Airborne Oceanographic Lidar results. Spring removal experiments, April 1985

Technical Report · Fri Jun 21 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6984629

Hoge, F

This document contains the preliminary results from the analysis of data acquired with the NASA Airborne Oceanographic Lidar (AOL) during the recent Spring Removal Experiment (SPREX). A total of four flights were made with the NASA P-3A aircraft in direct support of the SPREX studies. In addition, a single pass extending from the Sargasso Sea, across the Gulf Stream, and into Savannah was flown as the final leg of the ONR sponsored BIOWATT experiment. The relative distribution of surface temperature and the concentration of chlorophyll and phycoerythrin photopigments across the study area are provided. Also included are along track profiles of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll and phycoerythrin fluorescence emission for each of the individual flight lines. Both the chlorophyll and phycoerythrin laser induced fluorescence signals have been normalized by the water Raman backscatter signal and are each expressed as relative ratio's.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA (USA). Langley Research Center
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-85ER60327
• OSTI ID: 6984629
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60327-T1; ON: DE87001670
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COASTAL WATERS
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HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
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PIGMENTS
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RANGE FINDERS
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SEAS
SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT
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