Michael Jones
Position
Research Scientist Emeritus
Department
ESOC
Education
- b.s. in physics at Caltech, Ph.D. in physics at CU.
Contact
Publications on the web
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Research Interests
R. Michael Jones received his b.s. in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1959 and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado in 1968.
He performed research at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1961 through 1993, first for the National Bureau of Standards and later for NOAA. He is now with CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) of the University of Colorado.
His fields of research have covered ionospheric radio wave propagation, diffraction, internal wave dynamics, acoustic-gravity wave propagation in the ocean and atmosphere, ocean acoustic tomography, and limits of predictability in fluids. More details are in the vita.
Please visit my CIRES profile page for publications and papers, book chapters and more: http://cires1.colorado.edu/~mjones/
Current Research
- Wave propagation
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- Jones RM. (Jul 2020). Correction to: The rotation problem. General Relativity and Gravitation , 52(7). 10.1007/s10714-020-02711-0
- Jones RM. (May 2020). The rotation problem. General Relativity and Gravitation , 52(5). 10.1007/s10714-020-02696-w
- Jones, RM and AJ Bedard. (Nov 2018). Atmospheric gravity wave ray tracing: Ordinary and extraordinary waves. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS , 179. 10.1016/j.jastp.2018.08.014
- Chu, XZ, J Zhao, X Lu, VL Harvey, RM Jones, E Becker, C Chen, WC Fong, ZB Yu, BR Roberts and A Dornbrack. (Aug 2018). Lidar Observations of Stratospheric Gravity Waves From 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84 degrees S, 166.69 degrees E), Antarctica: 2. Potential Energy Densities, Lognormal Distributions, and Seasonal Variations. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 123(15). 10.1029/2017JD027386
- Jones, RM, LA Ostrovsky and AJ Bedard. (Jun 2017). Ionospheric effects of magneto-acoustic-gravity waves: Dispersion relation. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS , 159. 10.1016/j.jastp.2017.04.004
- Zhao, J, XZ Chu, C Chen, X Lu, WC Fong, ZB Yu, RM Jones, BR Roberts and A Dornbrack. (May 2017). Lidar observations of stratospheric gravity waves from 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84 degrees S, 166.69 degrees E), Antarctica: 1. Vertical wavelengths, periods, and frequency and vertical wave number spectra. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 122(10). 10.1002/2016JD026368
- Chen, C, XZ Chu, J Zhao, BR Roberts, ZB Yu, WC Fong, X Lu and JA Smith. (Feb 2016). Lidar observations of persistent gravity waves with periods of 3-10h in the Antarctic middle and upper atmosphere at McMurdo (77.83 degrees S, 166.67 degrees E). JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS , 121(2). 10.1002/2015JA022127
- Jones, RM and AJ Bedard. (Feb 2015). Infrasonic ray tracing applied to small-scale atmospheric structures: Thermal plumes and updrafts/downdrafts. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA , 137(2). 10.1121/1.4906175
- Bedard, AJ and RM Jones. (Nov 2013). Infrasonic ray tracing applied to mesoscale atmospheric structures: Refraction by hurricanes. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA , 134(5). 10.1121/1.4823802
- Meillier, YP, RG Frehlich, RM Jones and BB Balsley. (Apr 2008). Modulation of small-scale turbulence by ducted gravity waves in the nocturnal boundary layer. JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES , 65(4). 10.1175/2007JAS2359.1
- Jones, RM. (Mar 2006). Minimum and maximum propagation frequencies for internal gravity waves. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 111(D6). 10.1029/2005JD006189
- Jones, RM. (Nov 2005). A general dispersion relation for internal gravity waves in the atmosphere or ocean, including baroclinicity, vorticity, and rate of strain. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 110(D22). 10.1029/2004JD005654
- Balsley B; Fritts D; Frehlich R; Jones RM; Vadas S; Coulter R. (Oct 2002). Up-gully flow in the great plains region: A mechanism for perturbing the nighttime lower atmosphere?. Geophysical Research Letters , 29(19). 10.1029/2002GL015435
- Fritts, DC, SL Vadas and Y Yamada. (May 2002). An estimate of strong local body forcing and gravity wave radiation based on OH airglow and meteor radar observations. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 29(10). 10.1029/2001GL013753
- Jones, RM. (May 2001). The dispersion relation for internal acoustic-gravity waves in a baroclinic fluid. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS , 13(5). 10.1063/1.1359419
- SHANG EC; WANG YY; JONES RM; GEORGES TM. (Jul 1995). NONPERTURBATIVE MODAL TOMOGRAPHY INVERSION .2. NUMERICAL-SIMULATION. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 98(1), 560-569. 10.1121/1.413648
- JONES RM. (Jun 1995). ON USING AMBIENT INTERNAL WAVES TO MONITOR BRUNT-VAISALA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 100(C6), 11005-11011. 10.1029/95JC00139
- JONES RM; HOWE BM; MERCER JA; SPINDEL RC; GEORGES TM. (Nov 1994). 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. 10.1121/1.411242
- JONES RM; GEORGES TM. (Jul 1994). NONPERTURBATIVE OCEAN ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY INVERSION. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 96(1), 439-451. 10.1121/1.410430
- Jones RM; Wilczak JM; Georges TM. (Oct 1993). Abhängigkeit der Grenzen der Vorhersagbarkeit von der räumlichen Auflösung der Meßwerte, deren Ergebnisse als Anfangswerte für ein Vorhersagemodell genutzt werden. Meteorologische Zeitschrift , 2(5), 244-245. 10.1127/metz/2/1993/244
- JONES RM; SHANG EC; GEORGES TM. (Oct 1993). NONPERTURBATIVE MODAL TOMOGRAPHY INVERSION .1. THEORY. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 94(4), 2296-2302. 10.1121/1.407470
- PALMER DR; GEORGES TM; JONES RM. (Apr 1991). CLASSICAL CHAOS AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ACOUSTIC FIELD TO SMALL-SCALE OCEAN STRUCTURE. Computer Physics Communications , 65(1-3), 219-223. 10.1016/0010-4655(91)90174-J
- JONES, RM, TM GEORGES, L NESBITT, R TALLAMRAJU and A WEICKMANN. (Feb 1990). VERTICAL-SLICE OCEAN-ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY - EXTENDING ABEL INVERSION TO NONAXIAL SOURCES AND RECEIVERS. JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE , 51(C2). 10.1051/jphyscol:19902237
- JONES, RL, J AUSTIN, DS MCKENNA, JG ANDERSON, DW FAHEY, CB FARMER, LE HEIDT, KK KELLY, DM MURPHY, MH PROFFITT, AF TUCK and JF VEDDER. (Aug 1989). LAGRANGIAN PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING STUDIES OF THE 1987 ANTARCTIC SPRING VORTEX .1. COMPARISON WITH AAOE OBSERVATIONS. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 94(D9). 10.1029/JD094iD09p11529
- JONES RM; HOOKE WH. (Oct 1986). THE PERTURBED STRUCTURE OF THE NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY-LAYER OVER IRREGULAR TERRAIN .2. MODEL-CALCULATIONS. Boundary-Layer Meteorology: an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer , 37(1-2), 107-127. 10.1007/BF00122759
- HOOKE WH; JONES RM. (Oct 1986). DISSIPATIVE WAVES EXCITED BY GRAVITY-WAVE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE STABLY STRATIFIED PLANETARY BOUNDARY-LAYER. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 43(19), 2048-2060. 10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<2048:DWEBGW>2.0.CO;2
- JONES RM; HOOKE WH. (Sep 1986). THE PERTURBED STRUCTURE OF THE NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY-LAYER OVER IRREGULAR TERRAIN .1. MODEL FORMULATION. Boundary-Layer Meteorology: an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer , 36(4), 395-416. 10.1007/BF00118339
- JONES M; GEORGES TM; RILEY JP. (May 1986). INVERTING VERTICAL-SLICE TOMOGRAPHY MEASUREMENTS FOR ASYMMETRIC OCEAN SOUND-SPEED PROFILES. Deep-sea research. Part A, Oceanographic research papers , 33(5), 601-619. 10.1016/0198-0149(86)90056-7
- JONES RM; GEORGES TM; RILEY JP. (Apr 1986). MEASURED IONOSPHERIC DISTORTION OF HF GROUND-BACKSCATTER SPECTRA. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , 34(4), 563-568. 10.1109/TAP.1986.1143842
- GEORGES TM; JONES RM; RILEY JP. (Jan 1986). SIMULATING OCEAN ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY MEASUREMENTS WITH HAMILTONIAN RAY TRACING. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering , 11(1), 58-71. 10.1109/JOE.1986.1145142
- JONES RM. (Jan 1984). HOW EDGE-DIFFRACTION COUPLES GROUND WAVE MODES AT A SHORELINE. Radio Science , 19(4), 959-965. 10.1029/RS019i004p00959
- JONES RM; GEORGES TM; RILEY JP. (Jan 1984). MODELING ACOUSTIC REMOTE-SENSING AND THE FLORIDA STRAITS WITH RAY TRACING. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 22(6), 633-640. 10.1109/TGRS.1984.6499183
- JONES RM; KOPKA H. (Jan 1978). SENSITIVITY OF D-REGION PARTIAL REFLECTIONS TO IRREGULARITY COMPOSITION. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar: Terrestrial Physics , 40(6), 723-731. 10.1016/0021-9169(78)90130-7
- JONES RM; GEORGES TM. (Jan 1976). INFRASOUND FROM CONVECTIVE STORMS .3. PROPAGATION TO IONOSPHERE. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 59(4), 765-779. 10.1121/1.380942
- JONES RM. (Jan 1970). RAY THEORY FOR LOSSY MEDIA. Radio Science , 5(5), 793-&. 10.1029/RS005i005p00793
- Jones RM. (Jan 1969). A quasi-optical method for calculating propagation of LF radio waves in the presence of an ionosphere with horizontal gradients -Ray theory for lossy media and diffraction by the earth. Alta Frequenza , 38(Nr. Speciale), 193-197.
- JONES RM. (Jan 1968). A 3-DIMENSIONAL RAY-TRACING COMPUTER PROGRAM (DIGEST OF ESSA TECHNICAL REPORT ITSA NO 17). Radio Science , 3(1), 93-&. 10.1002/rds19683193
