Air Sea Interaction Laboratory

The people

Research subjects

• studies of mass, energy, momentum and radiation fluxes across the sea surface
• study of concentration and size distribution of marine aerosol in the boundary layer over sea surface and in the coast zone
• studies of atmospheric optical depth over coastal zones and open sea
• modeling of the light field in atmosphere and ocean
• other interdisciplinary research of air-sea interaction phenomena

History of the Laboratory

Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory was created in its present form as a unit of Institute of Oceanology PAS in January 2002 by fusion of the original Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory and Lidar Laboratory. The new laboratory is part of the Hydrodynamics Department of the Institute. At the beginning of 2003 Prof. Andrzej Zieliński, founder of the lidar group in IOPAS, moved to the new Ecohydrodynamics Laboratory.

Recent Peer-Reviewed Papers (since 1998)

• Otremba Z, Piskozub J "Modeling the remotely sensed optical contrast caused by oil suspended in the sea water column" OPTICS EXPRESS 11 (1): 2-6 JAN 13 2003
• Piechura J, Osinski R, Petelski T, et al. "Heat and salt fluxes in the West Spitsbergen Current area in summer" OCEANOLOGIA 44 (3): 307-321 2002
• Zielinski T, Zielinski A "Aerosol extinction and aerosol optical thickness in the atmosphere over the Baltic Sea determined with lidar" J AEROSOL SCI 33 (6): 907-921 JUN 2002
• Massel SR "Wavelet analysis for processing of ocean surface wave records" OCEAN ENG 28 (8): 957-987 AUG 2001
• Otremba Z, Piskozub J "Modelling of the optical contrast of an oil film on a sea surface" OPT EXPRESS 9 (8): 411-416 OCT 8 2001
• Piskozub J, Flatau PJ, Zaneveld JVR "Monte Carlo study of the scattering error of a quartz reflective absorption tube" J ATMOS OCEAN TECH 18 (3): 438-445 2001
• Massel SR, Sobey RJ "Distribution of the highest wave in a record" COAST ENG J 42 (2): 153-173 JUN 2000
• Massel SR, Gourlay MR "On the modelling of wave breaking and set-up on coral reefs" COAST ENG 39 (1): 1-27 JAN 2000
• Piskozub J, Weeks AR, Schwarz JN, et al. "Self-shading of upwelling irradiance for an instrument with sensors on a sidearm" APPL OPTICS 39 (12): 1872-1878 APR 20 2000
• Massel SR, Furukawa K, Brinkman RM "Surface wave propagation in mangrove forests" FLUID DYN RES 24 (4): 219-249 APR 1999
• Zielinski T, Zielinski A, Piskozub J, et al. "Aerosol optical thickness over the coastal area of the southern Baltic Sea" OPT APPL 29 (4): 439-447 1999
• Flatau PJ, Piskozub J, Zaneveld JRV "Asymptotic light field in the presence of a bubble-layer" OPT EXPRESS 5 (5): 120-124 AUG 30 1999
• Massel SR, Brinkman RM "On the determination of directional wave spectra for practical applications" APPL OCEAN RES 20 (6): 357-374 DEC 1998
• Massel SR "The limiting wave height in wind-induced wave trains" OCEAN ENG 25 (9): 735-752 OCT 1998