| TU1.L11: 40 Years of Ocean Remote Sensing - a Session to Honor W. Alpers on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday I | 
| Session Type: Oral | 
| Time: Tuesday, July 25, 08:00 - 09:40 | 
| Location: Room 202 B | 
| Session Chairs: Roland Romeiser, University of Miami RSMAS and Jochen Horstmann, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht | 
| 08:00 - 08:40 | 
| TU1.L11.1: DETECTION OF MARINE SLICKS WITH SAR: SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL LEGACY OF WERNER ALPERS, HIS STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES | 
| Benjamin Holt; Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 
| Cathleen Jones; Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 
| 08:40 - 09:00 | 
| TU1.L11.3: A JOINT ACTIVE/PASSIVE PHYSICAL MODEL OF SEA SURFACE MICROWAVE SIGNATURES | 
| William Plant; University of Washington | 
| Vladimir Irisov; ZelTech LLC | 
| 09:00 - 09:20 | 
| TU1.L11.4: FROM RESEARCH TO OPERATIONS BASED ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WERNER ALPERS | 
| Frank Monaldo; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | 
| Christopher Jackson; GST | 
| Xiaofeng Li; GST | 
| 09:20 - 09:40 | 
| TU1.L11.5: STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF RAIN ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SMAP RADIOMETER SURFACE SALINITY ESTIMATES AND APPLICATIONS TO REMOTE SENSING OF RIVER PLUMES | 
| David Weissman; Hofstra University | 
| Steven Morey; Florida State University | 
| Mark Bourassa; Florida State University |