James Campbell

Bio:

James Campbell is performing research for the NASA Cyclon Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission as part-time staff at the University of Southern California. He has over twenty years of industry experience developing and evaluating navigation and remote sensing systems with Raytheon Technologies and the Boeing Company.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering,  2019.
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  • M.Sc., Applied Mathematics, 2006.
    California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
  • B.Sc., Mathematics, 1998.
    Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California

Research Interests:

  • Earth Remote Sensing
  • Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R)

Recent Publications:

  1.  J. D. Campbell, A. Melebari, and M. Moghaddam, “Modeling the Effects of Topography on Delay-Doppler Maps,” in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 13, pp. 1740-1751, 2020, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2981570.

Recent Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Invited Lectures:

  1. J. D. Campbell, A. Melebari, A. Azemati, E. Hodges, and M. Moghaddam, “Updates on Modeling and Validation of a Radar Reflectometry Model in the Presence of Topography with Multiscale Roughness,” presented at the virtual CYGNSS Science Team Meeting, Jun 10, 2020.
  2. J. D. Campbell, A. Melebari, R. Akbar, and M. Moghaddam, “Recent Trends in Microwave Remote Sensing of Water Resources,” presented at Raytheon Engineering Fellows Lunchtime Seminar, El Segundo, CA, USA, Feb 11, 2020.
  3. J. D. Campbell, A. Melebari, R. Akbar, and M. Moghaddam, “Initial Investigation of CYGNSS Multiscale Rough Surface Forward Model at San Luis Valley Cal/Val Sites,” presented at the CYGNSS Science Team Meeting, Pasadena, CA, USA, Jan 22, 2020.
  4. J. D. Campbell, A. Melebari, and M. Moghaddam, “Land Forward Model Matchups with CYGNSS Observations in the Presence of Topography,” presented at the CYGNSS Science Team Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Jun 5, 2019.
  5. J.D. Campbell, A. Azemati, A. Melebari, and M. Moghaddam, “Developing and Validating Forward Models of CYGNSS Delay-Doppler Maps for Soil Moisture Applications,” research poster presented at IEEE Specialist Meeting on Reflectometry using GNSS and other Signals of Opportunity (IEEE GNSS+R), Benevento, Italy, May 20-22, 2019.
  6. J.D. Campbell, A. Melebari, and M. Moghaddam, “Soil Moisture Retrieval Uncertainty Analysis and Forward Model Development Status,” presented at the CYGNSS Science Team Meeting, Pasadena, CA, USA, Jan 15, 2019.
  7. J. D. Campbell and M. Moghaddam, “GNSS-R Parameter Sensitivities for Soil Moisture Retrieval,” 2018 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2018, pp. 609-612, doi: 10.1109/ICEAA.2018.8520512.