Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)
ORCID :
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-5530
Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Physical Oceanography
Activities
Dr. Dierssen is Professor and head of the Coastal Ocean
Laboratory for Optics and Remote Sensing (COLORS) jointly appointed in the
Department of Marine Sciences and Geography at the University of
Connecticut. Dr. Dierssen received her
B.S. and M.S. from Stanford University, Ph.D. from the University of California
Santa Barbara and was a post-doctoral fellow at Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute prior to assuming her present
position. Dr. Dierssen is an optical
oceanographer who specializes in developing and using ocean color imagery and
data to understand ecological and air-sea processes including whitecaps and
bubbles. She is presently the Science
Team Leader for the NASA Plankton Aerosol Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE)
mission. As a Fulbright Scholar, she
worked on developing methods and technology for hyperspectral remote sensing
with colleagues in Belgium. Dr. Dierssen
has helped formulate key programmatic questions and areas of future growth for
national and international remote sensing programs including the International
Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG); NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry
(OBB); the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory; and the National Academy of Science
Space Studies Board, Committee on Earth Studies.
Skills
ocean color remote sensing, hyperspectral imaging, optically shallow water, coral reef, seagrass, whitecaps