Ocean Optics Summer Class - July 7 – August 2, 2013 at the University of Maine, Darling Marine Center

Ocean Optics Summer Class: 

Calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing. 

July 7 – August 2, 2013 at the Darling Marine Center

 An intensive four-week, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level course in Optical Oceanography will be offered at the University of Maine, Darling Marine Center in summer 2013.  This class is a continuation of the Optical Oceanography course first offered at the Friday Harbor Laboratories in 1985 and more recently at the Darling Marine Center.  Past graduates are many of today's leaders in oceanography.

 The major theme of the course is calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing. The course will provide students with a fundamental knowledge of ocean optics and optical sensor technology that will enable them to make quality measurements, be able to assess the uncertainties associated with the measurements and compare these data with remotely sensed ocean color measurements and products derived from them. The course is sponsored by NASA and the University of Maine, with the goal of preparing a new generation of oceanographers trained in the use of optics to study the oceans.

Course elements include:

• lectures on the basic theory of the light interaction with matter in aquatic environments, ocean color remote sensing and its inversion, sensor design and function, and ocean biogeochemistry; computation and propagation of measurement uncertainties;

• laboratory sessions using optical instrumentation and radiative transfer software;

• field sampling of optical and biogeochemical variables in the environmentally diverse waters of coastal Maine;

• analysis of optical and biogeochemical data sets; and

• collaborative student projects.

See: http://misclab.umeoce.maine.edu/~optics/ for previous class content and activities.

 Instructors (alphabetical):  Emmanuel Boss (coordinator), Curt Mobley, Mary Jane Perry, Collin Roesler, Ken Voss, Jeremy Werdell and Ron Zaneveld.

 Dates:  July 7– August 2nd, 2013

Costs: Scholarships for Tuition, room and board and academic credits are available. Please indicate if you require one.

 Registration: Registration deadline is March 1st, 2013, notification by April 1st, 2013. Registration at http://server.dmc.maine.edu/courses.html

 Acceptance criteria:  likely impact of the class on the individual's career, transcripts, letter from the academic advisor/supervisor, and diversity.  While the majority of the class will likely be composed of early career graduate students, advanced students and post-doctoral fellows will be considered for admission.


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Emmanuel Boss, Professor
School of Marine Sciences
5706 Aubert Hall, University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5706
Tel: 207-581-4378, Cell: 207-356-9147
Fax: 207-581-4388
emmanuel.boss@maine.edu
http://misclab.umeoce.maine.edu/boss/boss.php
skype: emmanuel.boss
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