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CONTENTS


Acoustic monitoring of the ocean
Acoustic ray tracing
Radiowave propagation in the ionosphere
Internal gravity-wave propagation
Diffraction
Limits of predictability in fluids
Over-the-horizon radar

 

Acoustic Monitoring of the Ocean

  1. Jones, R. M., T. M. Georges, and J. P. Riley (1986): "Inverting vertical-slice tomography measurements for asymmetric ocean sound-speed profiles," Deep-Sea Research, vol. 33, No. 5, 601-619.

  2. Jones, R. M., T. M. Georges, L. Nesbitt, and A. Weickmann (1991): "Ocean-acoustic tomography inversion in the adiabatic-invariant approximation," NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-217. PB92140466.

  3. Jones, R. M., E. C. Shang, and T. M. Georges (1993): "Non perturbative modal tomography inversion -Part I: Theory," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 94, no. 4, 2296-2302.

  4. Jones, R. M., and T. M. Georges (1994): "Nonperturbative ocean acoustic tomography inversion," J. Acoust. Soc., vol. 96, no. 1, 439-451. The computer programs used to make the calculations presented in this paper are available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/.

  5. Jones, R.M., B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, R.C. Spindel, and T.M. Georges. "Nonperturbative ocean acoustic tomography inversion of 1000-km pulse propagation in the Pacific Ocean," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96(5):3054-3063 (1994). The computer programs used to make the calculations presented in this paper are available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/. Reprints are available at http://www.ore.hawaii.edu/OE/Prof.Howe_PDF/1994, Jones, Nonperturbative ocean acoustic tomography, Acoust. Soc. Am..pdf.

  6. Nesbitt, L., and R.M. Jones. "A C-Program for generating publication-quality plots," NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ETL-242, 160 pp. (1994). Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/.

  7. Nesbitt, L., and R.M. Jones. "A FORTRAN Program for performing nonperturbative ocean acoustic tomography inversion." NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ETL-243, 165 pp. (1994). Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/.

  8. Weickmann, A.M., and R.M. Jones. "A FORTRAN program for performing ABEL transforms." NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ETL-244, 158 pp. (1994). Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/.

  9. Nesbitt, L., and R.M. Jones. "A FORTRAN program to generate comparison data to test tomography inversion programs." NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ETL-245, 63 pp. (1994). Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/.

  10. Shang, E.C., Y.Y. Wang, R.M. Jones, and T.M. Georges. "Nonperturbative modal tomography inversion. Part II. Numerical simulation," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 98(1):560-569 (1995).

  11. Jones, R. Michael (1997): Range-average inversions in ocean acoustic tomography, Chapter 21 (pp. 476-536) in "Acoustic Remote Sensing and Applications" edited by S. P. Singal, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York; Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1997, 585 pages. Errata are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata1.htm. The computer programs used to make the calculations presented in this chapter are available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/tomography/.

Acoustic Ray Tracing

  1. Jones, R. M. (1982): "Algorithms for reflecting rays from general topographic surfaces in a ray tracing program." NOAA Tech. Memo ERL WPL-98. PB83112953.

  2. Jones, R. M., T. M. Georges, and J. P. Riley (1984): "Modeling acoustic remote sensing in the Florida Straits with ray tracing." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, GE-22, 633-640. (Special Issue).)

  3. Georges, T. M., R. M. Jones, and J. P. Riley (1986): "Simulating ocean acoustic tomography measurements with Hamiltonian ray tracing." IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., Vol. OE-11, No. 1, 58-71.

  4. Jones, R. M., J. P. Riley, and T. M. Georges (1986): "HARPA --A versatile three-dimensional Hamiltonian ray-tracing program for acoustic waves in the atmosphere above irregular terrain." NOAA Special Rept , 410 pp., GovDoc No. C55.602:H 18; GPO Item No. 207-C-1; PB87132031, available from NTIS (National Technical Information Service) for $81.50 plus $5 handling fee per order, or at http://www.etl.noaa.gov/et1/infrasound/pubs/harpa.pdf. Errata are on pages 449-450 of the HARPO report. A partial list of the errata are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm#2-harpa/errata. Computer program tape: PB87132023. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-harpa/, ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-models/, and http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm#2-atmospheric_models/. Additional general documentation for the ray tracing programs is available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm.

  5. Jones, R. M., J. P. Riley, and T. M. Georges (1986): "HARPO-A versatile three-dimensional Hamiltonian ray-tracing program for acoustic waves in an ocean with irregular bottom." NOAA Special Report. 455 pp., GovDoc No. C55.602:H 23; GPO Item No. 0207-C-01; PB87172573, available from NTIS (National Technical Information Service) for $86.50 plus $5 handling fee per order, or at http://www.etl.noaa.gov/et1/infrasound/pubs/harpo.pdf. Errata are on pages 16-18 of the PC HARPO report and are also at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-harpo/errata. Additional errata are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm#2-harpo/errata. Entry point documentation available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm#2-harpo/. Computer program tape: PB87171963. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-harpo/, ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-nharpo/, and ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-models/. Additional general documentation for the ray tracing programs is available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm.

  6. Weickmann, A. M., J. P. Riley, T. M. Georges, and R. M. Jones (1989): "EIGEN --A program to compute eigenrays from HARPA/HARPO raysets." NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-160. PB89165781. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-eigen/.

  7. Georges, T. M., R. M. Jones, and R. S. Lawrence (1990): "A PC version of the HARPO ocean-acoustic ray-tracing program." NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-180, 18 pp. PB93163202. + disk (PB93504934). Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-pcharpo/ and ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-models/. Additional general documentation for the ray tracing programs is available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm.

  8. Harlan, J. A., T. M. Georges, and R. M. Jones (1991): "PROFILE -a program for generating profiles from HARPO/HARPA environmental models." NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-198 (April 1991). PB91208710. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-profile/.

  9. Harlan, J. A., R. M. Jones, and T. M. Georges (1991): "PSGRAPH -A plotting program for PC-HARPO, PROFILE, CONPLT and EIGEN." NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-203 (July 1991). PB92169911. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-psgraph/.

  10. Harlan, J. A., T. M. Georges, and R. M. Jones (1992): "CONPLT -A program to generate contours from HARPO/HARPA environmental models." NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-221. PB92218544. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-conplt/.

  11. Jones, R. M. (1996): How to make the best use of three-dimensional Hamiltonian acoustic ray tracing by avoiding modeling artifacts, pp. 85-93 in Theoretical and Computational Acoustics '95; Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 21-25 Aug 1995, (Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics), edited by Ding Lee, Yih-Hsing Pao, Martin H. Schultz, and Yu-Chiung Teng, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1996.

  12. Jones, R. M. (1996): Three dimensional ray tracing in the atmosphere, pp. 307-327 in THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, Editors W. Dieminger, G. Hartmann, and R. Leitinger, Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg 1996, 1014 pages. Errata are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata2.htm
  13. Bedard, Alfred J. Jr., and R. Michael Jones, Infrasonic ray tracing applied to mesoscale atmospheric structures: Refraction by hurricanes, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134 (5), November 2013, 3446-3451, doi:10.1121/1.4823802. http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/134/5/10.1121/1.4823802?aemail=author.
  14. Jones, R. Michael, and Alfred J. Bedard Jr., Infrasonic ray tracing applied to small-scale atmospheric structures: Thermal Plumes and Updrafts/Downdrafts, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 137 (2), February 2015, 625-632, doi:10.1121/1.4906175. http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/137/2/10.1121/1.4906175?aemail=author.

Radiowave propagation in the ionosphere

  1. Jones, R. M. (1970): Ray theory for lossy media, Radio Sci, 793-801. The computer programs used to perform the calculations presented in this paper are available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm#2-in_complex_space and http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/LF_ray_theory/programs.htm.

  2. Jones, R. M. and J. J. Stephenson (1975): A versatile three dimensional ray tracing computer program for radio waves in the ionosphere. OT Report 75-76. PB2488567. Copies of the report are available from the National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. Errata are on page 231 of NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-103 and are also at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-3d-iono.75/errata. Computer program available at ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et1/raytracing/programs.htm#1-3d-iono.75/ and http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/programs.htm#2-ionospheric_models/. A pc version of the program is available at ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/IONOSPHERE/MODELS/JONES.3D/ .

  3. Jones, R. M. (1977): Analysis of the relationship between LF reflection coefficients and D-region profiles. NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-29. PB2763878. Microfiche available from Government Publications Library, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. The errata are available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata4.htm. The computer programs used to perform the calculations presented in this report are available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/D-region/.

  4. Jones, R. M. (1996): Three dimensional ray tracing in the atmosphere, pp. 307-327 in THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, Editors W. Dieminger, G. Hartmann, and R. Leitinger, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg 1996, 1014 pages. Errata are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata2.htm.

  5. Jones, R. Michael, Reflection heights of LF radio waves in the ionospheric D-region, URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 9-12, 2002, Boulder, Colorado. Summary on page 274 of the abstracts volume and at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/URSI-2002/a/ursi02a.html.

  6. Jones, R. Michael, D-region electron-density profiles from LF reflection coefficient measurements, URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 9-12, 2002, Boulder, Colorado. Summary on page 275 of the abstracts volume and at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/URSI-2002/b/ursi02b.html.

  7. Jones, R. Michael, Imaginary part of the group refractive index, URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 9-12, 2002, Boulder, Colorado. Summary on page 97 of the abstracts volume and at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/URSI-2002/c/ursi02c.html.

Internal gravity-wave propagation

  1. Hooke, Wm. H., and R. M. Jones (1986): "Dissipative waves excited by gravity-wave encounters with the stably-stratified planetary boundary layer." J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 43, no. 19, 2048-2060. Reprint available at https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0469%281986%29043%3C2048%3ADWEBGW%3E2.0.CO%3B2.

  2. Jones, R. M., and W. H. Hooke (1986): "The perturbed structure of the neutral atmospheric boundary layer over irregular terrain. Part I. Model Formulation," Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 36, 395-416.

  3. Jones, R. M., and W. H. Hooke (1986): "The perturbed structure of the neutral atmospheric boundary layer over irregular terrain. Part II. Model Calculations," Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 37, 107-127. The computer programs used to perform the calculations presented in this paper are available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/boundary_layer/.

  4. Jones, R.M. "On using ambient internal waves to monitor Brunt-Vaisala frequency," Journal of Geophysical Research 100(C6):11,005-11,011 (1995).

  5. Jones, R. Michael, Dispersion relation for acoustic-gravity waves in a baroclinic fluid, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 6-10, 1998, San Francisco, CA. EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A21A-30, p. F117. The abstract is available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/gravity_wave/agu98.html.

  6. Jones, R. Michael, The dispersion relation for internal gravity waves including baroclinicity, vorticity, and strain, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 15-19, 2000, San Francisco, CA. EOS Trans. AGU, 81(48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NG62D-17, p. F569, 2000. The abstract is available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/gravity_wave/agu00.html. The errata are available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata6.htm.

  7. Jones, R. Michael, "The dispersion relation for internal acoustic-gravity waves in a baroclinic fluid," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 13, No. 5, 1274-1280, May 2001. The errara are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata9.pdf.

  8. Jones, R. Michael, The dispersion relation for acoustic-gravity waves including baroclinicity, vorticity, and strain, AGU Spring Meeting, May 29-June 2, 2001, Boston, MA. EOS Trans. AGU, 82(20), Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract A42A-03, pp. S47-S48. The abstract is available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/gravity_wave/agu01.html.

  9. Jones, R. Michael, A general dispersion relation for internal gravity waves in the atmosphere or ocean, including baroclinicity, vorticity, and rate of strain, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D22106, doi:10.1029/2004JD005654, November 2005. The errara are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata7.pdf.

  10. Jones, R. Michael, Minimum and maximum propagation frequencies for internal gravity waves, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D06109, doi:10.1029/2005JD006189, March 2006. The errara are at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata8.pdf.
  11. Jones, R. Michael, Lev A. Ostrovsky, and Alfred J. Bedard Jr., Ionospheric effects of magneto-acoustic-gravity waves: Dispersion relation, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (2017), published 17 April 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2017.04.004.
    http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/Publish/MagnetoAcousticGravityWaveFigures/1-s2.0-S1364682616303406-main.pdf.
  12. Jones, R. Michael, and Alfred J. Bedard Jr., Atmospheric Gravity-wave ray tracing: ordinary and extraordinary waves, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 179, 342-357, 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682618303274.
    http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/raytracing/Publish/GravityWavesJASTP/1-s2.0-S1364682618303274-main.pdf.

Diffraction

  1. Jones, R. M. (1968): Application of the geometrical theory of diffraction to terrestrial LF radio wave propagation. Mitteilungen aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie Nr. 37. The errata are available at http://cires.colorado.edu/~mjones/pubs/errata5.htm.

  2. Jones, R. M. (1984): "How edge diffraction couples groundwave modes at a shoreline," Radio Science, vol. 19, no. 4, 959-965.

Limits of predictability in fluids

  1. Jones, R. M., J. M. Wilczak, and T. M. Georges (1993): "Dependence of forecast limits on the spatial resolution of the measurements used to initialize the forecast model," Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 2 (New Series) Nr. 5, 244-245.

Over-the-Horizon Radar

  1. Jones, R. M., T. M. Georges, and J. P. Riley (1986): Measured ionospheric distortion of HF ground-backscatter spectra. IEEE Trans on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. AP-34, No. 4, 563-568.

  2. Jones, R. M., J. P. Riley, and T. M. Georges (1983): Measured ionospheric Doppler spreading of HF ground backscatter. NOAA Tech Memo ERL WPL-109. PB83220764.

  3. T. M. Georges, J. W. Maresca, Jr., C. T. Carlson, J. P Riley, and R. M. Jones, "Recovering ocean waveheight from HF radar sea echoes distorted by imperfect ionospheric reflection," NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL WPL-73, 326 pp., 1981. PB82113283.

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