Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • My research interests lie in air-sea interactions with a focus on ocean remote sensing of wind waves and the air-sea exchange of momentum, heat, and mass including greenhouse gases. Funded projects often involve the use of microwave remote sensing systems including altimetry, scatterometry, radiometry, and synthetic aperture radar as well as in situ measurement techniques and instrumentation - applied at regional and global scales. Our group is also developing observation platforms and sensors to support improved measurements. Recent research includes participation as a Principal Investigator on several NASA science teams including those for SWOT, Ocean Surface Topography, Ocean Vector Wind, Ocean Sea Surface Salinity, and GLIMR.
  • Principal Investigator On

  • Western Gulf of Maine Monitoring for NERACOOS  awarded by NERACOOS 2021 - 2026
  • Assessing the Impacts of Surface Waves on SWOT Measurements  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2020 - 2024
  • Creating an Extended and Coherent ESDR of the Ocean Surface Winds, Stress and Their Dynamically-Significant Derivatives for the Period 1999-2022  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2018 - 2023
  • Quantifying the Role of Salinity in NW Atlantic Shelf Circulation Dynamics  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2020 - 2023
  • Using Ocean Surface Imagery to Estimate Atmospheric Boundary Layer Stability  awarded by University of Washington 2020 - 2023
  • Collaborative Research: Investigations of Wind-Driven Exchange and Long-Wave Modulation of Surface Fluxes Under Strong Wind Conditions Using OOI Data  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2018 - 2022
  • MBON Expansion into the Gulf of Maine: The Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network  awarded by NERACOOS 2019 - 2022
  • Optimizing Ocean Acidification Observations for Model Parameterization in the Coupled Slope Water  awarded by Rutgers University 2019 - 2022
  • CISESS: Multi Sensor Air-Sea Interaction Studies Using the Satellite Altimeter with Additional Work to Help Develop Fully-Focused SAR Altimetry for Oceanographic Applications  awarded by University of Maryland 2019 - 2022
  • Collaborative Research: A New System for Air-Sea CO2 Flux Measurements from Moored and Unmanned Surface Platforms  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2017 - 2021
  • Investigating Interannual Freshwater Variability Along the NW Atlantic Shelf Using Satellite Salinity Data  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2017 - 2021
  • New Techniques for Resolving Fine-Scale Coupling Between the Ocean and Atmosphere Using Global Ocean Radar Backscatter Data  awarded by University of Washington 2017 - 2021
  • Integrating Altimetry and Coastal Ocean Observing Systems for Coastal Circulation Applications at Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales  awarded by Rutgers University 2017 - 2021
  • Assessment of 3-D Winds and Direct Covariance Air-Sea Fluxes from Saildrone Platforms  awarded by Saildrone Inc 2017 - 2020
  • Multi-Sensor-Air-Sea Interaction Process Studies Using the Satellite Altimeter Constellation  awarded by University of Maryland 2017 - 2020
  • Marine Atmospheric Modeling, Data Collection, Visualization & Metrological Toolset for Submarine  awarded by NP Photonics Inc 2019
  • A Multi-Sensor View of Satellite Ocean Wind Stress Estimation and its Application to Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2014 - 2019
  • Method and Analysis of Wind and Wave Climate Records Using Satellite Ocean Remote Sensing Products  awarded by IFREMER Centre de Brest 2018 - 2019
  • Microwave Remote Sensing Theory of the Ocean Surface at L-Band  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2015 - 2018
  • Evaluate and Derive Sea State Bias Models for TOPEX Retracked Data  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2015 - 2018
  • Analysis of Coastal Ocean Circulation and Coastal Altimeter Observing Systems Using Variational Methods in Model-Data Integration  awarded by Rutgers University 2013 - 2018
  • Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) University of Washington  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2016 - 2017
  • Application of Enhanced Sea State Bias Corrections for Precise Long-term Altimeter Sea Level Climate Data Records  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2013 - 2017
  • Amazon River Discharge and its Influence on Tropical Atlantic SST and Mixed Layer Dynamics  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2013 - 2017
  • Exploiting Synergies Between Ocean Wind-Wave Modeling and Satellite Altimetry  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2013 - 2017
  • Determining Geophysical Impacts on Scatterometer Wind Stress Accuracy  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2010 - 2015
  • Applying EOS-Aqua, Altimetry and Wave Model Data to Improve Aquarius Salinity Measurements  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2009 - 2014
  • Altimetry and Operational Wind-Wave Prediction  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2008 - 2013
  • Improving Coastal Circulation Analysis and Prediction Through Refined Altimeter Data Processing and Variational Data Assimilation into a Regional Ocean Model  awarded by Rutgers University 2008 - 2013
  • Determining Seasonal and Interannual Controls on Air-Sea Carbon Dioxide Flux in a Highly Productive Marginal Sea  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2009 - 2013
  • Ocean Monitoring in Support of NERACOOS  awarded by NERACOOS 2010 - 2012
  • Using Ultra-high Resolution QuikSCAT Data to Prepare for Future Scatterometet Missions  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2009 - 2012
  • Methods for Prediction of Ocean Carbon Dioxide Levels and Air-Sea Gas Exchange Using Satellite Ocean Remote Sensing Products  awarded by IFREMER Centre de Brest 2011 - 2012
  • Investigating Meteorological Sensor Performance on Moored Platforms using a Fluid Dynamics Simulator  awarded by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2011
  • Altimetric Ocean Wave Products for NOAA/NWS's Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) and Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurrican Center (TPC/NHC)  awarded by California Institute of Technology 2008 - 2010
  • Moored Platform Flow Distortion Study  awarded by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2010
  • Development of a Mass Flux Measurement Subsystem on a Coastal Mooring  awarded by IFREMER Centre de Brest 2008 - 2009
  • Determining Gravity Wave Impacts on Sea Level Measurements  awarded by California Institute of Technology 2006 - 2008
  • Education And Training

  • B.S., Hope College
  • M.S. Engineering, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Ph.D. Earth Science: Oceanography, University of New Hampshire
  • Full Name

  • Douglas Vandemark
  • Mailing Address

  • UNH

    EOS/OPAL

    8 College Rd, 142 Morse Hall

    Durham

    NH

    03824