Remote measurement of coastal marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) features

Coastal region marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) properties derived from satellite data are compared with coastal in situ aircraft-measured conditions. A multispectral approach using visible and IR data is being tested to estimate indirectly important variables such as depth of the MABL. In situ data were obtained from aircraft, ship mounted systems and from shoreline stations. In examined cases, remotely sensed information yields reasonable assessments of the height of the top of the boundary layer as well as of conditions immediately above the surface. Remote data describe high resolution horizontal/temporal variations, important in the coastal regions, but not described by point measured data.