Dr. W. Linwood Jones is an internationally recognized expert on microwave remote sensing for Earth Science applications. In 1999 he was elected Fellow of IEEE for contributions to the development and application of active microwave remote sensing technology for satellite oceanography. He has played an active role in every NASA scatterometer mission flown in space from SkyLab S-193 to the present QuikSCAT. Also, he has extensive experience in space technologies with over forty years experience in NASA, DOD and commercial space programs with strong background in satellite systems engineering, and microwave remote sensing physics and instrument design and development. He has been a developer of geophysical algorithms for passive (radiometry) and active (scatterometry) microwave remote sensors for earth observations.