Overview
Class starts at 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning from Monday to Friday. Typically, mornings will start with a student synthesis of data, findings, and questions from previous day’s lab, followed by next lectures. Afternoon labs will most often be related to the morning lectures. The schedule is flexible and will be updated throughout the course.
Meal timing
Breakfast: 7:30-8:00 (Mon-Fri) || 08:00 breakfast (Sat) || 10:30 brunch (Sun)
Lunch: 12:00-13:00 (Mon-Sat)
Coffee break: 15:00-15:15 (Mon-Fri)
Dinner: 17:00-18:00 (Mon-Sun)
Lecture videos are available on: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOceanOpticsClass. We’re still in the process of uploading!
Week One
| Date | Morning | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|
| 12/06/2023 Monday | - Welcome to Maine and the Schiller Coastal Studies Center & introductions of class members and instructors - Lecture 1: Basic Radiometric Terminology + what the optics class is about (AB) [PDF] - Lecture 2: Overview of light in water (CR) [PDF] | - Introductions - Lecture 3: Tonight’s Assignment: An introduction to phytoplankton in Harpswell Sound using the Imaging Flow CytoBot (CR) [PDF] - Lab 1: Playing with Light (EB+All) [PDF] |
| 13/06/2023 Tuesday | - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 1 - Lecture 4: Absorption Part 1 : theoretical basis of absorption +maybe OM fluorescence, absorption by individual particles, bulk absorption (ME) [PDF] - Lecture 5: Absorption Part 2: approaches for measuring absorption (ME)[PDF] | - Lab 2: Absorption by dissolved material with ac-9 / ac-s and spectrophotometer (Beer’s Law in a tank, environmental samples in ac- meters + specs) (EB +CR +ME) [PDF] |
| 14/06/2023 Wednesday | - Lecture 6: Scattering Part 1: theoretical basis of scattering, scattering by individual particles (WS) [PDF] - Lecture 7: Beam attenuation (EB) [PDF] - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 2 | - Lab 3: Absorption by particulate material (ac-9 / ac-s and spectrophotometer) (CR, EB, IC) [PDF] |
| 15/06/2023 Thursday | - Lecture 8: Scattering Part 2: Scattering measurement, instrumentation, examples (WS) [PDF] - Lecture 9: Particle size distribution and its optical proxies (ME) [PDF] - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 3 | - Lab 4: Scattering by particulate material (beta, b and bb, LISST) (CR, EB, ME) [PDF] |
| 16/06/2023 Friday | - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 4 - Lecture 10: Phytoplankton classification in situ (imaging, pigments, sizes, DNA) (SK) [PDF] - Lecture 11: Chlorophyll fluorescence (IC) [PDF] | - Lab 5: Fluorescence of CDOM and chlorophyll, Fluorometer calibration, Chlorophyll concentration (IC, SK, CR) (chlorophyll extraction) [PDF] - Run Androscoggin River on CDOM fluorescence with flat-faced CDOM fluorometer over the weekend |
Week Two
| Day | Morning | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|
| 19/06/2023 Monday | - A short discussion of Juneteenth – Student presentations of data and results from Lab 5 - Lecture 12: Tour of particles in the ocean / living-dead (ME, SK) [PDF] - Lecture 13 IOPs and particle properties (size, shape, etc) (EB) [PDF] | - Lab 6: Mie lab. Computing optical properties of single spherical particles and populations of particles – LISST (EB, ft. KB) [PDF], [Bonus Info!] - Discussion with students – brainstorming session – group exercises: ocean constituents and their physical properties and relation to the optical properties |
| 20/06/2023 Tuesday | - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 6 - Lecture 14: Light and radiometry (AB) [PDF] - Lecture 15: Radiometric quantities and their measurement (AB) [PDF] | - Lab 7: NewLab Hydrolight part 1 (KB) [PDF] |
| 21/06/2023 Wednesday | - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 7 - Lecture 16: Introduction to AOPs (CBD, EB) [PDF] - Lecture 17: The Radiative Transfer Equation (CR) [PDF] | - Lab 8: Radiometric measurements: in-water and above-water (EB et al) [PDF] |
| 22/06/2023 Thursday | - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 8 - Lecture 19: Introduction to Remote Sensing (PG, KB) [PDF] - Lecture 20: LIDAR (KB) [PDF] | - Lecture 20: Polarization (PG) [PDF] - Lab 9: Polarization in the lab, sky, and water (PG, EB, ME et al) [PDF] |
| 23/06/2023 Friday | \– Lecture 21: Cal/Val in Ocean Optics(EB, KB) [PDF] – Review/Checkin and General planning for the cruise [PDF] - Inline setup/overview (GB) | – Lab 10: NewLab Hydrolight part 2 (KB)[PDF] + Aurea Ciotti phytoplankton ecology (AC) [PDF] |
Week Three
| Day | Morning | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|
| 26/06/2023 Monday | - Student presentations of data and results from Lab 9 and 10 - Lecture 22: Rrs inversion methods Part 1 : band ratios (JW) [PDF] and machine learning and neural networks (PG) [PDF] - Lecture 23: Rrs inversion methods Part 2 - semi-analytical models to obtain IOPs (JW) [PDF] | Lecture 24: Biogeochemical proxies (ME) [PDF] CRUISE loading and cruise prep (students) |
| 27/06/2023 Tuesday | - CRUISES (group 1) Ocean Color RS Processing with SeaDAS (JW+PG+GB)[intro] [PDF] (group 2) | Students Alternate Groups |
| 29/06/2023 Wednesday | - Students give short cruise debrief - Group 1: HyperCP for processing pySAS data (NH) [PDF] - Group 2: Inline processing cruise data in matlab (GB) | Students Alternate Groups |
| 28/06/2023 Thursday | - Student presentations of remote sensing data - Lecture 25: Ocean color atmospheric correction (JW) [PDF] - Lecture 26: Unsolved Problems in Atmospheric Correction (RF) [PDF] | - Lab12: Semi-analytical inversion (PG+JW) [PDF] [github repo] - Cruise Data Processing |
| 30/06/2023 Friday | - Lecture 27: Life of a photon (JW) [PDF] - Lecture 28: Uncertainty, basic data analysis, and statistics (EB) [PDF] | - New RS Opportunities from L2: EPIC (RF) [PDF] - Cruise data processing |
Week Four
| Day | Morning | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|
| 03/07/2023 Monday | - Student presentations of preliminary cruise data and results - Lecture 30: Modelling : Monte Carlo Methods and hands-on (ME) [PDF] | - Arduino lab - Continue to work on project |
| 04/07/2023 Tuesday | - Student presentations of preliminary cruise data and results - Lecture 31: Calibrating bb sensors (EB) - Data counseling (i.e. whatever you need help with) | - 4-5 pm talk: How to conduct yourself ethically as a member of the scientific community (EB+all) |
| 05/07/2023 Wednesday | - Student presentations of preliminary cruise data and results - Lecture 32: Remote sensing of zooplankton (CM) [PDF] - Lecture 33: PCC and PSD inversions from Rrs (AC) [PDF] | - Working on projects - 6-7ish: Career panel discussion (all) |
| 06/07/2023 Thursday | - Student presentations of preliminary cruise data and results - Project work and support | - LISST Horizon Demo (PG) -Working on projects |
| 07/07/2023 Friday | - Project Presentations | - Project Presentations |