Infrared multiscale sea surface modeling

An analytical model of infrared sea surface optical properties is developed to access to statistical radiative characteristics of a wind-roughened water surface. Any surface size, i.e. that contains or not all the statistical information of the stochastic process governing the sea surface, can be considered. This model deals with the problem of multi-resolution in a sensor field of view. Model validation has been conducted in 1D by comparison with a reference code and in 2D by comparisons with optical properties measurements and with validated 1D cross sections.