Remote Sensing Independent Research Projects in the USNA Oceanography Department Since 1986


Link to Recent Remote Sensing Projects (2001-2003) and Abstracts


Academic Year
Midshipmen
Title/Topic
2002-2003 Meghan Poukish Evaluation of the accuracy of SSM/I-derived ice concentration products near the ice edge
Theodore Verymeychuk Comparison of Arctic sea ice motion from QuikScat and SSM/I
Lisa Morgan A new model:  Evaluating the Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Prediction System (COAMPS 3.0)
2001-2002 Nathan Bastar Comparison of Passive Microwave Algorithms for Sea Ice Concentration
Sarah Heidt An Evaluation of an Automated Sea Ice Classification System for Interpreting SAR Imagery
Robert Holt Analysis of Columbian Coca Cultivation via Remote Sensing
Jonathan Shannon Using Pathfinder SSTs to Represent In Situ Data in the Florida Keys, Bahamas, and Great Barrier Reef
2000-2001 Kate Grof-Tisza Satellite Detection of Coccolithophore Blooms in the Gulf of Maine from 1981-2000
1999-2000 Pat Marvel and Andrew Cenizeros Pathfinder Biases and Their Relation to Wind Speed and Air-Sea Temperature Differences
1996-1997 Brent Moore COPE AVHRR Color
Kenji Gjovig Global Climate Change
1994-1995 Tim Winter High-Resolution Climatology [TRIDENT]
Greg Emery 1994 Tahiti Bleaching
1993-1994 Mike Gleeson Coral Reef Bleaching [TRIDENT]
1992-1993 Julie Pryor Volcanic Eruptions and CZCS
Mike Boone New SST Climatology
Rick Montgomery Bermuda Coral Bleaching
1991-1992 David Iruzak Bermuda SST Time Series
David Lum Bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef
Rick McCormack Coral Bleaching
1990-1991 David Lum El Nino
Jim Novak Pacific Eddies off Central America from CZCS
1989-1990 A.J. Reiss and Dan Reed Global AVHRR Time Series
Caren Ritter Hurricanes and SST Influence
1988-1989 McCormack and Shaffer CZCS in the Caribbean
Tim Gallaudet and Pam Krahl Upwelling Along the East Coast during 1988
1987-1988 David Rogers Spiral Eddies and Landsat Data
1986-1987 Debbie Klatt Spiral Eddies in the Mediterranean Sea [TRIDENT]