Remote sensing of bubble clouds in sea water

Authors
Flatau, PJ Flatau, M Zaneveld, JRV Mobley, CD
Citation
Pj. Flatau et al., Remote sensing of bubble clouds in sea water, Q J R METEO, 126(568), 2000, pp. 2511-2523
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00359009 → ACNP
Volume
126
Issue
568
Year of publication
2000
Part
C
Pages
2511 - 2523
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9009(200007)126:568<2511:RSOBCI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report on the influence of submerged bubble clouds on the remote-sensing properties of water. We show that the optical effect of bubbles on radiati ve transfer and on the estimate of the ocean colour is significant. We pres ent 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 microph ysical properties, shows the possible significance of bubble clouds on the albedo to incoming solar energy.