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Remote sensing of bubble clouds in sea water
Author(s) -
Flatau Piotr J.,
Flatau Maria,
Zaneveld J. R. V.,
Mobley Curtis D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49712656808
Subject(s) - parametrization (atmospheric modeling) , bubble , albedo (alchemy) , radiative transfer , environmental science , volume (thermodynamics) , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , atmospheric radiative transfer codes , wind speed , remote sensing , physics , geology , mechanics , optics , thermodynamics , art , performance art , art history
We report on the influence of submerged bubble clouds on the re mote‐sensing properties of water. We show that the optical effect of bubbles on radiative transfer and on the estimate of the ocean colour is significant. We present a global map of the volume fraction of air in water derived from daily wind speed data. This map, together with the parametrization of the microphysical properties, shows the possible significance of bubble clouds on the albedo to incoming solar energy.