1. Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences Jacek Piskozub COPAL-Polska, Warsaw, January 18, 2008

2. IOPAS, Sopot, Poland Sopot

3. Institute of Oceanology PAS Institute established in 1984 Institute established in 1984 Build: 1992-2007 Build: 1992-2007 Research Ship R/V Oceania Research Ship R/V Oceania Staff: about 150, including 65 PhDs+ Staff: about 150, including 65 PhDs+

5. Ship of the Institute: r/v Oceania (build 1985)‏

6. Institute of Oceanology PAS

7. Areas of interest:

8. What would we need the plane for? Optical remote sensing of the sea surface (“ground truth” and sub cloudy weather research)‏ Optical remote sensing of the sea surface (“ground truth” and sub cloudy weather research)‏ Air-sea interaction (surface wave fields, whitecap coverage)‏ Air-sea interaction (surface wave fields, whitecap coverage)‏ Marine aerosol and cloud research (counters, lidars etc.)‏ Marine aerosol and cloud research (counters, lidars etc.)‏ Deploying instrumentation over wide ocean / sea-ice areas Deploying instrumentation over wide ocean / sea-ice areas Other fly-over measurements correlated with ship or mooring oceanographic experiments. Other fly-over measurements correlated with ship or mooring oceanographic experiments.

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