Willard J. Pierson

• A unified mathematical theory for the analysis, propagation, and refraction of storm generated ocean surface waves
• Models of random seas based on the Lagrangian equations of motion
• Final report on remote sensing research for NASA grant NAGW-690
• Models of Random Seas Based on the Lagrangian Equations of Motion
• Oceanographic and meteorological research based on the data products of SEASAT
• Practical methods for observing and forecasting ocean waves
• Practical methods for observing and forecasting ocean waves by means of wave spectra and statistics
• Probabilities and statistics for backscatter estimates obtained by a scatterometer with applications to new scatterometer design data
• Synoptic scale wind field properties from the SEASAT SASS
• The directional spectrum of a wind generated sea as determined by data obtained by the Stereo Wave Observation Project