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Current MERS Members

Faculty:
- Dr. Brian Jeffs, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. bjeffs@ee.byu.edu
- Dr. Mike Jensen, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. jensen@ee.byu.edu
- Dr. David G. Long, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. long@ee.byu.edu
- Dr. Karl Warnick, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. warnick@ee.byu.edu
Staff:
- Quinn Mitchell, System Administrator. qdmitch@mers.byu.edu
Current Ph.D. Students:
- HUDSON, Derek. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - HYDROS
  - dlh8@et.byu.edu
- NIE, Congling. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Advanced Wind Retrieval for Scatterometers
  - conglingnie@hotmail.com
- STUART, Keith. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Reconstruction Theory, Wind Scatterometry
  - stuart@mers.byu.edu
- ZAUGG, Evan. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - SAR
  - zaugg@mers.byu.edu
- WILLIAMS, Brent. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Wind Scatterometry
  - williams@mers.byu.edu
Master's Students:
- Matt Edwards. SAR. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Mike Owens. Scatterometry. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- David Madsen. SAR. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Chris Ashworth. Advisor: Dr. Karl Warnick
- Ben Lambert. Scatterometry. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Micah Lillirose. Radio Astronomy. Advisor: Dr. Karl Warnick
- Matt Tolman. SAR algorithms. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Faozi Said. Tropical Cyclones. Advisor: Dr. David Long
Undergraduate Students and Integrated Master's Students:
- Brian Gunn. Radiometry. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Craig Stringham. SAR A/D. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Brady Quist. microSAR. Advisor: Dr. David Long

Past Students

Past Post-Docs:
- Dr. Jon Wallace
- Dr. Salvador Guitierez, now at Plattsburgh State Universit of New York Computer Science Dept. salvador.gutierrez@platsburgh.edu
Past Ph.D. Students:
- STEPHEN, Haroon, Graduated: Aug. 2006, Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Microwave Remote Sensing of Saharan Ergs and Amazon Vegetation" (8.7 MB PDF*)
- ASHCRAFT, Ivan, Graduated: Dec. 2004, Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Microwave Remote Sensing of the Greenland Ice Sheet" (3.6 MB PDF*)
  - Now at Raytheon, Tucson, AZ.
- MILLET, Floyd, Graduated: Dec. 2004, Advisor: Dr. Karl Warnick
  - Dissertation Title: "Improving Electromagntic Bias Estimates" (3.4 MB PDF*)
  - Now at Lockheed.
- DRAPER, David, Graduated: Dec. 2003, Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Wind Scatterometry with Improved Ambiguity Selection and Rain Modeling" (9.5 MB PDF*)
  - Now at Ball Aerospace
- YOHO, Peter, Graduated: Dec. 2003, Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Improved Performance of Satellite Scatterometer Through Calibration, Design, and Analysis" (5.2 MB PDF*)
  - Now at Lincoln Labs
- SPENCER, Michael W.,Graduated: Dec. 2001. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "A Methodology for the Design of Spaceborne Pencil-Beam Scatterometer Systems" (7.2 MB PDF*)
  - Now at CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- WALLACE, Jon W., Graduated: Dec. 2001, Advisor: Dr. Mike Jensen
  - Dissertation Title: "Modeling Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Electrically Large Structures"
  - Now post-doc at BYU.
- THOMPSON, Douglas, Graduated Aug. 2001. Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
  - Dissertation Title: "Innovative Radar Interferometry" (10.8 MB PDF*)
  - Recipent of an NSF Fellowship, 1997.
  - Now at Sandia National Labs.
- REMUND, Quinn P., Graduated: Aug. 2000. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Multisensor Microwave Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere" (33.5 MB PDF*)
  - Recipent of a Rocky Mountain Space Grant
  - Now at BALL Aerospace.
- JOHNSON, Paul E., Graduated: Aug. 1999. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Uncertainties in Oceanic Microwave Remote Sensing: the Radar Footprint, the Wind-Backscatter Relationship, and the Measureemnt Proabability Density Function" (7.2 MB PDF*)
  - Recipent of a NASA Gobal Change Fellowship, 1997.
  - Recipent of a Rocky Mountain Space Grant Consortium Fellowship.
  - Now at BALL Aerospace.
- EARLY, David S., Graduated: May 1998. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "A Studey of the Scatterometer Image Reconstruction Algorithm and its Application to Polar Ice Studies" (3.9 MB PDF*)
  - Recipent of a NASA Global Change Fellowship, 1993.
  - Now at Qwest.
- WARNICK, Karl, Graduated: April 1997. Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
  - Dissertation Title: "A Differential Forms Approach to Electromagnetics in Anisotropic Media" Differential forms (8.8 MB PDF*)
  - Recipent of an NSF Fellowship, 1994.
  - Postdoc at Illinois, Assitant Professor at BYU.
- REED, Ryan, Graduated: April 1996. Advisor: Dr. David Long
  - Dissertation Title: "Statistical Properties of the Sea Scattered Radar Return" (5.8 MB PDF*)
  - Now at Raytheon, Tucson, AZ.
Past Master's Students:
- Seth Nielsen. EE Master's Aug. 2007. "A Wind and Rain Backscatter Model Derived from AMSR and SeaWinds Data " (1.2 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Ryan Halterman. EE Master's Dec. 2006. "Observation and Tracking of Tropical Cyclones using Resolution Enhanced Scatterometry" (4.0 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Brandon Hicks. EE Master's Dec. 2005. "Melt Detection and Estimation in Greenland using Tandem SeaWinds and QuikSCAT Scatterometers" Advisor: Dr. David Long
- James Nagel. EE Master's Aug. 2006. "A Prototype Platform for Array Feed Development" (2.0 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. Karl Warnick
- Chris Chan. EE Master's Apr. 2005. Non-Thesis option. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Jeffrey R. Allen. EE Master's Aug. 2005. Thesis: "An Analysis of SeaWinds Simultaneous Wind/Rain Retrieval in Severe Weather Events." (22.8 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Clayton Davis. EE Master's Dec. 2004. Thesis: "Understanding and Improving Moment Method Scattering Solutions." (2.3 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. Karl Warnick
- Michael I. Duersch. EE Master's Dec. 2004. Thesis: "BYU Micro-SAR: A Very Small, Low-Power, LFM-CW Synthetic Aperture Radar." Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Spencer Haycock. EE Master's Dec. 2004. Thesis: "Frequency Estimation of Linear FM Scatterometer Pulses Received by the SeaWinds Calibration Ground Station." 5.4 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Lukas Kunz. EE Master's Dec. 2004. Thesis: "A New Method for Melt Detection on Antarctic Ice-Shelves and Scatterometer Calibration Verification." (21 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- David Duncan. EE Master's Aug. 2004. Thesis: "Motion Compensation of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar." (5.4 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Hyrum Anderson, EE Master's Aug. 2003. Thesis: "Polar Sea Ice Mapping for SeaWinds." Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Jeremy Luke, EE Master's Aug. 2003. Thesis: "High Resolution Wind Retrieval for SeaWinds on QuikSCAT." (4.9 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Ryan L. Smith, EE Master's Dec. 2002. Thesis: "Micro Synthetic Aperture Radar Using FM/CW Technology." (9.8 MB PDF*) Wavetronix. Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Jed Pack, EE Master's April 2002. Thesis: "Algorithms for Snowmelt and Accumulation Monitoring on the Greenland Ice Sheet." Advisor: Dr. Michael Jensen
- Jarom J. Ballatyne, EE Master's April. 2002. Thesis: "Using Spaceborne Microwave Sensor to Track Large Antarctic Icebergs." (12.7 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Arden A. Anderson, EE Master's Aug. 2001. Thesis: "Analysis and Usage of the QuikSCAT Calibration Ground Station." (4.3 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Andrew S. Fletcher, EE Master's Aug. 2001. Thesis: "An Implementation of Field-Wise Wind Retrieval for SeaWinds on QuikSCAT." (1.6 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Richard B. Lundgreen, EE Master's Aug. 2001. Thesis: "Method of Motion compensation of YINSAR Data." (5.4 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Brett T. Walkenhorst, EE Master's Aug. 2001. Thesis: "Development of a Radio Telescope Receiver for Rsearch in Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation." Advisor: Dr. Karl Warnick
- Jonathan L. Waite, EE Master's Aug. 2001. Thesis: "Detecting Track Hazards Using an Interferometric Radar." Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- David A. Zaugg, EE Master's Aug. 2001. Thesis: "A Ku-band Altimeter for use in Earth Remote Sensing Applications." Advisor: Dr. Michael Jensen
- Matthew E. Willis, EE Master's April 2000. Thesis: "Algebraic Reconstruction Algorithms for Remote Sensing Image Enhancement." (1.3 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. Brian Jeffs
- Jeffery C. Beard, EE Master's April 2001. Thesis: "Railroad Hazard Detection System Using an Interferometric Radar." Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Donald E. Crockett, EE Master's April 2001. "A Ku-band Altimeter for Improved Estimation of Electromagnetic Bias in Radar Altimetry." Advisor: Dr. David Arnold.
- James E. H. Dyal, EE Master's Dec. 1999. Thesis: "TRMM Sigma-0 Vegetation Signatures and Other Studies." (9 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Gardner Watt, EE Master's Aug. 1999. Thesis: "Vegetation Classification Using Seasonal Variation os Scatterometer Data at C-Band and Ku-Band." (1.7 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Benjamin E. Barrowes, EE Master's Aug. 1999. Thesis: "YSCAT Backscatter Distributions." (2.9 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Ph.D. MIT. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Justin D. Smith, EE Master's Aug. 1999. Thesis: "Studies to Improve Estimation of the Electromagnetic Bias in Radar Altimetry." Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Stephen L. Richards, EE Master's Aug. 1999. Thesis: "A Field-wise Wind Retrieval Algorithm for SeaWinds." (5.1 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- James Bates, EE Master's Dec. 1998. Thesis" The Phase Gradient Autofocus Algorithm with Range Dependen Stripmap SAR." (3.7 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Charles G. Brown, EE Master's Dec. 1998. Thesis: "A Field-Wise Wind Retrieval Algorithm for the NASA Scatterometer." (3.1 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Adam Robertson, EE Master's Dec. 1998. Thesis: "Multi-Baseline Interferometric SAR for Iterative Height Estimation." (7.5 MB PDF*) RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Amy E. Gonzalas, EE Masters's May 1998. Thesis: "An Assessment of the NASA Scatterometer Ambiguity Removal Technique." (862 kB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Thomas Karlinsey, EE Master's Dec. 1998. Thesis: "The Analysis and Design of a Broadband Constant Beamwidth Reflector Dish Antenna." RMSGC grant. Advisor: Dr. Mike Jensen
- C. Jay Wilson, EE Master's Mar. 1998. Thesis: "Calibration of and Attitude Error Estimation for a Spaceborne Scatterometer Using Measurements over Land." (6.5 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Ryan Jensen, Geography Master's Aug. 1997. Thesis: "Two Cloud-Removal Algorithms Tested for Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Data." Advisor: Dr. Perry Hardin
- Randy St.John, EE Master's Feb. 1997. Thesis: "Education and the Internet: A Vision for the Future." Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Travis Oliphant, EE Master's Dec. 1996. Thesis: "New Techniques for Wind Scatterometry." (4.1 MB PDF*) Obtained a Ph.D. from Mayo. NSF Fellowship Recipient while at BYU. Now BYU ECEn Faculty. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Andy Greenwood, EE Master's Aug. 1995. Thesis: "Azimuth Modulation of the Radar Backscatter at Near-Normal Incidence." (3 MB PDF*) Obtained Ph.D. at Illinois. agreenwo@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Larry Arnett, EE Master's Dec. 1994. (non-thesis) Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- R. Scott Collyer, EE Master's Dec. 1994. Thesis: "Dependence of the Normalized Radar Cross Section of Ocean Waves on Bragg Wavelength--Wind Speed and Direction Sensitivity." (3.2 MB PDF*) Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Warren Davis, EE Master's Dec. 1993. Thesis: "Enhanced Resolution Imaging from Remotely Sensed Microwave Data." (3.8 MB PDF*) At Varian. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Douglas Daum, EE Master's Dec. 1994. Thesis: "Application of Enhanced Resolution Imaging to SSM/I Data." (4.6 MB PDF*) Ph.D. at MIT, drdaum@mit.edu Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Paul E. Johnson, EE Master's Dec. 1994. Thesis: "Backscatter Sensitivity to the Parameters of a Two-Dimensional Scattering Model." Moved on to Ph.D. at BYU. Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Brian Jarrett, EE Master's Dec. 1994. Thesis: "BYU SAR: A Low Cost Compact Synthetic Aperture Radar." (3.4 MB PDF*) Raytheon. brjarrett@CCGATE.HSC.COM Advisor: Dr. David Arnold
- Charles Hedelius, April 1993. Thesis: "Development of a Wire Wave Guage Array for Measuing Wind-Generated Water Waves." Advisor: Dr. David Long
- David Luke, EE Master's (non-thesis) April 1993. Went to HP. Now at startup company. NSF Fellowship Recipient while at BYU. Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Gary Skouson, EE Master's Dec. 1992. Thesis: "Calibration of Seasat Scatterometer Using Tropical Rainforest." At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Gary.Skouson@pnl.gov Advisor: Dr. David Long
- Peter Whiting, EE Master's Aug. 1992. Thesis: "Resolution Enhancement of Seasat Scatterometer Data." (2.8 MB PDF*) Ph.D. at Kansas. Advisor: Dr. David Long
Past Undergraduate Students:
- Jared Hulme,2007. SAR A/D.
- Jared Marcum, 2005. SysAdmin
- Mike Rogers, Apr. 2007. SSM/I and AMSRE.
- Shuyi Li, Apr. 2005. SSM/I.
- Paul Cuff, Apr. 2004. Speech Reconstruction. (Ph.D. at Stanford)
- Isaac Wagner, Apr. 2004. SIR view software.
- Elizabeth Huestis, Aug. 2001. Web pages.
- Jorge Cano, B.S. Aug. 1995. RF hardware.
- Dan Robinson, B.S. April 1995. Software development. (Master's at Illinois)
- Brian Jones, B.S. Aug. 1999. RF hardware.
- Alex Shaw, B.S. 1995. Glaciers.

Some External Collaborators

Dr. Doran Baker, Utah State University. rmc@sdl.usu.edu
Dr. Cheryl Bertoia, National Ice Center. cheryl_bertoia@imso.org
Dr. Marc Bourassa, COAS
Dr. Jason Box, Byrd Polar Center, Ohio
Dr. Paul Chang, NOAA. paul.s.chang@noaa.gov
Dr. Jeff Coe, USGS. jcoe@usgs.gov
Dr. Mark Donelan, RAMAS. mdonelan@rsmas.miami.edu
Dr. Mark Drinkwater, ESA. Mark.Drinkwater@esa.int
Dr. Rick Forster, University of Utah. rick.forster@geog.utah.edu
Dr. Mike Freilich, Oregon State University. mhf@coas.oregonstate.edu
Dr. Joerg Haarpaintner, Norwegian Meteoroligical Inst.
Ben Holt, Jet Propulsion Lab.
Dr. Zorana Jelenak, NOAA
Dr. Ken Jezek, Ohio State University. jezek@iceberg.mps.ohio-state.edu
Dr. Linwood Jones, Florida State University. ljones@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Dr. Timothy Liu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. liu@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov
Dr. Li Li, NOAA
Dr. Antony Liu, Goddard Space Flight Center. liu@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov
Dr. Kyle McDonald. JPL. kyle.mcdonald@jpl.nasa.gov
Dr. Jerome Patoux, University of Washington
Dr. Jeff Piepmeier, GSFC
Dr. William Plant, Applied Phyiscs Lab. plant@crosby.apl.washington.edu
Dr. Julienne Stroeve, NSIDC
Dr. Dale Winbrenner, Applied Phyiscs Lab. dpw@maxwell.apl.washington.edu

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Last revised: 1 Mar 2008