Ryan Vandermuelen
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Ryan Vandermuelen is an ocean color remote sensing scientist whose work focuses on the fine-scale temporal dynamics of coastal waters. His primary research area involves characterizing diurnal changes in ocean color, particularly in turbid, optically complex regions. His most cited work, "Diurnal changes in ocean color sensed in satellite imagery" (2017, 15 citations), provides critical measurements of how water-leaving radiance varies throughout the day in the Gulf of Mexico. By leveraging high-frequency data from a NASA AERONET-WaveCIS site (CSI-06), which captures 8–10 observations daily, Vandermuelen demonstrated that satellite overpasses at fixed times may miss significant intraday variability in coastal optics. This contribution is vital for improving the temporal resolution of satellite-derived ocean color products and for validating geostationary ocean color sensors. His work bridges the gap between ground-based radiometry and satellite observations, offering a more dynamic view of coastal biogeochemical processes. Vandermuelen’s research is particularly relevant for studies of sediment transport, phytoplankton blooms, and water quality monitoring in shallow, turbid environments.
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- 1Diurnal changes in ocean color sensed in satellite imagery15 citations · 2017