Professor
of Marine Science Department of Marine Science 1020 Balch Blvd. Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-9904 phone: 228-688-7126 fax: 228-688-1121 Jerald.Caruthers@usm.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics, Texas A&M University, 1968
M.S. Physics, Texas A&M University,1965
B.S. Physics, Texas A&M University, 1960
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My primary research interests include acoustic
scattering from rough surfaces (sea surface
and seafloor), the effects of bubbles on sound
propagation and scattering in the sea, and ocean
acoustic tomography. More broadly, I am interested
in all aspects of what has come to be called
"Acoustical Oceanography," the use of underwater
acoustics as a probe for the study of oceanic
phenomena.
COURSES
Applied
Ocean Acoustics (MAR 668):
An introduction to underwater acoustics, the
science and application of sound in the sea.
Applied Ocean Acoustics is designed to provide
a fundamental and practical knowledge of underwater
acoustics. The course stresses hydrographic
and bathymetric applications, but other uses
of underwater acoustics are considered.
Fundamentals
of Ocean Acoustics (MAR 673): This
course is orientated toward physical scientist
and engineers with advanced math skills. Although
primarily applied, some theory related to
wave equations for acoustics in the sea and
their solutions are covered. This course
is offered in the Spring semester.
Ocean
Acoustics Lab (MAR 673L): This course
is designed to be taken in conjunction with
MAR 668 or 673 but is especially useful for
the latter. It is designed to give hands on
experience with applied topics covered in
either course. This lab course should be taken
simultaneously with MAR 673, but may be taken
subsequently to either course. This course
is offered in the Spring semester.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Books
A.I.
Khil'ko, J.W. Caruthers, and
N.A. Sidorovskaia, OCEAN ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY:
A Review with Emphasis on the Russian Approach,
book published by the Inst. Appl. Phys., Russian
Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 1998.
J.W.
Caruthers, FUNDAMENTALS OF MARINE ACOUSTICS,
Elsevier's Oceanographic Series V 18, Elsevier
Scientific Publishing Co. Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
1978.
Published
Journal Articles and Contributions to Books
J.W. Caruthers and V. Renganathan, "Statistical and Change-Detection Analyses using SAX04 and KauaiEx Side-Scan Sonar Data," BOUNDARY INFLUENCES IN HIGH-FREQUENCY, SHALLOW-WATER ACOUSTICS, Proceedings of the Acoustics Institute, UK, pp 251-259, Sept. 2005.
J.W.
Caruthers, D.A. Roman, N.A. Sidorovskaia,
and S. Vinogradov, "Prospects and Techniques
for Eddy-Resolving Acoustic Tomography of the
Northeastern Gulf of Mexico," PROCEEDINGS OF
THE 9th WORLD CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS
AND INFORMATICS, Orlando, FL, July 2005.
J.W.
Caruthers, E. Quiroz, C. Fisher, R.
Meredith, N.A. Sidorovskaia, and the KauaiEx
Group, "Side-Scan Sonar Survey Operations in
Support of KauaiEx ," HIGH-FREQUENCY OCEAN ACOUSTICS,
Amer. Inst. of Physics, pp. 366-372, 2004.
N.A.
Sidorovskaia, G.E. Ioup, J.W. Ioup, and J.W.
Caruthers, "Acoustic propagation
studies for sperm whale vocalization analysis
during LADC experiments," HIGH-FREQUENCY OCEAN
ACOUSTICS, Amer. Inst. of Physics, pp. 288-295,
2004.
P.A.
Elmore and J.W. Caruthers,
"Higher Order Corrections to an Iterative Approach
for Approximating Bubble Distributions from
Attenuation Data," IEEE J. Oceanic Eng .,
v. 28, pp. 117-120, 2003.
J.W.
Caruthers, R.G. Goodman, M. Wilson,
S. Stanic, "High-Frequency Acoustic Seafloor
Scattering Data with Emphasis on Development
of a New Side-Scan Sonar," MARINE FRONTIERS
MTS/IEEE Proceedings of OCEANS'02, pp.
363-368, Oct. 2002.
J.W.
Caruthers, V. Kamenkovich, N. Sidorovskaia,
I Udovydchenkov, G. Ioup, "Acoustic Pulse Propagation
Studies in the Gulf of Mexico," MARINE FRONTIERS
MTS/IEEE Proceedings of OCEANS'02, pp.
1434-1437, Oct. 2002.
S.M.
Sebastian and J.W. Caruthers,
"Effects of Naturally Occurring Bubbles on Multibeam
Sonar Operations," AN OCEAN ODYSSEY ,
MTS/IEEE Proceedings of OCEANS'01, Nov. 2001.
D.
Rouseff, F.S. Henyey, J.W. Caruthers,
and S.J. Stanic, "Tomographic Reconstruction
of Shallow-Water Bubble Fields," IEEE J.
Oceanic Eng . v 26, pp 131-140, 2001.
R.R.
Goodman, J.W. Caruthers, S.J.
Stanic, and M.A. Wilson "Observations of High-Frequency
Sound Propagation in Shallow Water with Bubbles
due to Storm and Surf," IEEE J. Oceanic
Eng ., v 25, pp 501-506, 2000.
