James Churnside

retired

Atmospheric Remote Sensing

Affiliation

CIRES

Research

Airborne oceanographic lidar for the measurement of the distributions of fish, plankton, and primary productivity in the upper ocean. Most recent interest is in the effects of sea ice on primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean.

Current Topics

Thin plankton layered structure
Zooplankton and phytoplankton distributions
Laser scattering from bubbles

last modified: April 1, 2022