RaDyO Publications and Presentations


  • All preliminary cruise reports from Kilo Moana and FLIP during the SB Channel RaDyO experiment may be be obtained at RaDyO FTP site.

  • Potential papers based on measurements made during the Santa Barbara Channel RaDyO Experiment 2008

    Current RaDyO Papers

    Howard Schultz, Chris J. Zappa, Michael L. Banner, Andres Corrada-Emmanuel and Larry Pezzaniti (2008) "A Method for Recovering the Two-dimensional slope field of the Ocean Surface Waves Using an Imaging Polarimeter," 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL March 2-7, oral presentation.

    J. Larry Pezzaniti, David Chenault, Mike Roche, John Reinhart, Joseph P. Pezzaniti, and Howard Schultz (2008) "Four Camera Complete Stokes Imaging Polarimeter," SPIE Paper # 6972-19 Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing VIII, SPIE Defense and Security, Orlando, FL March 17-20.

    Dickey et al. (2006) "The Radiance in a Dynamic Ocean (RaDyO) Program," Ocean Optics XVIII, Montreal, Canada, October 2006, Poster presentation.

    P-. W. Zhai, G. Kattawar, and P. Yang (2008) "Impulse response solution to the three-dimensional vector radiative transfer equation in atmosphere-ocean systems. I. Monte Carlo method," Appl. Opt., 47(8), 1037-1047. OSA link

    P-. W. Zhai, G. Kattawar, and P. Yang (2008) "Impulse response solution to the three-dimensional vector radiative transfer equation in atmosphere-ocean systems. II. The hybrid maxtrix operator -- Monte Carlo method," Appl. Opt., 47(8), 1063-1071. OSA link

    P-. W. Zhai, G. Kattawar, and P. Yang (2009) "Mueller matrix imaging of targets under an air-sea interface," Appl. Opt., 48(2), 250-260. PDF link

    W. K. Melville and L. Lenain (2006) "Imaging through a breaking surface," Ocean Optics XVIII, Montreal, Canada, October 2006, oral presentation.

    Christopher J. Zappa, Michael L. Banner, Howard Schultz, Andres Corrada-Emmanuel, Lawrence B. Wolff & Jacob Yalcin (2008) "Retrieval of short ocean wave slope using polarimetric imaging," Measurement Science and Technology, 19, 055503, doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/5/055503.

    Yu You, George W. Kattawar, Peng-Wang Zhai, and Ping Yang (2008) "Invisibility cloaks for irregular particles using coordinate transformations," Optics Express, 16(9), 6134.

    Yu You, George W. Kattawar, Peng-Wang Zhai, and Ping Yang (2008) "Zero-backscatter cloak for aspherical particles using a generalized DDA formalism," Optics Express, 16(3), 2068.

    Yu You, George W. Kattawar, Ping Yang (2009) "Invisibility cloaks for toroids," Optics Express, 17(8), 6591.

    Dorman, C.E. and C.D. Winant (1995) "Buoy observations of the atmosphere along the west coast of the United States, 1981-1990," Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(C8), 16,029-16,044.

    Lerczak, J.A., M.C. Hendershott, and C.D. Winant (2001) "bservations and modeling of coastal internal waves driven by a diurnal sea breeze,"Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(C9), 19,715-19,729.

    Breaker, L.C., W.H. Gemmill, P.W. deWitt, D.S. Crosby (2003) "A curious relationship between the winds and currents at the western entrance of the Santa Barbara Channel,"Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C5), 3132, doi:10.1029/2002JC001458, 2003.

    Kessler, R.C. and S.G. (1991) "A numerical study of mesoscale eddy development over the Santa Barbara Channel,"Journal of Applied Meteorology, 30, 633-651.

    Dorman, C.E. and C.D. Winant (2000) "The structure and variability of the marine atmosphere around the Santa Barbara Channel,"Monthly Weather Review, 128, 261-282.

    Skyllingstad, E.D. and P. Barbour (2001) "The dynamics of northwest summer winds over the Santa Barbara Channel,"Monthly Weather Review, 129, 1029-1061.

    R.C. Kessler and S.G. Douglas (1991) "A Numerical Study of Mesoscale Eddy Development over the Santa Barbara Channel,"Journal of Applied Meteorology Volume 30, Issue 5 (May 1991) pp. 633-651.

    C. E. Dorman and C. D. Winant (2000) "The Structure and Variability of the Marine Atmosphere around the Santa Barbara Channel,"Monthly Weather Review Volume 128, Issue 2 (February 2000) pp. 261-282.

    Eric D. Skyllingstad, Philip Barbour, and Clive E. Dorman (2001) "The Dynamics of Northwest Summer Winds over the Santa Barbara Channel,"Monthly Weather Review Volume 129, Issue 5 (May 2001) pp. 1042-1061.

    Guillermo Auad, Myrl C. Hendershott, and Clinton D. Winant (1998) "Wind-Induced Currents and Bottom-Trapped Waves in the Santa Barbara Channel,"Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 28, Issue 1 (January 1998) pp. 85-102.

    Lie-Yauw Oey, Clinton Winant, Ed Dever, Walter R. Johnson, and Dong-Ping Wang (2004) "A Model of the Near-Surface Circulation of the Santa Barbara Channel: Comparison with Observations and Dynamical Interpretations,"Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 34, Issue 1 (January 2004) pp. 23-43.

    Yu You, Dariusz Stramski, Miroslaw Darecki, and George W. Kattawar (2009) "Modeling of wave-induced irradiance fluctuation at near-surface depths in the ocean: A comparison with measurements," Applied Optics.

    Another interesting paper for RaDyO Theorists:

    M. Farhat, S. Guenneau, S. Enoch, G. Tayeb, A.B. Movchan, and N.V. Movchan (2008) "Analytical and numerical analysis of lensing effect for linear surface water waves through a square array of nearly touching square cylinders," Physical Review E, 77, 046308 (2008).


    Proposal Abstracts
    Click on proposal name for *.pdf file

    Michael Banner et al. Ocean surface wave optical roughness - innovative measurement and modeling
    Tommy Dickey and
    Grace Chang
    High resolution time series observations and modeling of radiance, optical properties, and physical processes
    David Farmer and
    Svein Vagle
    Wave induced bubble clouds and their effect on radiance in the upper ocean
    George Kattawar 3D time-dependent vector radiative transfer in an atmosphere-ocean system
    Marlon Lewis and
    Scott McLean
    Quantitative estimatation of variability in the underwater radiance distribution (RADCAM)
    Ken Melville
    and Luc Lenain
    The influence of breaking at the ocean surface on oceanic radiance and imaging
    Scott Pegau and
    Hemantha Wijesekera
    Spatial variability of irradiance in the wave boundary layer
    Dariusz Stramski Measurements of wave-induced fluctuations in the underwater radiance under various surface boundary conditions
    Mike Twardowski
    and Ron Zaneveld
    High fidelity IOP observations
    Ken Voss Downwelling polarized radiance distribution measurements
    Dick Yue and Lian Shen (and Yuming Liu and Kelli Hendrickson) A direct simulation-based study of radiance in a dynamic ocean


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