https://airsealab.com/tags/visible-imagery/Visible ImageryHugo 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/visible-imagery/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>