Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics Group

The Atmospheric and Ocean Optics group, in the Physics Department at the Univ. of Miami, conducts research in both theoretical and experimental environmental optics. The group is headed by Dr. Olga Korotkova and Dr. Kenneth Voss.

Quick List of Research Interests

• Atmospheric and Ocean Radiative Transfer
• Atmospheric Aerosol Optical Properties
• Atmospheric Correction and Ocean Color
• Inelastic Ocean Light Scattering
• Atmospheric and Ocean Radiation Distributions
• Polarization of Atmospheric and Ocean Radiation
• Sunphotometry and Lidar
• Sun Aureole Measurements
• Sea Surface Reflectance and Whitecaps
• Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Function

Cooperative research is conducted with the PACE program at Goddard Space Flight Center and various groups at RSMAS the University of Miami Marine and Atmospheric Sciences campus located in Key Biscayne, and NOAA.

Atmospheric and Ocean Optics Research Group

• Dr. Olga Korotkova, Assoc. Professor of Physics
• Dr. Kenneth Voss, Professor of Physics
• Dr. Art Gleason, Assistant Scientist
Dr. Howard Gordon, Professor Emeritus of Physics

Link to current preprints (papers submitted/in press).