Speaker – Jason Jolliff, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division (hosted by R. He).  If you ​will be remotely attending, please use the Go link​, go.ncsu.edu/meas-seminars​.

Seminar Title – Ocean Color Sensor Fusion and Integrated Air-Sea Numerical Modeling: Expanding Temporal Views and Mechanistic Understanding of Coastal Ocean Processes 

Abstract – This talk provides an overview of several interrelated research projects taking place at the Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division. First, novel sensor fusion techniques that combine data from dedicated ocean color satellite-based sensors (OLCI/VIIRS) with geostationary meteorological sensor data (GOES-R/ABI) and other non-traditional information sources will be demonstrated. These methods provide a preview of the data and image sequences that future geostationary ocean color missions (GLIMR/GEO-XO) may provide. The techniques have provided unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution observations of the coastal ocean and have served as the genesis for several new avenues of basic and applied research. Second, an overview of how these data streams may be further combined with coupled air-sea numerical simulations to further investigate integrated biogeochemical-physical coastal processes will be discussed, with several examples provided from the Louisiana-Texas and West Florida continental shelves. Finally, a brief overview of applied research programs that assimilate satellite-derived optical fields directly into physical oceanographic modeling systems will be provided. Changes in these satellite-derived optical properties, largely driven by ocean biology, often have a significant impact on simulated ocean physics as well as air-sea thermal energy exchange in coupled modeling systems.