mixed layer heat content
and biological response.
EOS efforts center around development of an
advanced SST algorithm for the MODIS instrument and development and
implementation of an integrated processing and analysis methodology for
addressing ocean products from the MODIS instrument.
The Office of Naval Research supports ongoing projects to compare and contrast
western boundary current variability using satellite observations, study
sub-duction regimes and monitor optical signatures of plankton blooms.
NASA/NOAA AVHRR Pathfinder effort
is to develop and validate a decadal global SST timeseries based on NOAA AVHRR
observations and in situ validation measurements. As part of this
the group participates in the global surface velocity program of
TOGA/WOCE/Global Change.
RSG efforts are facilitated by an extensive distributed computing system
[20+ DEC Alphas, SGI Challenge, SGI PIs, 4 DEC 2100, 3 SONY Optical Changers
(320 Gb ea)], high speed networks [2 T1 links to the Internet, 56 Kb X.25
link], and direct satellite reception capabilities [11m DOMSAT system].
Located on the Virginia Key Campus of the University of Miami,
the RSG is adjacent to NOAA's Ocean and Atmospheric Research Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories (AOML) and National Marine
Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Center (SEFC).
There are strong interactions with the Physical Oceanography
Laboratory of AOML and research efforts at SEFC. Also there is a continuing
history of strong connections with the Physics Department on the Coral Gables
campus of the University.
Faculty
-
- Otis B. Brown
- Professor and
Dean [MPO] (satellite oceanography, remote sensing applications)
- Robert H. Evans
- Research
Professor [MPO] (satellite oceanograpy, remote sensing applications, systems
design)
- Howard Gordon
- Professor [Physics Department] (ocean color, radiative
transfer in the ocean-atmosphere system)
- Hans C. Graber
- Associate
Professor [AMP/MPO] (surface wave dynamics, microwave remote sensing of ocean
processes, air-sea interaction and boundary-layer dynamics)
- Eddie Kearns
- Research Assistant Professor (satellite oceanography and ocean circulation
- George Halliwell
- Research
Assistant Professor [MPO] (applications of remote sensing, mesoscale processes,
oceanic frontal zones)
- Arthur J. Mariano
- Assistant
Professor [MPO] (data analysis and assimilation techniques, mesoscale ocean dynamics,
Lagrangian ocean descriptions)
- Peter Minnett
- Professor [MPO] (satellite remote sensing)
- Donald B. Olson
- Professor
[MPO] (ocean circulation dynamics, mesoscale phenomena, ecosystem dynamics)
- Guillermo P. Podestá
-
Research Assistant Professor [MPO] (satellite remote sensing, oceanic
variability, physical-biological interactions)
-
Ken Voss
- Professor [Physics Department] (In situ optics)
Staff
-
- James Brown
- Senior Research Associate (Systems design, engineering and radiative transfer modeling)
- Warner Baringer
- Research Associate (Systems design, database
structure and advanced communications)
- Vicki Halliwell
- Research Associate (Processing control)
- Kay Kilpatrick
- Research Associate
- Ajoy Kumar
- Assistant Scientist
- Jossy Jacobs
- Research Associate
- Angel Li
- Peon (Systems design, graphical interfaces, and all around fun guy)
- Ed Ryan
- Research Associate
- Geoff Samuels
- Research Associate (Geophysical data analysis)
- Richard Sikorski
- Assistant Scientist (Radiative transfer modelling, data analysis)
- Joanie Splain
- Data Processing manager (Real-time and retrospective data processing, archival and management)
- Sue Walsh
- Programmer (Applications support, maintenance and documentation)
Other Collaborators
-
- Rana Fine
- Professor MAC (Air/sea gas transfer)
- Peter Milne
- Research Assistant Professor MAC (FTIR spectroscopy, trace gases)
- Peter Glynn
- Professor MBF (Coral reefs and SST)
Postdoctoral Associates
-
- Goshka Szczodrak
Students
-
- John Brown
- Mariana Framinan
- Erica Key
- Deanna Wilson-Diaz
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