Optical variability in the ocean

海洋上层光学性质的预测在海洋学中具有中心重要性。这些特性调节可见辐射的穿透，对物理和生物海洋过程产生影响。上层吸收的太阳辐射加热并稳定了海洋；因此，可见辐射衰减速率的变率在上层海洋热结构和动力学中起着重要作用。吸收的辐射负责推动海洋生物赖以生存的光合作用过程。从实际应用的角度来看，可见波长的衰减决定了海面或深海点源和漫射源的有效透射。我的研究项目的目标是研究海洋光学特性变化的来源，并评估这种变化对海洋生物地球化学循环和物理气候相互作用的影响。

Prediction of the optical properties of the upper ocean is of central importance in oceanography. These properties regulate the penetration of visible radiation with ramifications for both physical and biological oceanographic processes. Solar radiation absorbed in the upper layers heats and stabilizes the ocean; as a result, variability in the rate of attenuation of visible radiation plays a strong role in the upper ocean thermal structure and dynamics. Absorbed radiation is responsible for driving the photosynthetic process on which life in the sea depends. For applied interests, the attenuation of visible wavelengths dictates the effective transmission from point and diffuse sources either at the sea surface, or at depth. The goals of my research program are to examine both the sources of variability in ocean optical properties, and to evaluate the effect of this variability on both oceanic biogeochemical cycles and the physical climate interactions: