Ocean Remote Sensing and Monitoring from Space

A variety of space-borne remote sensors are currently providing observations of water composition and oceanic processes. These sensors include passive visible and infrared radiometers, passive microwave radiometers, lidars, scatterometers, altimeters, and synthetic aperture radars. The data are interpreted in terms of surface temperature, chlorophyll concentration, sea level, wind stress, wave height, ice thickness and type, salinity, etc., and allow detection and monitoring of oil spills, pollution, and navigational hazards. They are used increasingly in studies of ocean dynamics, water properties, marine boundary layer, air-sea transfer, sea-ice conditions, biological-physical interactions, and climate change. This conference will address current and future remote sensing technologies to study and monitor the oceans, with a focus on new applications and possibilities.