CURRICULUM VITAE WILLIAM J. PLANT

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE WILLIAM J. PLANT Principal Research Scientist Birth: September 18, 1944 University of Washington Phone: (206) Applied Physics Laboratory Fax: (206) NE 40th Street Seattle, WA Web Site: EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Ph.D. Purdue University, 1972 M.S. Purdue University, 1968 B.S. Kansas State University, 1966 Rehired Annuitant at UW/APL June 16, Present Principal Research Scientist at September 16, 1991 May 10, 2013 University of Washington/APL (Retired) Visiting Scientist at the Center for June 1, 2012 August 31, 2012 Marine Research & Experimentation Visiting Scientist at the September 1, March 31, 2001 University of Miami Visiting Scientist at September 1, August 31, 1995 Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie Senior Scientist at October 11, September 5, 1991 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Supervisory Research Physicist at February 3, September 9, 1988 the Naval Research Laboratory Research Physicist at September 17, February 3, 1985 the Naval Research Laboratory National Research Council September 13, September 13, 1973 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Naval Research Laboratory

2 MEMBERSHIP IN TECHNICAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS: USNC/URSI Commission F American Geophysical Union The Oceanography Society IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society HONORS AND AWARDS: Affiliate Professor Marine and Atmospheric Science, Univ. of Miami 1997 to present USGS John Wesley Powell Award 2003 IEEE Ocean Engineering Society Distinguished Achievement Award 1993 BOOKS: Surface Waves and Fluxes: Current Theory and Remote Sensing Edited by G.L. Geernaert and W.J. Plant, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 The Air-Sea Interface: Radio and Acoustic Sensing, Turbulence and Wave Dynamics Edited by M.A. Donelan, W.H. Hui, and W.J. Plant, University of Toronto Press, 1996 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Adjunct Member, USGS Hydro21 Committee 1999 to 2009 Member, QuikSCAT Science Team 2000 to 2005 Associate Member, NSCAT Model Function Team 1991 to 1998 Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research 1985 to 1999 ONR Advisory Panel for the University of MURI 1993 to 1998 National Academy of Sciences NRL Marine Boundary Layer Panel 1992 to 1996 National Academy of Sciences ONR Remote Sensing Panel 1992 Member, NASA EOS SAR Team 1989 to 1994 Chief Scientist, SAXON Experiment 1989 to 1994 ONR Board of Visitors 1989 Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering 1988 to 1991 Chairman, NROSS Scatterometer Model Function Subcommittee 1986 Chairman, SAR Data Analysis Committee, TOWARD Experiment 1985 to 1988 Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 1985 ONR SAR/SIR-B Working Group 1983 MARSEN SAR Working Group 1981 to 1983 TECHNICAL REPORTS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Plant, W.J., Detection of Stationary Targets in Sea Clutter Using a CW Dual-Frequency Radar, NRL Report 7934, November 11, pp.10. Plant, W.J., The Gravity-Capillary Wave Interaction Applied to Wind-Generated Short Gravity Waves, NRL Report 8289, February 8, pp.12.

3 Schuler, D.L., W.J. Plant, W.P. Eng, Remote sensing of the sea using one and two frequency microwave techniques. In: Oceanography From Space. J.F.R. Gower ed., Plenum Press, p Plant, W.J., The Dual-Frequency Scatterometer Re-Examined, NASA Conference Publication 2303, p Keller, W.C., W.J. Plant, G.R. Valenzuela, Observations of Breaking Ocean Waves with Coherent Microwave Radar. In: Wave Dynamics and Radio Probing of the Ocean Surface, edited by O.M. Phillips and K. Hasselmann, Plenum Press, p Plant, W.J., The Microwave Measurement of Ocean-Wave Directional Spectra. Proc. Symp. Measuring Ocean Waves from Space. JHU/APL Tech. Digest, 8 (1), p Donelan, M.A. and W.J. Plant, Symposium Overview. Proc. Symp. Measuring Ocean Waves from Space, JHU/APLTech. Digest, 8(1), p Plant, W.J., The Modulation Transfer Function: Concept and Applications, in Radar Scattering from Modulated Wind Waves. Edited by G.J. Komen and W.A. Oost, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p Plant, W.J., General Discussion on the Energy Balance in Short Wind Waves, in Radar Scattering from Modulated Wind Waves, edited by G.J. Komen and W.A. Oost, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p Plant, W.J., Bragg Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from the Air/Sea Interface, in Surface Waves and Fluxes: Current Theory and Remote Sensing. Edited by G.L. Geernaert and W.J. Plant, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2, p Blanc, T.V., K.W. Hoppel, and W.J. Plant, Surface Flux Measurements Made from an Airborne Sensor Platform Suspended beneath a Blimp, in The Air-Sea Interface: Radio and Acoustic Sensing, Turbulence and Wave Dynamics. Edited by M.A. Donelan, W.H. Hui, and W.J. Plant, University of Toronto Press, p Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, V. Hesany, and T.V. Blanc, Ku-Band Microwave Backscatter Measurements Made from a Blimp, in The Air-Sea Interface: Radio and Acoustic Sensing, Turbulence and Wave Dynamics. Edited by M.A. Donelan, W.H. Hui, and W.J. Plant, University of Toronto Press, p Weissman, D.E., W.J. Plant, S. Stolte, and J.P. Dugan, The Modulation and Coherence Functions between Atmospheric Turbulence at the Sea Surface and the Microwave Radar Cross Section, in The Air-Sea Interface: Radio and Acoustic Sensing, Turbulence and Wave Dynamics. Edited by M.A. Donelan, W.H. Hui, and W.J. Plant, University of Toronto Press, p Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, V. Hesany, K. Hayes, Peter Dahl, T. Hara, E. Bock, and M. Donelan, "Crumpling" wave effects in backscatter from the air-sea interface., Proceedings of the Sydney Air/Sea Interaction Symposium. Edited by Michael Banner. Plant, W.J., Satellite Remote Sensing Microwave Scatterometers, in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, edited by John H. Steele, Steve A. Thorpe, and Karl K. Turekian, Academic Press, p Plant, W.J., Wind and Waves Re-Examined: Perspectives on the Career of Mark Donelan, Submitted for publication by University of Miami Press.

4 JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: Plant, W.J., Electron Spin Resonance Study of the H (Li+) Center in NaF. Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue University. (1) Plant, W.J., ESR study of a di-interstitial center in electron irradiated NaF:Li +. Solid State Communications, 11, p (2) Lee, E.Y.S., W.J. Plant, N.S. Chung, R.L. Mieher, Ligand ENDOR of Mn 2+ in CdF. Physical Review, 7B, p (3) Plant, W.J., R.L. Mieher, Electron spin resonance study of the H (Li + ) center in NaF. Physical Review, 7B, p (4) Plant, W.J., Characteristics of the H - 2Li center in electron-irradiated NaF:Li + as determined by ESR techniques. J. Physics Chem. Solids, 36, p (5) Plant, W.J., Studies of backscattered sea return with a CW, dual-frequency, X-Band radar. IEEE Trans. on Ant. and Prop., AP-21(1), p (6) Plant W.J., J.W. Wright, Growth and equilibrium of short gravity waves in a windwave tank. J. Fluid Mech., 82, Pt. 4, p (7) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, J.W. Wright, Modulation of coherent microwave backscatter by shoaling waves. J. Geophys. Res., 83(C3), p (8) Plant, W.J., J.W. Wright, Spectral decomposition of short gravity wave systems. J. Phys. Oceanog., 9(3), p (9) Plant, W.J., J.W. Wright, Phase speeds of upwind and downwind traveling short gravity waves. J. Geophys. Res., 85(C6), p (10) Wright, J.W., W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, W.L. Jones, Ocean wave-radar modulation transfer functions from the West Coast experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 85(C9), p (11) Plant, W.J., D.L. Schuler, Remote sensing of the sea surface using one and two frequency microwave techniques. Radio Sci., 15(3), p (12) Plant, W.J., On the energy balance of short gravity wave systems. J. Phys. Oceanog., 10(9), p (13) Plant, W.J., A relationship between wind stress and wave slope. J. Geophys. Res., 87 (C3), p (14) Schuler, D.L., W.J. Plant, W.P. Eng, W. Alpers, and F. Schlude, Dual-frequency microwave backscatter from the ocean at low grazing angles - Comparison with theory. Int. J. Rem. Sens., 3(4), p (15) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, A. Cross, Parametric dependence of ocean wave-radar modulation transfer functions. J. Geophys. Res., 88(C14), p (16) Huhnerfuss, H., W. Alpers, A. Cross, W.D. Garrett, W.C. Keller, P.A. Lange, W.J. Plant, F. Schlude, and D.L. Schuler, The modification of X- and L-Band radar signals by monomolecular sea slicks. J. Geophys. Res., 88 (C14), p (17) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, The two-scale radar wave probe and SAR imagery of the ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 88(C14), p (18) Plant, W.J., Comments on the synthetic aperture radar imaging of ocean surface waves. IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., OE-8(4), p (19) Hasselmann, K., R.K. Raney, W.J. Plant, et. al., Theory of SAR ocean wave imaging: A MARSEN view. J. Geophys. Res., 90(C3), p

5 (20) Schuler, D.L., W.J. Plant, A.B. Reeves, W.P. Eng, Removal of clutter background limitations in dual-frequency scattering from the ocean: The three frequency scatterometer. Intl. J. Remote Sensing, 6(7), p (21) Keller, W.C., W.J. Plant, D.E. Weissman, The dependence of radar sea return on meteorological parameters and sea state. J. Geophys. Res., 90 (C1), p (22) Valenzuela, G.R., W.J. Plant, D.T. Chen, W.C. Keller, and D.L. Schuler, Microwave probing of shallow water bottom topography in the Nantucket Shoals, J. Geophys. Res., 90 (C3), p (23) Plant, W.J., A two-scale model of short, wind-generated waves and scatterometry, J. Geophys. Res., 90 (C9), p (24) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, A.B. Reeves, E. Uliana, and J.W. Johnson, Airborne microwave Doppler measurement of ocean wave directional spectra, Intl. J. Remote Sensing, 8 (C3), p (25) Blanc, T.V., W.J. Plant, and W.C. Keller, The Naval Research Laboratory's Air-Sea Interaction Blimp Experiment. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 70, pp (26) Hayt, D.W., R. DeWitt, F. Henyey, D.P. Kasilingam, W.C. Keller, D.R. Lyzenga, W.J. Plant, R.L. Schult, O.H. Shemdin, and J.W. Wright, Focussing simulations of SAR ocean images. J.Geophys. Res., 95 (C9), p. 16, (27) Keller, W.C., and W.J. Plant, Cross sections and modulation transfer functions at L- and Ku-Bands measured during the TOWARD experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 95 (C9), p. 16,277-16,289. (28) Plant, W.J. and W.C. Keller, Evidence of Bragg scattering in microwave Doppler spectra of sea return. J. Geophys. Res., 95 (C9), p. 16,299-16,310. (29) Schuler, D.L., W.C. Keller, and W.J. Plant, A three-frequency scatterometer technique for the measurement of ocean wave spectra, IEEE J. Ocean Eng., 16, p (30) Plant, W.J., Comment on the full-wave controversy, J. Geophys. Res., 96(C9), p. 17,105-17,106. (31) Keller, M.R., W.C. Keller, and W.J. Plant, A wavetank study of the dependence of X-Band cross sections on wind speed and water temperature, J. Geophys. Res., 97(C), p (32) Plant, W.J., Comment on ``Wind-wave directionality effects on the radar imaging of ocean swell'' by F.J. Ocampo-Torres and I.S. Robinson (paper 90JF01193), J. Geophys. Res., (C10), p. 18,527-18,529. (33) Plant, W.J., On the variance of the normalized radar cross section of the sea, J. Geophys. Res., 96(C11), p. 20,643-20,654. (34) Plant, W.J., Reconciliation of theories of synthetic aperture radar imagery of ocean waves, J. Geophys. Res., 97(C5), p (35) Plant, W.J., and W. Alpers, An Introduction to SAXON-FPN, J. Geophys. Res., 99 (C5), p (36) Keller, W.C., W.J. Plant, R.A. Petitt, and E.A. Terray, Microwave backscatter from the sea: Modulation of received power and Doppler bandwidth by long waves, J. Geophys. Res., 99(C5), p (37) Plant, W.J., Keller, W.C., R.A. Petitt, and E.A. Terray, The dependence of microwave backscatter from the sea on illuminated area: Correlation times and lengths, J. Geophys. Res., 99(C5), p

6 (38) Hara, T. and W.J. Plant, Hydrodynamic modulation of short wind-wave spectra by long waves and its measurement using microwave backscatter, J. Geophys. Res., 99 (C5), p (39) Colton, M.C., W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, and G.L. Geernaert, Tower-based measurements of normalized radar cross section from Lake Ontario: Evidence of wind stress dependence, J. Geophys. Res., 100(C5), p (40) Keller, M.R., B.L. Gotwols, W.J. Plant, and W.C. Keller, Comparison of opticallyderived spectral densities and microwave cross sections in a wind-wave tank, J. Geophys. Res., 100(C8), p (41) Zurk, L.M., and W.J. Plant, Comparison of actual and simulated SAR imagery of ocean waves using SAXON-FPN measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 101(C4), p (42) Weissman, D.E., W.J. Plant, S. Stolte, The response of microwave cross sections of the sea to wind fluctuations, J. Geophys. Res., 101(C5), p (43) Plant, W.J. and L.M. Zurk, Dominant wave directions and significant wave heights from SAR imagery of the ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 102(C2), p (44) Dahl, P.H., W.J. Plant, B. Nützel, A. Schmidt, H. Herwig, and E.A. Terray, Simultaneous acoustic and microwave backscattering from the sea surface, J. Acoustic Soc. Am., 101(5), p (45) Dahl, P.H. and W.J. Plant, The variability of high-frequency acoustic backscatter from the region near the sea surface, J. Acoustic Soc. Am, 101(5), p (46) Plant, W.J., A model for microwave Doppler sea return at high incidence angles: Bragg scattering from bound, tilted waves, J. Geophys. Res, 102(C9), p (47) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, V. Hesany, and K. Hayes, Measurements of the marine boundary layer from an airship, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech 15, p (48) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, V. Hesany, T. Hara, E. Bock, and M. Donelan, Bound waves and Bragg scattering in a wind wavetank, J. Geophys. Res., 104(C2), p (49) Plant, W.J., D.E. Weissman, W.C. Keller, V. Hesany, K. Hayes, and K.W. Hoppel, Air/ sea momentum transfer and the microwave cross section of the sea, J. Geophys. Res., 104(C5), p , (50) Plant, W.J., P.H. Dahl, and W.C. Keller, Microwave and acoustic scattering from parasitic capillary waves, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 25,853-25,866, (51) Hesany, V., W.J. Plant, and W.C. Keller, The normalized radar cross section of the sea at 10 o incidence, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 38, p ,2000. (52) Costa, J.E., K.R. Spicer, R.T. Cheng, F.P. Haeni, N.B. Melcher, E. M. Thurman, W.J. Plant, and W.C. Keller, Measuring stream discharge by non-contact methods: A proof-ofconcept experiment, Geophys. Res. Letters, 27, p , (53) Plant, W.J., Effects of wind variability on scatterometry at low wind speeds, J. Geophys. Res. 105, p , (54) Weissman, D.E., W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, and V.G. Irisov, Comparison of scatterometer and radiometer wind vector measurements, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 19, p , (55) Plant, W.J., A stochastic, multiscale model of microwave backscatter from the ocean, J. Geophys. Res.,107(C9), 3120, doi: /2001jc000909, 2002.

7 (56) Melcher, N.B., J.E. Costa, F.P. Haeni, R.T. Cheng, E.M. Thurman, M. Buursink, K.R. Spicer, E. Hayes, W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, and K. Hayes, River discharge measurements by using helicopter-mounted radars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(22), 2084, doi: /2002gl015525, (57) Lee, M.C., C.J. Lai, J.M. Leu, W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, K. Hayes, Non-contact flood discharge measurements using an X-band pulse radar (I) theory, Flow Measurements and Instruments, 13, , (58) Lee, M.C., J.M. Leu, C.J. Lai, W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, K. Hayes, Non-contact flood discharge measurements using an X-band pulse radar (II) improvements and applications, Flow Measurements and Instruments, 13, , (59) Contreras, R.F., W.J. Plant, W.C. Keller, K. Hayes, and J. Nystuen, Effects of rain on Ku band backscatter from the ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C5),3165,doi: /2001JC001255, (60) Plant, W.J., A new interpretation of sea-surface slope probability density functions, J. Geophys. Res, 108(C9), 3295, doi: /2003jc001870, (61) Plant, W.J., Microwave sea return at moderate to high incidence angles, Waves in Random Media, 13(4), , doi: / /13/4/009, (62) Contreras, R.F., and W.J. Plant, Ku-band backscatter from the Cowltiz River: Bragg scattering with and without rain, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sensing, 42(7), , (63) Plant, W.J., P.H. Dahl, J.P. Giovanangeli, H. Branger, Bound and free surface waves in a large wind-wave tank, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C10002, doi: /2004jc002342, (64) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, and K. Hayes, Simultaneous measurement of ocean winds and waves with an airborne coherent real aperture radar, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 22, , doi: /JTECH1724.1, (65) Donelan, M.A., B.K. Haus, N. Reul, W.J. Plant, M. Stiassne, H.C. Graber, O.B. Brown, E.S. Saltzman, On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L18306, doi: /2004gl019460, (66) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, K. Hayes, and K. Spicer, Streamflow properties from time series of surface velocity and stage, J. Hydraulic Engineering, 131(8), , doi: /(ASCE) (2005)131:8(657), (67) Plant, W.J., W.C. Keller, and K. Hayes, Measurement of river surface currents with coherent microwave systems, IEEE TGRS, 43 (6), , doi: /TGRS , (68) Costa, J.E., R.T. Cheng, F.P. Haeni, N. Melcher, K.R. Spicer, E. Hayes, W.J. Plant, K. Hayes, C. Teague, and D. Barrick, Use of radars to monitor stream discharge by noncontact methods, Water Resources Research, 42, W07422, doi: /2005wr004430, (69) Contreras, R.F., and W.J. Plant, The effect of rain on microwave backscatter from the ocean, J. Geophys. Res.,111, C08019, doi: /2005jc003356, (70) Suzuki, N., M.A. Donelan, and W.J. Plant, On the sub-grid scale variability of oceanic winds and the accuracy of NWP models as deduced from QuikSCAT backscatter distributions, J. Geophys. Res.,112, C04005,doi: /2005JC003437, (71) Branch, R., W.J. Plant, M. Gade, A.T. Jessup, Relating microwave modulation to microbreaking observed in infrared imagery, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 5,

8 (72) Johnson, J.T., R.J. Burkholder, J.V. Toporkov, D.R. Lyzenga, and W.J. Plant, A numerical study of the retrieval of sea surface height profiles from low grazing angle radar data, IEEE TGRS, 47 (6), , doi: /tgrs , (73) Donelan, M.A. and W.J. Plant, A threshold for wind-wave growth, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C07012, doi: /2008jc005238, (74) Plant, W.J. The ocean wave height variance spectrum: Wavenumber peak versus frequency peak, J. Phys. Ocean, 39, doi: /2009jpo4268.1, (75) Plant, W.J., R. Branch, G. Chatham, C.C. Chickadel1, K. Hayes, B. Hayworth, A. Horner- Devine, A. Jessup, Remotely sensed river surface features compared with modeling and in-situ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C11002, doi: /2009jc005440, (76) Hwang, P.A. and W.J. Plant, An analysis of the effects of swell and surface roughness spectra on microwave backscatter from the ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C04014, doi: /2009jc005558, (77) Donelan, M. A., B. K. Haus, W. J. Plant, and O. Troianowski, Modulation of short wind waves by long waves, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C10003, doi: /2009jc005794, (78) Plant, W. J., W. C. Keller, K. Hayes, and G. Chatham, Normalized radar cross section of the sea for backscatter: 1. Mean levels, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C09032, doi: /2009jc006078, (79) Plant, W. J., W. C. Keller, K. Hayes, G. Chatham, and N. Lederer, Normalized radar cross section of the sea for backscatter: 2. Modulation by internal waves, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C09033, doi: /2009jc006079, (80) Plant, W.J., W. C. Keller, K. Hayes, and G. Chatham, Characteristics of internal waves in the south china sea observed by a shipboard coherent radar, J. Ocean Eng., 36(3), , doi: /JOE , (81) Catalan, P.A., M.C. Haller, R.A. Holman, and W.J. Plant, Optical and microwave detection of surf zone breaking waves, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sensing, 49(6) , doi: /TGRS , (82) Giddings, S.N., D.A. Fong, S.G. Monismith, C.C. Chickadel, K.A. Edwards, W. J. Plant, B. Wang, O.B. Fringer, A.R. Horner-Devine, and Andrew T. Jessup, Frontogenesis and frontal progression of a trapping-generated estuarine convergence front and its influence on mixing and stratification, Estuaries and Coasts, DOI /s z, (83) Plant, W.J. and G. Farquharson, Origins of features in wavenumber-frequency spectra of space-time images of the ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C06015, doi: /2012jc007986, (84) Plant, W.J. and G. Farquharson, Wave shadowing and modulation of microwave backscatter from the ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C08010, doi: /2012jc007912, 2012 (85) Plant, W.J., Whitecaps in deep water, Geophys. Res. Ltrs., 39, L16601, doi: /2012gl052732, (86) Dahl, P.H., W.J. Plant, and D.R. Dall Osto, Vertical coherence and forward scattering from the sea surface and the relation to the directional wave spectrum, submitted to J. Acoustical Soc., January 18, 2015.