Air-Sea Interaction and Remote Sensing Experiments Using R/P FLIP
Abstract
Although the Research Platform FLIP was originally designed for sonar studies, its unique characteristics have made it an ideal platform for experiments using remote sensing techniques to study air-sea interaction. The combination of stability and access to the air-sea interface provides the capability to make a variety of remote sensing measurements simultaneously with direct measurements of the relevant atmospheric and oceanic parameters. When FLIP is freely drifting, the hull rotates so that it is in the same orientation relative to the wind. Judicious use of the variety of booms available for instrument mounting makes it possible to view the sea surface without platform interference. This ability to make continuous measurements regardless of changes in wind direction is a major advantage of FLIP over fixed platforms. A survey of remote sensing measurements made from FLIP will be presented, including a variety of active microwave sensors (radars and scatterometers), passive microwave sensors (radiometers), infrared sensors (radiometers and imagers), and visible sensors (video cameras).
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002AGUFMOS61B0214J
- Keywords:
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- 4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes (0689);
- 4504 Air/sea interactions (0312);
- 4594 Instruments and techniques