Oleg Godin, tsunami shadows

Oleg Godin is a CIRES Senior Research Scientist with ASAP (Advanced Sensor Application Program) Group at ESRL/PSD (Physical Science Division) and is a renowned authority on the theory of wave propagation in inhomogeneous and moving media. In recent years, he achieved a number of particularly remarkable scientific accomplishments, which demonstrate his initiative, resourcefulness and creativity. He has changed the course of research on two topical subjects both within and beyond CIRES and NOAA. He developed a theory of the so called “tsunami shadows,” i.e., changes in ocean surface roughness induced by tsunami waves, and proposed to use this phenomenon for tsunami detection from space.