https://airsealab.com/tags/observations/ObservationsHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usWed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://airsealab.com/media/icon_huc2955e10144a4b74efe6a17f468b9836_34535_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.pnghttps://airsealab.com/tags/observations/https://airsealab.com/project/dirbreak/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://airsealab.com/project/dirbreak/<h3 id="project-overview">Project Overview</h3> <p>This project uses stereo visible and infrared camera systems on the Air-Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT) at the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory, together with existing stereo-wave observations, to investigate the dynamics of ocean wave breaking. The dataset is being used to improve our understanding of breaking-wave statistics and dissipation and to develop improved parameterizations for wave and air–sea interaction models.</p> <p><strong>Funding</strong>: NSF OCE-2319116 (PI: Leonel Romero)</p> <p><strong>Period:</strong> 8/1/2023 - 7/31/2027</p> <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <ul> <li>Akaawase, B., Romero, L., and Benetazzo, A. (2025). <a href="https://airsealab.com/publication/akaawase-2025/">Observations of Wave‐Breaking Direction and Energy Spread</a>. <em>Geophysical Research Letters</em>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116452" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOI</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="software">Software</h2> <ul> <li>Akaawase, Bernard (2025). Wave Breaking Kinematics. <em>Zenodo</em>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15749808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOI</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="invited-talks-and-seminars">Invited Talks and Seminars</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Romero, L. (2026, June). Directional wave breaking kinematics from stereo visible and infrared field observations, Air-Sea Interaction Symposium, <em>University of Rhode Island</em></p> </li> <li> <p>Romero, L. (2025, Nov.). Directional Phase-Resolved Broadband Observations of Breaking Waves, <em>Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory</em>, Ocean and Climate Physics Seminar</p> </li> <li> <p>Romero, L. (2024, Nov.). Directional Kinematics of Breaking Surface Gravity Waves, <em>Georgia Institute of Technology</em> (virtual)</p> </li> <li> <p>Romero, L. (2024, April) Wave Dissipation, Spectral Ranges, and Energy Balance. 30th <em>WISE meeting</em>, Corsica, France</p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="conference-presentations">Conference Presentations</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Romero L., Akaawase B., and Benetazzo A. (2026, May). Directional Broadband Observations of Breaking Waves (talk). WISE Meeting, Venice, Italy</p> </li> <li> <p>Akaawase B. and Romero L. (2026, Feb.). Wave Breaking Kinematics under Strongly Misaligned Winds and Dominant Waves (virtual poster). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow</p> </li> <li> <p>Akaawase B., Romero L., Benetazzo A. (2025, May). Phase-Resolved Broadband Observations of Directional Breaking Waves (talk). Waves in the Sea Environment (WISE) meeting, Seattle</p> </li> <li> <p>Akaawase B., Romero L. (2024, February). Directional breaking kinematics observations from 3D stereo reconstruction of ocean waves (talk). Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA</p> </li> <li> <p>Akaawase B., Romero L., and Benetazzo A. (2023, May). Directional breaking kinematics observations from 3D stereo reconstruction of ocean waves (talk). 29th Waves in the Sea Environment (WISE), Princeton, NJ</p> </li> </ul>https://airsealab.com/project/drivers_o2/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://airsealab.com/project/drivers_o2/<h3 id="project-overview">Project Overview</h3> <p>This project seeks to improve understanding of the physical and biogeochemical drivers of hypoxia in Long Island Sound through the integration of fine-scale field observations from a wave-powered vertical profiler (WireWalker) and high-resolution numerical modeling. Building on a UConn CLAS Shared Equipment Internal Award, &ldquo;WireWalker Autonomous System for Interdisciplinary Research&rdquo; (PI: Leonel Romero; Co-PI: Cara Manning), the project uses autonomous observations of stratification, currents, turbulence, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, optical backscatter, and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), together with wind and wave measurements, to investigate the mechanisms controlling low-oxygen conditions in the Sound.</p> <p><strong>Funding</strong>: EPA/Connecticut Sea Grant (PI: Cara Manning, co-PI: Leonel Romero)</p> <p><strong>Period:</strong> 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2026</p> <h2 id="conference-presentations">Conference Presentations</h2> <ul> <li>Manning C., Romero L., and Tan P. (2026, June). Drivers of oxygen variability in western Long Island Sound investigated using high-frequency biogeochemical and physical observations (talk). Long Island Sound Research Conference, Mystic, CT</li> </ul>