Jim Mercer is a Principal Physicist in the Ocean Acoustics Department.

PI web page:
http://www.apl.washington.edu/EmployeeProfiles/Mercer/mercer.html

Research Interests

During Jim's tenure of almost 30 years at APL, underwater acoustics has been his central theme. His studies have covered the spectrum from basic research to advanced applications. He has authored or co-authored scientific and technical publications and has served as Chief Scientist on numerous at-sea expeditions. He currently leads a team of scientists and engineers at APL and frequently shares PI responsibilities with Dr. Robert C. Spindel, Dr. Bruce Howe and Dr. Robert Odom.

Recent Publications

Dushaw, Brian, Bruce Howe, James A. Mercer, and Robert C. Spindel, Acoustic receptions at SOSUS Arrays "k" and "l" of transmissions from Pioneer Seamount and Pacific Basin acoustic thermometry, ATOC Occasional Notes, Number 35, November 1996. (ATOC Occasional Notes are informal preliminary publications available from the authors.)

ATOC Instrumentation Group, Instrumentation for the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) prototype Pacific Ocean network, Proc. OCEANS '95, Volume 3, 1483-1500, 1995.

Odom, Robert I. and James A. Mercer, Spectral diffusion of elastic wave energy, Geophys. J. Int.,127, 111-124,1996.

Odom, Robert I., Minkyu Park, James A. Mercer, Robert S. Crosson, and Pauline Paik, Effects of transverse isotropy on modes and mode coupling, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 100, 2079-2092, 1996.

Howe, B.M., S.W. Leach, J.A. Mercer, and R.I. Odom, Designing the ATOC global array, Proc. OCEANS'93, Volume 1, 258-262, 1993. .

Contact Information
mercer@apl.washington.edu

(206) 543-1361