Appendix A—
Some Leading Research Groups in Opportunity Areas
This appendix lists some leading research groups in the research areas discussed in Chapter 2.
MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER FLUXES
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental groups include those at:
Centre for Inland Waters
University of California at Irvine
University of Washington
IFREMER (France)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Canada)
Naval Postgraduate School
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical groups include those at:
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
University of Michigan
Norwegian Meteorology Institute
COUPLED TURBULENT FLOWS
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental research groups include those at:
University of California at Irvine
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
Oregon State University
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Pennsylvania State University
Oceanic Boundary Layer
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental research groups include those at:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Canada)
Rennel Center (United Kingdom)
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Naval Postgraduate School
National Center for Atmospheric Research
OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental research groups include those at:
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
Remote Sensing Systems, Inc.
Oregon State University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Theoretical and Numerical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard
National Center for Atmospheric Research
European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SURFACE WAVE DYNAMICS
Physics of Wind-Wave Growth and Equilibrium
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental groups include those at:
Canada Centre for Inland Waters
NASA Goddard
University of New South Wales (Australia)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Tohoku University (Japan)
Kyushu University (Japan)
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Stanford University
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical groups include those at:
Johns Hopkins University
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
LaJolla Institute
City College of New York
LaJolla Institute
TRW, Inc.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Oregon State University
Visco-Elastic Effects on Processes at the Ocean Surface
Leading research groups include those at:
ORINCON, Inc.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Naval Research Laboratory
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Case Western Reserve University
Monitoring and Modeling of Ocean Waves on a Regional and Global Basis
Leading modeling investigators include:
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Institute for Space Research (Russia)
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (Ukraine)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of Massachusetts
University of New South Wales (Australia)
Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Interactions Between Waves and Currents
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental investigators include those at:
University of Miami
Forschungszentrum fur Marine Geowissenschaften der Universitat Kiel (GEOMAR; Germany)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
Naval Research Laboratory
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Defense Research Establishment Pacific (Canada)
ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION AND SIGNATURE PHYSICS
Physics of SAR Imagery of the Ocean
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental research groups include those at:
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
ORE, Inc.
SCAN (Russia)
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
University of Maryland
ORE, Inc.
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Marconi Research Centre (United Kingdom)
Imperial College (United Kingdom)
Physics of Microwave Backscatter from the Sea at Intermediate Incidence Angles
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental research groups include those at:
University of Hamburg (Germany)
University of Kansas
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Hofstra University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Remote Sensing Systems, Inc.
TRW, Inc.
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Logicon-RDA, Inc.
TRW, Inc.
University of Michigan
University of Texas
Case Western Reserve University
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
University of Nebraska
Naval Research Laboratory
Physics of Microwave Backscatter from the Sea at Low Grazing Angles
Experimental Approach
Leading experimental research groups include those at:
Naval Research Laboratory
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (United Kingdom)
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (Ukraine)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Theoretical Approach
Leading theoretical research groups include those at:
Naval Research Laboratory
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Logicon-RDA, Inc.
Development of Improved Sensors for Active Sensing
Leading research groups include those at:
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Institute for Space Research (Russia)
Institute for Radio Physics and Electronics (Ukraine)
University of Kansas
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Development of Passive Microwave Techniques
Leading research groups include those at:
Naval Research Laboratory
University of Massachusetts
Remote Sensing Systems, Inc.
Institute for Space Research (Russia)
SCAN (Russia)
Aerojet ElectroSystems, Inc.
BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS-RELATED ACOUSTICAL AND OPTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Acoustical Oceanography
Leading research groups include those at:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of British Columbia
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
FWG (Germany)
Optical Oceanography
Leading research groups include those at:
University of Southern California
University of California at Santa Barbara
NOAA/NOAA Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
University of Miami
Biospherical Instruments, Inc.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis
Oregon State University
University of California at Santa Barbara
