Areté Associates has a long tradition of excellence in the area of ocean remote sensing. The Environmental Intelligence Group (EIG) at Areté seeks to extend this knowledge into the near-shore, surf zone, estuarine, and river environments. EIG scientists investigate a wide range of phenomena including hydrodynamics, waves, currents, bathymetry, air-sea interactions, and atmospheric boundary layers. To explore these phenomena, EIG conducts field experiments around the country utilizing passive optical systems such as AROSS (Airborne Remote Optical Spotlight System).  Several in situ instruments are also utilized including current meters, radiometers, meteorological stations, depth sounders, tide gauges, and conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) sensors. In addition, EIG has radiance and hydrodynamic modeling capabilities that are used to explore sensor-measured radiance and hydrodynamic flow parameters. The modeling capabilities also extend our understanding of the marine environment. EIG scientists use all of these data sources to develop algorithms for environmental parameter extraction, synthesis, and analyses. Many of the results can be found in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

                                          High resolution current retrievals from Haverstraw Bay, NY.