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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
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818.354.5473
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Curriculum Vitae:

Benjamin Holt

Education
  • B.A., Human Biology and Anthropology, Stanford University (1972)
  • M.S., Physical Oceanography, Dept. of Geology, University of Southern California (1988)
Research Interests
  • The state of polar sea ice using multi-sensor data and new instrument development for microwave measurement of sea ice thickness
  • Coastal oceanography circulation and its effects on biological productivity and pollutants using multi-sensor data and new instrumentation development to measure ocean surface currents.
Projects

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DESDynI is a dedicated U.S. InSAR and LIDAR mission optimized for studying hazards and global environmental change.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1978-Present)
    • Oceanography Element (1982-Present)
    • Member Technical Staff (1978-Present)
Selected Publications
  1. McKinney, P., B. Holt, and K. Matsumoto, Small eddies observed in Lake Superior using SAR and sea surface temperature imagery, Journal of Great Lakes Research 38, 786-797, 2012.
  2. Zheng, Q., B. Holt, X. Li, X. Liu, Q. Zhao, Y. Yuan, and X. Yang, Deep-water seamount wakes on Seasat SAR imagery in the Gulf Stream Region, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL052661 2012.
  3. Mortin, J., T. M. Schroder, A. W. Hansen, B. Holt, and K. C. McDonald, Mapping of seasonal freeze-thaw transitions across the pan-Arctic land and sea ice domains with satellite radar, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, 117, C08004, doi:10.1029/2012JC008001, 2012.
  4. Panzer, B., D. Gomez-Garcia, C. Leuschen, J. Paden, F. Rodriquez-Morales, A. Patel, T. Markus, B. Holt, and P. Gogineni, An ultra-wideband, microwave radar for measuring snow thickness on sea ice and mapping near-surface internal layers in polar firn, J. Glaciology, submitted 2012.
  5. Leifer, I., B. Lehr, D. Simecek-Beatty, E. Bradley, R. Clark, P. Dennison, Y. Hu, S. Matheson, C. Jones, B. Holt, M. Reif, D. Roberts, J. Svejkovsky, G. Swayze, J. Wozencraft, State of the art satellite and airborne marine oil spill remote sensing: Application to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 124, 185-209, 2012.
  6. Minchew, B., C. Jones, and B. Holt, Polarimetric L-band SAR signatures of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, IEEE Trans. Geoscience Remote Sensing, 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2185804, 99, 1-19, 2012.
  7. Jones, C. E., B, Minchew, B. Holt, and S. Hensley, Studies of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill with the UAVSAR radar, in Liu, Y., A. MacFadyen, Z.-G. Ji, and R. H. Weisberg (Eds.), Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 195, pp. 33-50, AGU, Washington, D. C., 2011.
  8. Kwok, R., B. Panzer, C. Leuschen, S. Pang, T. Markus, B. Holt, and S. Gogineni, Airborne surveys of snow depth over Arctic sea ice, J. Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C11018, doi:10.1029/2011JC007371, 2011.
  9. Freeman, A., V. Zlotnicki, T. Liu, B. Holt, R. Kwok, S. Yueh, J. Vazquez, D.Siegel, and G. Lagerloef, Ocean Measurements from Space in 2025, Oceanography, 23(4), 144-161, 2010.
  10. Marmorino, G. O., B. Holt, M. J. Molemaker, P. M. DiGiacomo, M. A. Sletten, Airborne synthetic aperture radar observations of 'spiral eddy' slick patterns in the Southern California Bight, J. Geophysical Research Oceans, 115, C05010, doi:10.1029/2009JC005863, 2010.
  11. Holt, B., P. Kanagaratnam, P. Gogineni, V. Ramasami, A. Mahoney, V. Lytle, Sea ice thickness measurements by a wideband surface penetrating radar: First results, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 55, 33-46, 2009.
  12. Martin, S., R. Drucker, R. Kwok, and B. Holt, Improvements in the estimates of ice thickness and production in the Chukchi Sea polynyas derived from AMSR-E, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L05505, doi:10.1029/2004GL022013, 2005.
  13. Evans, D., W. Alpers, A. Cazenave C. Elachi, T. Farr, D. Glackin, B. Holt, L. Jones, W. T. Liu, W. McCandless, Y. Menard, R. Moore, E. Njoku, Seasat-A 25 Year Legacy of Success, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 94, 384-404, 2005.
  14. Holt, B., SAR imaging of the ocean surface, in C. R. Jackson and J. R. Apel (eds) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Marine User's Manual, NOAA NESDIS Office of Research and Applications, Washington DC, pp. 25-79, 2004.
  15. Vachon, P. W., F. M. Monaldo, B. Holt, and S. Lehner, Ocean surface waves and spectra, in C. R. Jackson and J. R. Apel (eds) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Marine User's Manual, NOAA NESDIS Office of Research and Applications, Washington DC, pp. 139-169, 2004.
  16. Martin, S., R. Drucker, R. Kwok, and B. Holt, Estimation of the thin ice thickness and heat flux from SSM/I data for the Chukchi Sea Alaskan coast polynya for 1990 - 2001, J. Geophysical Res., 109, C10012, doi:10.1029/2004JC002428, 2004.
  17. DiGiacomo, P. M., L. Washburn, B. Holt, and B. H. Jones, Coastal pollution hazards in Southern California observed by SAR imagery: Stormwater plumes, wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49, 1013-1024, 2004.
  18. DiGiacomo, P. M., and B. Holt, Satellite observations of small coastal ocean eddies in the Southern California Bight, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C10), 22,521-22,544, 2001.
  19. Holt, B., and S. Martin, The effect of a storm on the 1992 summer sea ice cover of the Beaufort, Chukchi, and East Siberian Seas, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (C1), 1017-1032, 2001.

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