Biography
W. Linwood Jones is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida. He earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1971. His research focuses on satellite microwave remote sensing for the ocean, atmosphere, and global climate change, as well as the development of microwave remote sensor technology, including both active radar and passive radiometry sensor concepts. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and has received numerous awards, including the 2016 IEEE JSTARS Best Reviewer Award, the 2015 NASA PMM Science Team Award, and the Alan Berman Research Publications Award from the US Naval Research Laboratory in 2004. His contributions have also been recognized with multiple NASA Group Achievement Awards.
Recent Publications
Sayak K. Biswas, Spencer Farrar, Kaushik Gopalan, Andrea Santos-Garcia, W. Linwood Jones and Stephen Bilanow, “Intercalibration of Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperatures for the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission”, IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Rem. Sens., Vol. 51, Issue: 3, Part: 1,. pp. 1465 - 1477, March 2013.
Weissman, D.E.; Stiles, B.W.; Hristova-Veleva, S.M.; Long, D.G.; Smith, D.K.; Hilburn, K.A. and W.L. Jones, “Challenges to Satellite Sensors of Ocean Winds: Addressing Precipitation Effects”, J. Atmos. Tech., vol. 29, pp. 356-374, March 2012,
Amarin, R.A.; Jones, W.L.; El Nimri, S.F.; Johnson, J.W.; Ruf, C.S.; Miller, T.L. and E. Uhlhorn; “Hurricane Wind Speed Measurements in Rainy Conditions using the Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)”; Trans. GeoSci. Remote Sens., vol. 50, issue: 1, pp. 180-192, Jan. 2012.
Alsweiss, Suleiman O., Peth Laupattarakasem, and W. Linwood Jones, “A Novel Ku-Band Radiometer/Scatterometer Approach for Improved Ocean Wind Vector Measurements”, IEEE Trans. GeoSci. Remote Sens., vol. 49, issue: 9, pp. 3189-3197, Sept. 2011.
William N. Junek, W. Linwood Jones and Mark T. Woods, “Locating Incipient Volcanic Vents using Multidisciplinary Remote Sensing Data and Source Modeling Information”, IEEE Geosci. & Remote Sens. Letters, Vol. 10, Issue: 1, pp. 140-144, January 2013.
Weissman, D.E.; Stiles, B.W.; Hristova-Veleva, S.M.; Long, D.G.; Smith, D.K.; Hilburn, K.A. and W.L. Jones, “Challenges to Satellite Sensors of Ocean Winds: Addressing Precipitation Effects”, J. Atmos. Tech., vol. 29, pp. 356-374, March 2012,
Amarin, R.A.; Jones, W.L.; El Nimri, S.F.; Johnson, J.W.; Ruf, C.S.; Miller, T.L. and E. Uhlhorn; “Hurricane Wind Speed Measurements in Rainy Conditions using the Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)”; Trans. GeoSci. Remote Sens., vol. 50, issue: 1, pp. 180-192, Jan. 2012.
Alsweiss, Suleiman O., Peth Laupattarakasem, and W. Linwood Jones, “A Novel Ku-Band Radiometer/Scatterometer Approach for Improved Ocean Wind Vector Measurements”, IEEE Trans. GeoSci. Remote Sens., vol. 49, issue: 9, pp. 3189-3197, Sept. 2011.
William N. Junek, W. Linwood Jones and Mark T. Woods, “Locating Incipient Volcanic Vents using Multidisciplinary Remote Sensing Data and Source Modeling Information”, IEEE Geosci. & Remote Sens. Letters, Vol. 10, Issue: 1, pp. 140-144, January 2013.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Ploytechnic Institute
Specialties
- Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing for Ocean, Atmosphere and Global Climate Change
- Microwave remote sensor technology development
- Active (radar) and passive (radiometry) microwave sensor concepts
- Microwave scatterometry, polarimetric radiometry, and synthetic thinned array radiometry
- On-orbit Inter-satellite instrument radiometric calibration
- Geophysical retrieval algorithm development: ocean vector winds and precipitation in tropical cyclones
- Microwave radioactive transfer model development
- Airborne & satellite microwave remote sensor computer simulation