R/V Asterias
accompanies the SCIMS semi-autonomous microlayer
sampling catamaran along a southeasterly transect
near the Air-Sea Interaction Tower (
ASIT) of the
Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory during the
ONR CBLAST main experiment (August 2003). Numerous
banded surface film features (light areas) evident
in the field of view are also recorded in the
CDOM fluorescence record. Photo courtesy of M.
McElroy, WHOI
(click
for enlarged version).