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Frank Monaldo

Peer-Reviewed Publications

In reverse chronological order:
  1. Monaldo, F. M., D. R. Thompson, D. R., W. G. Pichel. P. Clemente-Colon, A Systematic Comparison of QuikSCAT and SAR Ocean Surface Speeds, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 42, 283-291, 2001.
  2. Monaldo, F. M., D. R. Thompson, D. R., R. C. Beal, W. G. Pichel. P. Clemente-Colon, Comparison of SAR-Derived Wind Speed With Model Predictions and Ocean Buoy Measurements, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 39, 2587-2600, 2001.
  3. Thompson, D. R., Monaldo, F. M., N. S. Winstead, W. G. Pichel, and P. Clemente-Colon, Combined Estimates Improve High-Resolution Coastal Wind Mapping, Eos, 82, 368-374, 2001.
  4. Monaldo, F. M., Measurement of Wave Coherence Properties Using Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, Marine Structures, 13, 349-366, 2000.
  5. Monaldo, F. M., Alaska SAR Demonstration and Near Real-Time Synthetic Aperture Radar Winds, Johns Hopkins University Tech. Digest, 21, 75-79, Jan-Mar, 2000.
  6. Monaldo,F. M., and R. C. Beal, Comparison of SIR-C SAR with WAM Model Predictions, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 18,815-18,825, 1998.
  7. Monaldo, F. M., T. D. Sikora, S. M. Babin, R. E. Sterner, Satellite Imagery of Sea Surface Temperature Cooling in the Wake of Hurricane Edouard (1996), Monthly Weather Rev., 25, , 2716-2721, 1997.
  8. Monaldo, F. M. and R. C. Beal, Real-time observations of southern ocean wave field, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 33, 942-949, 1995.
  9. Chapman, R. D. and F. M. Monaldo, A novel wave height sensor, Journal of Atmos. Oceanic Engr., 12 , 190-196, 1995.
  10. Monaldo, F. M., The Case for Independent At-Bats, By The Numbers, 6, No. 4, 5-6, June 1995.
  11. Beal, R. C., F. M. Monaldo, S. F. Oden, J. L. MacArthur, Real-time ocean wave monitoring from space: A thirty-year quest achieved, Johns Hopkins Univ. Tech. Dig., 15, No. 3, 237-241. 1994.
  12. Monaldo, F. M., T. G. Gerling and D. G. Tilley, Comparison of SIR-B wave image spectra with wave model predictions: Implications for the sar modulation transfer function, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 31, No. 6, 1199-1209, 1993.
  13. Monaldo, F. M., TOPEX ionospheric height correction precision estimated from pre-launch test results, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 31, 371-375, 1993.
  14. Monaldo, F. M., Ionospheric variability and the measurement of ocean mesoscale circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 4925-4937, 1991.
  15. Monaldo, F. M., The consequences of sampling variability on the estimation of wavenumber and propagation direction from spaceborne SAR image spectra, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 29, 113-119, 1991.
  16. Beal, R. C., F. M. Monaldo, T. G. Gerling and D. G. Tilley, Measuring ocean waves from space: 1978 to 1988, Intl. J. of Remote Sensing, 12, 1713-1722, 1991.
  17. Monaldo, F. M., Path length variations caused by atmospheric water vapor and their effects on the measurement of mesoscale ocean circulation by a radar altimeter, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 2923-2932, 1990.
  18. Monaldo, F. M., Corrected spectra of wind speed and significant wave height, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 3399-3402, 1990.
  19. Monaldo, F. M. and E. B. Dobson, On using wave height and radar cross section to improve radar altimeter estimates of wind speed, J. Geophys. Res., 94,, 12,699-12,701, 1989.
  20. Monaldo, F. M., The effects of water vapor on the location of ocean features by the Geosat altimeter, Johns Hopkins Univ. Tech. Dig., 10, No. 4, 386-392. 1989.
  21. Monaldo, F. M. and D. R. Lyzenga, Comparison of SIR-B ocean wave spectra with linear model predictions based on aircraft measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 15,374-15,388, 1988.
  22. Monaldo, F. M., Expected differences between buoy and radar altimeter estimates of wind speed and significant wave height and their implications on buoy-altimeter comparisons, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 2285-2302, 1988.
  23. Dobson, E. B., F. M. Monaldo, and J. Goldhirsh, Validation of Geosat altimeter-derived wind speed and significant wave height using buoy data, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 10,719-10,731, 1987.
  24. Monaldo, F. M. and R. C. Beal, Limitations of the Seasat SAR in High Sea States, Chapter in book: Wave Dynamics and Radio Probing of the Ocean Surface, Eds. O. M. Phillips and K. Hasselmann , Plenum Press, New York, 423-442, 1986.
  25. Monaldo, F. M., A practical methodology for estimating wave spectra from SIR-B, Johns Hopkins Univ. Tech. Dig., 8, No. 1, 82-86, 1986.
  26. Monaldo, F. M. and D. R. Lyzenga, On the estimation of wave slope- and height-variance spectra from SAR imagery, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, GE-24, 543-551, 1986.
  27. Beal, R. C., F. M. Monaldo, D. G. Tilley, D. E. Irvine, E. J. Walsh, F. C. Jackson, D. W. Hancock III, D. E. Hines, R. N. Swift, F. I. Gonzalez, D. R. Lyzenga, and L. F. Zambresky, A comparison of SIR-B directional ocean wave spectra with aircraft scanning radar and global spectral model predictions, Science, 232, 1541-1535, 1986.
  28. Beal, R. C., F. M. Monaldo, T. W. Gerling, and D. G. Tilley, Spatial variations of ocean wave directional spectra from the Seasat synthetic aperture radar, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 2433-2449, 1986.
  29. Goldhirsh, J. and F. M. Monaldo, Achieving improved frequency response of the rain structure from spaceborne radar altimeters employing deconvolution methods, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 2338-2344, 1986.
  30. Monaldo, F. M., J. Goldhirsh, and E. J. Walsh, Altimeter height measurement error introduced by the presence of variable cloud and rain attenuation, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 2345-2350, 1986.
  31. Monaldo. F. M., Measurements of directional wave spectra from the shuttle synthetic aperture radar, Johns Hopkins Univ. Tech. Dig., 6, No. 4, 346-353, 1985.
  32. Monaldo. F. M., Improvement in the estimation of dominant wavenumber and direction from spaceborne SAR image spectra when corrected for ocean surface movement, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, GE-22, 603-608, 1984.
  33. Walsh, E. J., F. M. Monaldo, and J. Goldhirsh, Rain and cloud effects on a satellite dual-frequency altimeter operating at 13.5 and 35 GHz. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, GE-22, 615-621, 1984.
  34. Beal, R. C., F. M. Monaldo, and D. G. Tilley, Large- and small-scale spatial evolution of digitally processed ocean wave spectra from the Seasat synthetic aperture radar, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 1761-1778, 1983.
  35. Monaldo, F. M. and R. Kasevich, Optical determination of short-wave modulation by long ocean gravity waves, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, GE-20, 254-259, 1982.
  36. Monaldo, F. M. and R. Kasevich, Measurement of short-wave modulation using fine time-series optical spectra, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 1034-1036, 1981.
  37. Monaldo, F. M. and R. Kasevich, Daylight imagery of ocean surface waves for wave spectra, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 272-283, 1981.