Shipboard active and passive microwave measurement of ocean surface slicks off the southern California coast

1992 ◽  
Vol 97 (C4) ◽  
pp. 5315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Onstott ◽  
Clifford Rufenach
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Ocean Surface ◽  
Passive Microwave ◽  
Microwave Measurement ◽  
California Coast

SALMONELLAE IN FERAL PINNIPEDS OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST

1979 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM G. GILMARTIN ◽  
PATRICIA M. VAINIK ◽  
VIOLA M. NEILL
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
California Coast

Geodetic leveling and sea slope along the Southern California Coast: An update

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Zilkoski ◽  
Muneendra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
California Coast

scholarly journals On direct passive microwave remote sensing of sea spray aerosol production

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 11611-11631 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. B. Savelyev ◽  
M. D. Anguelova ◽  
G. M. Frick ◽  
D. J. Dowgiallo ◽  
P. A. Hwang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Brightness Temperature ◽  
Microwave Remote Sensing ◽  
Ocean Surface ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Passive Microwave ◽  
Microwave Emission ◽  
Sea Spray ◽  
Sea Spray Aerosol ◽  
Microwave Emissions

Abstract. This study addresses and attempts to mitigate persistent uncertainty and scatter among existing approaches for determining the rate of sea spray aerosol production by breaking waves in the open ocean. The new approach proposed here utilizes passive microwave emissions from the ocean surface, which are known to be sensitive to surface roughness and foam. Direct, simultaneous, and collocated measurements of the aerosol production and microwave emissions were collected aboard the FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP) in deep water ~ 150 km off the coast of California over a period of ~ 4 days. Vertical profiles of coarse-mode aerosol (0.25–23.5 μm) concentrations were measured with a forward-scattering spectrometer and converted to surface flux using dry deposition and vertical gradient methods. Back-trajectory analysis of eastern North Pacific meteorology verified the clean marine origin of the sampled air mass over at least 5 days prior to measurements. Vertical and horizontal polarization surface brightness temperature were measured with a microwave radiometer at 10.7 GHz frequency. Data analysis revealed a strong sensitivity of the brightness temperature polarization difference to the rate of aerosol production. An existing model of microwave emission from the ocean surface was used to determine the empirical relationship and to attribute its underlying physical basis to microwave emissions from surface roughness and foam within active and passive phases of breaking waves. A possibility of and initial steps towards satellite retrievals of the sea spray aerosol production are briefly discussed in concluding remarks.

scholarly journals The Cloud Nucleating Properties and Mixing State of Marine Aerosols Sampled along the Southern California Coast

Atmosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Gaston ◽  
John Cahill ◽  
Douglas Collins ◽  
Kaitlyn Suski ◽  
Jimmy Ge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Marine Aerosols ◽  
Mixing State ◽  
California Coast
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