Journal
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS
DOI: 10.1525/elementa.331
Keywords
Ocean; Atmosphere; Interface; Interactions; Remote sensing; Interdisciplinarity
Funding
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Scientific Committee for Ocean Research (SCOR)
- Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
- NASA
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Earth observing systems have proven to be a unique source of long-term synoptic information on numerous physical, chemical and biological parameters on a global scale. Merging this information for integrated studies that peruse key questions about the ocean-atmosphere interface is, however, very challenging. Such studies require interdisciplinary frameworks and novel insights into ways to address the problem. We present here a perspective review on how current and emerging remote sensing technologies could help address two scientific questions within the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) science plan: (1) to what extent doesupper-ocean biology affect the composition and radiative properties of the marine boundary layer; and (2) to what extent does upper-ocean turbulence drive fluxes of mass and energy at the air-sea interface. We provide a thorough review of how these questions have been addressed and discuss novel potential avenues using multiplatform space-borne missions, from visible to microwave, active and passive sensors.
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