EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

B.S., University of Rochester, 1964
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1970

BRIEF BIO:

Dr. Jones graduated with distinction from the University of Rochester in 1964. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado, he joined the Goddard Space Flight Center to participate in its studies of solar physics. Since 1979 he has been stationed in Tucson, Arizona where he represents LASP in the cooperative operation and development of the National Solar Observatory's Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope and magnetograph which produces daily full-disk magnetograms and He I 1083 nm images of the outer solar atmosphere which are widely used in flight mission planning and subsequent data analysis. Dr. Jones is in charge of a vigorous program of collaborative observations and analysis to support and complement NASA flight missions such as SOHO, TRACE, SPARTAN 201, and the SERTS suborbital rocket program. Dr. Jones received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for conceiving and developing the NASA/NSO Spectromagnetograph.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Jones' research interests include observational studies of the Sun's magnetic field as it relates to the structure and activity of the outer solar atmosphere as well as variability in bolometric and spectral irradiance. He is also interested in development of instrumentation, especially real-time data analysis systems, and maintains an active interest in radiative transfer theory and application.

Legend: A full-disk magnetogram obtained by Dr. Jones on 1 September, 1997 showing a large active region of the rapidly developing new solar cycle. Light areas show magnetic field pointing towards the earth, grey areas show weak or zero field, and dark areas show field pointing away from the earth.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Andretta, V. and Jones, H. P.: 1997, ``On the Role of the Solar Corona and Transition Region in the Excitation of the Spectrum of Neutral Helium'', Astrophys. J., 489, in press.

Dupree, A. K., Penn, M. J., and Jones, H. P.: 1996, ``He~I 10830~\AA Wing Asymmetry in Polar Coronal Holes:Evidence for Radial Outflows'', Astrophys. J. 467 L121.

Hathaway, D, H., Gilman, P. A., Harvey, J. W., Hill, F., Howard, R. F., Jones, H. P., Kasher, J. C., Leibacher, J. W., Pintar, J. A., and Simon, G. W.: 1996, ``GONG Observations of Solar Surface Flows'', Science 272 1306.

\item Penn, M. J. and Jones, H. P.: 1996, ``Limb Observations of He~I 1083~nm'', Solar Phys. 168, 19.

Jones, H. P.: 1995, ``Tracking Magnetogram Proper Motions by Multiscale Regularization'', in Helioseismology, Fourth SOHO Workshop 2, ESA SP-376, 227.

Jones, H. P.: 1996, ``On-Line Analysis and Compression of Spectra-Spectroheliograms'', in Missions to the Sun, SPIE Proceedings 2804, 110.

Jones, H. P.: 1993, ``Interpreting Recent Observations of He I 10830 A'', in Proceedings, IAU Symposium 154, D. Rabin, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 49.

Jones, H. P.: 1993, ``Spectrometer-Based Magnetographs'',The Magnetic and Velocity Fields of Solar Active Regions, ASP Conference Series 46, H. Zirin and G. Ai, eds., 156.

Jones, H. P., Duvall, T. L. Jr., Harvey, J. W., Mahaffey, C. T., Schwitters, J. D., and Simmons, J. E.: 1992, ``The NASA/NSO Spectromagnetograph'', Solar Phys. 139, 211.

Jones H. P., Harvey J. W., and Andretta, V.: 1994, ``Joint Observations of the Chromosphere, Transition Region, And Corona from SOHO And NSO/Kitt Peak'', in Solar Dynamic Phenomena and Solar Wind Consequences}, Third SOHO Workshop, J. Hunt (ed.), ESA SP-373, Noordwijk, 345.

Jones, H. P.: 1989, ``Formation of Fourier Phase Shifts in the Solar Ni I 6768 A Line'', Solar Phys. 120, 211.

Jones, H. P. and Giovanelli, R. G.: 1982, ``Magnetograph Response to Canopy-Type Fields'', Solar Phys. 79, 247.

Jones, H. P. and Skumanich, A.: 1980, ``The Physical Effects of Radiative Transfer in Multidimensional Media Including Models of the Solar Atmosphere'', Astrophys. J. Suppl 42, 221.

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