RAPID: Simultaneous Remote Measurement of Skin and Sub-skin Temperature for Ships, USVs, & Buoys

该RAPID项目旨在开发IRISS（红外原位皮肤和皮下），这是一种基于红外的创新传感器系统，用于测量船舶、无人水面车辆（USV）和浮标的皮肤和皮下海面温度。两次机会巡航将用于验证这种方法与其他海气相互作用测量的概念证明。这种独特的系统可能具有变革性，因为它有可能大大增加皮肤和皮下温度测量的数量和覆盖范围，这将增强卫星有效性，因为这些量分别对应于海表面温度的红外和微波检索。IRISS还将提供sst皮下的首次常规测量。由此产生的对冷皮肤和近地表温度分层模式的改进将加强局部海洋学研究，解决当前的业务重点，并改善卫星海温。这种方法的一个重要优点是SSTskin和SSTsubskin将使用同一传感器同时测量。此外，该系统将提供SSTsubskin的第一次辐射测量，这应该是一个比接触测量更准确的表示。从usv和浮标获得准确的皮肤和皮下温度将为改进近地表分层模型提供新的数据。该团队将参加两次机会巡航来验证该方法，并证明这种新的测量技术可以显着改进冷皮肤和暖层效应的模型。这两艘游轮分别是2019年12月在Sikuliaq号上由nsf资助的破气泡（BB）号和2020年1月在Brown号上由noaa资助的原子号。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This RAPID project is to develop IRISS (InfraRed In situ Skin and Subskin), an innovative infrared-based sensor system to measure skin and sub-skin sea surface temperatures from ships, Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV), and buoys. Two cruises of opportunity will be used to validate this approach against other air-sea interaction measurements for a proof of concept. This unique system could be transformative because it has the potential to greatly increase the number and coverage of skin and subskin temperature measurements, which will enhance satellite validation, since these quantities correspond to the IR and microwave retrievals of sea surface temperatures, respectively. IRISS will also provide the first routine measurements of SSTsubskin. The resulting improvements to models for the cool skin and near surface temperature stratification will enhance topical oceanographic research, address current operational priorities, and improve satellite SST.A significant strength of this approach is that SSTskin and SSTsubskin will be measured simultaneously with the same sensor. Furthermore, the system will provide the first radiometric measurement of SSTsubskin, which should be a more accurate representation than can be obtained by contact measurements. The availability of accurate skin and subskin temperature from USVs and buoy will provide new data with which to improve models for near-surface stratification. The team will participate in in two cruises of opportunity to validate the method and demonstrate that this new measurement technique can significantly improve models for the cool skin and warm layer effect. The cruises are the NSF-funded Breaking Bubbles (BB) on the R/V Sikuliaq in Dec 2019 and the NOAA-funded Atomic on the R/V Brown in Jan 2020.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.