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Centre for Electro-Optic Propagation and Sensing - CEOPS
MISSION STATEMENT
The Centre's mission is to be a national resource for research, consultancy and postgraduate studies on the effects of the atmosphere on electro-optic systems.
BACKGROUND
The Centre for Electro-Optic Propagation and Sensing (CEOPS) is a group with members from the Microelectronics Research Group; the UWA School of Mathematics and Statistics; Physics Department of Curtin University of Technology; Center of Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA; and the US Office of Naval Research.
The aim of the Centre is to model EO atmospheric propagation and sensing, undertake contract research to extend the skills and expertise of its members and disseminate those skills to government and industry, encourage postgraduate studies and promote training in the area, and to strengthen collaboration within the EO community.
KEY RESEARCH AREAS
- Molecular and aerosol scattering effects.
- Atmospheric refraction and scintillation effects, particularly in the marine environment.
- UV & IR sensors.
RESEARCH STAFF
Dr Brett Nener, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Dr Merv Lynch, Associate Professor, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Mr Frank Yu, Adjunct Research Associate, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Dr Jim Davies, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Professor Zoran Ninkov, Center of Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
Dr Walter McKeown, US Naval Research Laboratories, Washington DC, USA
Dr Iosef Fuchs, CERES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
VISITORS
Dr Jim Churnside, NOAA – ETL, Boulder, Colorado, USA
RECENTLY COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Design, construction, installation and extended testing of instrumentation designed to assess the variability of UV scintillation with regional meteorological conditions in a tropical environment.
- Radiative transfer training for national client.
- Development of algorithms for simultaneously extracting atmospheric aerosol optical depth and land surface b-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF).
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Yu, F., Lynch, M. and Nener, B. (2004). Radiative Transfer Modelling and Atmospheric Effects on Optical Propagation
