• BS, Physics, Case Institute of Technology, 1969
• MS, Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1972
• Ph D, Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1972

Journal Articles

Q. Zhu, R. Dinsmore, B. Gao and John D Mathews, 2016, "High-resolution radar observations of meteoroid fragmentation and flaring at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 457, pp. 1759-1769

A. Patil, A. Malhotra, A. K. Patra, T. R. Prasad and John D Mathews, 2015, "Evidence of meteoroid fragmentation in specular trail echoes observed using Gadanki MST radar", Earth Moon Planets, 115

B. Gao and John D Mathews, 2015, "High-altitude radar meteors observed at Jicamarca Radio Observatory using a multi-baseline interferometric technique", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 452, pp. 4252–4262

S. Raizada, C. A. Tepley, Q. Zhou, S. Sarkhel, John D Mathews, N. A. Aponte, I. Seker, R. Kerr and E. Cabassa, 2015, "Dependence of mesospheric Na and Fe distributions on electron density at Arecibo", Earth Planets Space, 67:146

S. Raizada, C. M. Brum, C. A. Tepley, J. S. Friedman, John D Mathews and F. T. Djuth, 2015, "First Simultaneous Measurements of Na and K Thermospheric Layers along with TILs from Arecibo", Geophys. Res. Lett., 42

B Gao and J D Mathews, 2015, "High-altitude meteors and meteoroid fragmentation observed at Jicamarca", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446, pp. 3404-3415

B Gao and J D Mathews, 2015, "Phase and pattern calibration of the Jicamarca radar using satellites", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446, pp. 3416-3426

S. Sarkhel, John D Mathews, S. Raizada, R. Sekar, D. Chakrabarty, A. Guharay, G. Jee, J.-H. Kim, R. B. Kerr, G. Ramkumar, S. Sridharan, Q. Wu, M. G. Mlynczak and J. M. Russel, 2015, "A case study on occurrence of an unusual structure in the sodium layer over Gadanki, India", Earth Planets Space, 67

Q. Zhu, R. Volz and John D Mathews, 2015, "Radar Holography based on Compressed Sensing", Radio Sci.

John D Mathews, 2013, "A short history of geophysical radar at Arecibo Observatory", Hist. Geo- Space Sci., 4, pp. 19-33

John D Mathews, 2013, "Fifty years of radio science at Arecibo Observatory: A brief overview", Radio Sci. Bull., 346, pp. 12-16

John D Mathews, J. Urbina and A. Malhorta, 2012, "Adapting the New Arecibo On-Dish High Frequency (HF) Transmitter System to Radar Mode", International Innovation, 93-95

S. Sarkhel, S. Raizada, John D Mathews, S. Smith, C. A. Tepley, F. J. Rivera and S. A. Gonzalez, 2012, "Identification of large-scale billow-like structures in the neutral sodium layer over Arecibo", J. Geophys. Res., 117, pp. A10301

A. Malhorta and John D Mathews, 2011, "A statistical study of meteoroid fragmentation and differential ablation using the Resolute Bay incoherent scatter radar", J. Geophys. Res., 116, pp. A04316

I. Seker, S. F. Fung and John D Mathews, 2011, "The relation between magnetospheric state parameters and the occurrence of plasma depletion events in the night-time mid-latitude F-region", J. Geophys. Res., 116, pp. A04323

John D Mathews, 2011, "From here to ET", J. British Interplanetary Soc., 64, (6/7), pp. 234-241

John D Mathews, S. J. Briczinski, A. Malhorta and J. Cross, 2010, "Extensive meteoroid fragmentation in V/UHF radar meteor observations at Arecibo Observatory", Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, pp. L04103

F. T. Djuth, L. D. Zhang, D. J. Livneh, I. Seker, M. P. Sulzer, John D Mathews and R. L. Walterscheid, 2010, "Arecibo's thermospheric gravity waves and the case for an ocean source", J. Geophys. Res., 115, pp. A08305

A. Roy, S. J. Briczinski, J. F. Doherty and John D Mathews, 2009, "Genetic algorithm based parameter estimation technique for fragmenting radar meteor head-echoes", IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 6, pp. 363-367

S. J. Briczinski, John D Mathews and D. D. Meisel, 2009, "Statistical and fragmentation properties of the micrometeoroid flux observed at Arecibo", J. Geophys. Res., 114, pp. A04311

I. Seker, D. Linveh and John D Mathews, 2009, "A 3D empirical model of F-region MSTID bands using incoherent scatter radar and allsky imaging at Arecibo", J. Geophys. Res., 114, pp. A06302

D. J. Livneh, I. Seker, F. T. Djuth and John D Mathews, 2009, "Omnipresent vertically coherent fluctuations in the ionosphere with a possible worldwide-midlatitude extent", J. Geophys. Res., 114, pp. A06302

A. Malhorta and John D Mathews, 2009, "Low-altitude meteor trail echoes", Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, pp. L21106

A. Malhorta, John D Mathews and K. Ray, 2009, "Aspect sensitivity considerations in determining day-to-night variations in meteor trail durations", Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, pp. L22105

I. Seker, John D Mathews, D. Livneh and J. J. Makela, 2008, "Tracking F-region plasma depletion bands using GPS-TEC, incoherent scatter radar, and all-sky imaging at Arecibo", Earth Planets Space, 60, pp. 1-13

A. Malhorta, John D Mathews and J. Urbina, 2008, "Aspect sensitivity considerations in interpreting radar meteor range-spread trail echo durations", Earth, Moon, Plnts.

John D Mathews, S. J. Briczinski, D. D. Meisel and C. J. Heinselman, 2008, "Radio and meteor science outcomes from comparisons of meteor radar observations at AMISR Poker Flat, Sondrestrom, and Arecibo", Earth, Moon, Plnts., 102, pp. 365-372

A. Roy, C.-H. Wen, J. F. Doherty and John D Mathews, 2008, "Signal feature extraction from microbarograph observations using the Hilbert-Huang Transform", IEEE Trans. Geos. Romote Sens., 46, pp. 1442-1447

A. Malhorta, John D Mathews and J. Urbina, 2008, "Effect of Meteor Ionization on Sporadic-E observed at Jicamarca", Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, pp. L15106

A. Malhorta, John D Mathews and J. Urbina, 2007, "Multi-static, common volume radar observations of meteors at Jicamarca", Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, pp. L24103

A. Malhorta, John D Mathews and J. V. Urbina, 2007, "A Radio Science Perspective on Long Duration Meteor Trails", J. Geophys. Res., 112s, pp. A12303

A. Roy, J. F. Doherty and John D Mathews, 2007, "Analyzing radar meteor trails echoes using the Fresnel transform technique: A signal processing viewpoint", Earth, Moon, Plnts, 101, pp. 27-39

D. Livneh, I. Seker, F. T. Djuth and John D Mathews, 2007, "Continuous quasi-periodic thermospheric waves over Arecibo", J. Geophys. Res., 112

C.-H. Wen, D. J. Livneh, J. F. Doherty and John D Mathews, 2007, "Pulse-level interference and meteor processing of Arecibo ISR data", J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 69, pp. 973-980

I. Seker, John D Mathews, J. Wiig, P. Farias-Gutierrez, J. S. Friedman and C. A. Tepley, 2007, "First results from the Penn State Allsky Imager at Arecibo Observatory", Earth Planets Space, 59, pp. 165-176

Q.-N. Zhou and John D Mathews, 2006, "On the physical explanation of the Perkins instability", J. Geophys. Res., 111, pp. A12309

S. G. Bilen, C. R. Philbrick, T. F. Wheeler, John D Mathews, R. G. Melton and D. B. Spencer, 2006, "An overview of space science and engineering education at Penn State", IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 21, (7), pp. S_23 - S_27

S. J. Briczinski, C.-H. Wen, John D Mathews, J. F. Doherty and Q.-N. Zhou, 2006, "Robust voltage fitting techniques for meteor Doppler speed determination", IEEE Trans. Geos. Remote Sens., 44, pp. 3490-3496

Q.-N. Zhou, John D Mathews and C. A. Miller, 2006, "The evolution of nighttime mid-latitude mesoscale F-region structures: A case study utilizing numerical solution of the Perkins instability equations", Planet. Space Sci., 54, pp. 710-718

C.-H. Wen, J. F. Doherty and John D Mathews, 2005, "Adaptive filtering for the separation of incoherent scatter and meteor signals for Arecibo observational data", J. Amos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 67, pp. 1190-1195

Q.-N. Zhou, John D Mathews, Q. Du and C. A. Miller, 2005, "A preliminary investigation of the pseudo-spectral method numerical solution of the Perkins instatility equations in the homogeneous case", J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 67, pp. 325-335

C.-H. Wen, J. F. Doherty, John D Mathews and D. Janches, 2005, "Meteor detection and non-periodic bursty interference removal for Arecibo data", J. Amos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 67, pp. 275-281

C. Szasz, A. Pellinen-Wannberg, John D Mathews, N. J. Mitchell and W. Singer, 2005, "Latitudinal variations of diurnal meteor rates", Earth, Moon, Plnts.

Q.-N. Zhou, John D Mathews and Q. Du, 2005, "Linear stage theoretical and numerical solutions of the Perkins instability equations in the inhomogeneous TEC case", Planet. Space Sci.

Conference Proceedings

John D Mathews, 2011, "Underdense, overdense, and Bragg scattering in radar meteors", Proceedings of XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science

J. H. Klenzing, I. Seker, R. F. Pfaff, D. E. Rowland, S. F. Fung and John D Mathews, 2011, "Multi-Instrument Observations of an MSTID over Arecibo Observatory", Proceedings of XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science

I. Seker, W. E. Swartz, John D Mathews and N. Aponte, 2011, "A new 3D display format relating azimuth-scanning radar data and all-sky images", Proceedings of XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science

A. Malhorta, John D Mathews and J. Urbina, 2006, "Solving the mystery of long duration non-specular meteor echoes", Macmillan India Ltd., pp. 183-186

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