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JAFFE, JULES

Research Oceanographer

Degrees:

• B.A., State University of New York
• M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests:

• Three-dimensional acoustic and optical imaging of phytoplankton and zooplankton
• Development of in situ remote sensing devices for ocean exploration

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 208: Seminar/Applied Ocean Sciences
• SIO208: Seminar/Applied Ocean Sciences
• SIO222: Underwater Bioacoustics

Honors and Awards:

• Creativity Award, National Science Foundation
• Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
• Visiting Miller Professor, U. C. Berkeley
• Visiting H. Burr Steinbach Scholar, Woods Hole, 2003

Mentoring:

• Roberts, Paul (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Schell, Chad (Graduate; 1997-2003)
• Zawada, David (Graduate; 1997-2003)
• Raafi, Keihan (Graduate; 1992-1997)
• Chandran, Girish (Graduate; 1991-1996)
• Palowitch, Andrew (Graduate; 1991-1995)
• McGehee, Duncan (Graduate; 1989-1995)

Roberts, P. L. D. and Jaffe, J. S. "Classification of live, untethered zooplankton from observations of multiple-angle scatter", Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America, 124 (2): 796-802, 2008 Aug.

Franks, Peter J.S., Jaffe, Jules S. "Microscale variability in the distributions of large fluorescent particles observed in situ with a planar laser imaging fluorometer", Journal of Marine Systems, Volume 69, Issues 3-4, February 2008, Pages 254-270.

Jaffe J.S."A tomographic approach to inverse mie particle characterization from scattered light", Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 19, pp. 12217-12229, 2007 Sept.

Roberts, P. L. D. and Jaffe, J. S. "Multiple angle acoustic classification of zooplankton", Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America, 121 (4): 2060-2070, 2007 Apr.

Jaffe J.S., Simonet F., Roberts P. L. D., Bowles A.E."Measurement of the acoustic reflectivity of sirenia (Florida manatees) at 171 kHz", Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America, 121 (1): 158-165, 2007 Jan.

Shao B., Jaffe J.S., Chachisvilis M., Esener S.C. "Angular resolved light scattering for discriminating among marine picoplankton: modeling and experimental measurements", [Article] Optics Express, 14 (25): 12473-12484, 2006 Dec.

Jaffe, J. S. "Using multi-angle scattered sound to size fish swimbladders, ICES Journal of Marine Science 63 (8) 1397-1404 SEP 2006

Jaffe, J. S. "Sensing Plankton: Acoustics and Optical Imaging", (book chapter), European Workshop on Harmful Algal Blooms, (to appear) 2005.

Yahel R, Yahel G, Berman T, et al. "Diel pattern with abrupt crepuscular changes of zooplankton over a coral reef", Limnology and Oceanography 50 (3): 930-944, MAY 2005.

Genin, A., J. S. Jaffe, R. Reef, C. Richter and P. J. S. Franks, "Swimming Against the Flow: a Mechanism of Zooplankton Aggregation", Science 308: 860-862, 2005 May 6.

Jaffe, J. S., "Three Dimensional Probability Density Functions via Tomographic Inversion". [Article] SIAM Journal of Applied Math, 65 (5) : 1506-1525, 2005 May.

Ai YH, Jaffe JS. "Design and preliminary tests of a family of adaptive waveforms to measure blood vessel diameter and wall thickness". IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 52 (2): 250-260, 2005 Feb.

Jaffe, J. S., " Performance bounds on synchronous laser line scan systems". [Article] Optics Express, 13 (3): 738-748, 2005.

Schell C, Jaffe JS. "Experimental verification of an interpolation algorithm for improved estimates of animal position" [Article] Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America. 116 (1): 254-261, 2004 Jul.

De Robertis A. Schell C. Jaffe JS. "Acoustic observations of the swimming behavior of the euphausiid Euphausia pacifica Hansen". [Article] ICES Journal of Marine Science. 60(4):885-898, 2003 Aug.

Zawada DG. Jaffe JS. "Changes in the fluorescence of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata during heat-induced bleaching". [Article] Limnology & Oceanography. 48(1 Part 2):412-425, 2003 Jan.

Fuchs E. Zimmerman RC. Jaffe JS. "The effect of elevated levels of phaeophytin in natural water on variable fluorescence measured from phytoplankton". [Article] Journal of Plankton Research. 24(11):1221-1229, 2002 Nov.

Moore, K.D. and Jaffe, J.S., "Time-evolution of high-resolution topographic measurements of the sea floor using a 3-D laser line scan mapping system", Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of , Volume: 27 Issue: 3 , July 2002, Page(s): 525 -545

Fuchs E. Jaffe JS. Long RA. Azam F. "Thin laser light sheet microscope for microbial oceanography". [Article] Optics Express. 10(2):145-154, 2002 Jan 28

Franks PJS. Jaffe JS. "Microscale distributions of phytoplankton: initial results from a two-dimensional imaging fluorometer, OSST". [Article] Marine Ecology-Progress Series. 220:59-72, 2001.

Jaffe, J.S., K. D. Moore, J. McLean and M.P. Strand, "Underwater Optical Imaging: Status and Prospects,". Oceanography, Vol. 14, No.3 pgs. 66-76 (2001)

Richardson, M.D., Briggs, K.B., Bibee, L.D., Jumars, P.A., Sawyer, W.B., Albert, D.B., Bennett, R.H., Berger, T.K., Buckingham, M.J., Chotiros, N.P., Dahl, P.H., Dewitt, N.T., Fleischer, P., Flood, R., Greenlaw, C.F., Holliday, D.V., Hulbert, M.H., Hutnak, "Overview of SAX99: environmental considerations". [Article] IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 26(1):26-53, 2001 Jan.

De Robertis A. Jaffe JS. Ohman MD. "Size-dependent visual predation risk and the timing of vertical migration in zooplankton". [Article] Limnology & Oceanography. 45(8):1838-1844, 2000 Dec.

Moore KD. Jaffe JS. Ochoa BL. "Development of a new underwater bathymetric laser imaging system: L-bath". [Article] Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology. 17(8):1106-1117, 2000 Aug.

Jaffe JS. Ohman MD. De Robertis A. "Sonar estimates of daytime activity levels of Euphausia pacifica in Saanich Inlet". [Article] Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences. 56(11):2000-2010, 1999 Nov.

Jaffe JS. "Target localization for a three-dimensional multibeam sonar imaging system". [Article] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 105(6):3168-3175, 1999 Jun.

Jaffe JS. Ohman MD. De Robertis A. "OASIS in the sea: measurement of the acoustic reflectivity of zooplankton with concurrent optical imaging". [Article] Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography. 45(7):1239-+, 1998.

Jaffe JS, Moore KD, Zawada D, et al. "Underwater optical imaging: New hardware & software". [Article] Sea Technology 39 (7): 70-74, 1998 July.

Jaffe, J.S., P.J.S. Franks and A.W. Leising. "Simultaneous imaging of phytoplankton and zooplankton distributions". [Article] Oceanography. 11(1): 20, 1998.

Rafii, K. and Jaffe, J.S., "Adaptive ultrasonic measurement of blood vessel diameter and wall thickness: theory and experimental results", Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 45 Issue: 3 , May 1998, Page(s): 593 -603

Chandran, G. and Jaffe, J.S., "Signal set design with constrained amplitude spectrum and specified time-bandwidth product", Communications, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 44 Issue: 6 , June 1996, Page(s): 725 -732

Jaffe JS. "Temporal sampling of backscattered sonar signals". [Article] ICES Journal of Marine Science. 53(2):359-361, 1996 Apr.

Mcgehee D. Jaffe JS. "Three-dimensional swimming behavior of individual zooplankters: observations using the acoustical imaging system FishTV". [Article] ICES Journal of Marine Science. 53(2):363-369, 1996 Apr.

Jaffe JS. Reuss E. Mcgehee D. Chandran G. "FTV: a sonar for tracking macrozooplankton in three dimensions". [Article] Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers. 42(8):1495-1512, 1995 Aug.

Jaffe JS. "Monte Carlo modeling of underwater-image formation: validity of the linear and small-angle approximations". [Article] Applied Optics. 34(24):5413-5421, 1995 Aug 20.

Maffione RA, Jaffe JS. "The Average Cosine Due To An Isotropic Light-Source In The Ocean". [Article] Journal of Geophysical Research. 100 (C7): 13179-13192, 1995 July 15.

Palowitch, A. and Jaffe, J.S.. "Optical serial sectioned chlorophyll-a microstructure". [Article] Journal of Geophysical Research. 100(C7):13,267-13,278, 1995.

Mcgehee D, Jaffe JS. "Segmented Transducer Design Using an Optimum Mean-Square Quantizer Approach". [Article] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 97 (4): 2316-2325, 1995 April.

Palowitch, A. and Jaffe, J.S.. "Three-dimensional ocean chlorophyll distributions from underwater serial sectioned fluorescence images". [Article] Applied Optics. 33(14):3023-3033, 1994 May.

Mcgehee D, Jaffe JS. "Beamforming with Dense Random Arrays - The Development of Spatially Shaded Polyvinylidene Fluoride Acoustic Transducer". [Article] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 95 (1): 318-323, 1994 Jan.

Jaffe, J.S., "A Simplified Derivation of the Performance of Edge-Connected Crossed-Electrode Arrays for Two-Dimensional Projection and Beamforming", Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on [see also Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on] , Volume: 41 Issue: 1 , January 1993, Page(s): 446

Sutton DW, Jaffe JS. "Acoustic Bedload Velocity Estimates Using a Broad-Band Pulse Pulse Time Correlation Technique". [Article] Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 92 (3): 1692-1698, 1992 Sep.

Cobra, D.T., Oppenheim, A.V., Jaffe, J.S., "Geometric distortions in side-scan sonar images: a procedure for their estimation and correction", Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of , Volume: 17 Issue: 3 , July 1992, Page(s): 252 -268

Pretorius DH, Nelson TR, Jaffe JS. "3-Dimensional Sonographic Analysis Based on Color Flow Doppler and Gray Scale Image Data - A Preliminary-Report". [Article] Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 11 (5): 225-232, 1992 May.

Jaffe, J.S., "Limited angle reconstruction using stabilized algorithms", Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 9 Issue: 3 , Sept. 1990, Page(s): 338 -344

Olson, T. and Jaffe, J.S., "An explanation of the effects of Squashing in limited angle tomography", Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 9 Issue: 3 , Sept. 1990, Page(s): 242 -246

Jaffe, J.S., Cassereau, P.M., Glassbrenner, D.J., "Code design and performance characterization for code multiplexed imaging", Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing [see also IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing], IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 38 Issue: 8 , Aug. 1990, Page(s): 1321 -1329

Jaffe, J.S., "Computer modeling and the design of optimal underwater imaging systems", Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of , Volume: 15 Issue: 2 , April 1990, Page(s): 101 -111

Jaffe JS, Cassereau PM. "Multibeam Imaging Using Spatially Variant Insonification". [Article] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83 (4): 1458-1464, 1988 Apr.

Jaffe JS. "Difference Fourier-Analysis of Surface-Features of Bacteriorhodopsin Using Glucose-Embedded and Frozen-Hydrated Purple Membrane". [Article] Ultramicroscopy, 23 (1): 17-28, 1987 Apr.

Jaffe JS, Fricke R. "Constrained Reconstruction of Complex Waveforms". [Article] Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision. 4 (1): 216-220, 1987 Jan.

Jaffe JS, Glaeser RM, "Preparation Of Frozen-Hydrated Specimens For High-Resolution Electron-Microscopy". [Article] Ultramicroscopy. 13 (4): 373-377, 1984.