FLOE Publications
J. H. Churnside and P. L. Donaghay, Thin scattering layers observed by airborne lidar, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66(4), 778-789, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsp029, 2009.
J. H. Churnside, Polarization effects on oceanographic lidar, Optics Express, 16(2), 1196-1207, doi:10.1364/OE.16.001196, 2008.
W. G. Pichel, J. H. Churnside, T. S. Veenstra, D. G. Foley, K. S. Friedman, R. E. Brainard, J. B. Nicoll, Q. Zheng, and P. Clemente-Colon, Marine debris collects within the north Pacific subtropical convergence zone, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54(8), 1207-1211, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04.010, 2007.
P. Carrera, J. H. Churnside, G. Boyra, V. Marques,C. Scalabrin, and A. Uriarte, Comparison of airborne lidar with echosounders - a case study in the coastal Atlantic waters of southern Europe, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63(9), 1736-1750, doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.07.004, 2006.
J. H. Churnside and J. J. Wilson, Power spectrum and fractal dimension of laser backscattering from the ocean, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 23(11), 2829-2833, doi:10.1364/JOSAA.23.002829, 2006.
E. Tenningen, J. H. Churnside, A. Slotte, and J. J. Wilson, Lidar target-strength measurements on northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63(4), 677-682, doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.11.018, 2006.
J. H. Churnside and R. E. Thorne, Comparison of airborne lidar measurements with 420 kHz echo-sounder measurements of zooplankton, Applied Optics, 44(26), 5504-5511, doi:10.1364/AO.44.005504, 2005.
J. H. Churnside and L. A. Ostrovsky, Lidar observations of a strongly nonlinear internal wave train in the Gulf of Alaska, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26(1), 167-177, doi:10.1080/01431160410001735076, 2005.
J. H. Churnside and J. J. Wilson, Airborne lidar imaging of salmon, Applied Optics, 43(6), 1416-1424, doi:10.1364/AO.43.001416, 2004.
J. H. Churnside, D. A. Demer, and B. Mahmoudi, A Comparison of Lidar and Echosounder Measurements of Fish Schools in the Gulf of Mexico, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 60(1), 147-154, doi:10.1006/jmsc.2002.1327, 2003.
E. D. Brown, J. H. Churnside, R. L. Collins, T. Veenstra, J. J. Wilson, and K. Abnett, Remote sensing of capelin and other biological features in the North Pacific using lidar and video technology, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59(5), 1120-1130, doi:10.1006/jmsc.2002.1282, 2002.
J. H. Churnside, K. Sawada, and T. Okumura, A Comparison of Airborne Lidar and Echo Sounder Performance in Fisheries, Journal of the Marine Acoustics Society of Japan, 28(3), 49-61, 2001.
J. H. Churnside, J. J. Wilson, and V. V. Tatarskii, Airborne lidar for fisheries applications, Optical Engineering, 40(3), 406-414, doi:10.1117/1.1348000, 2001.
N. C. H. Lo, J. R. Hunter, and J. H. Churnside, Modeling Statistical Performance of an Airborne Lidar Survey System for Anchovy 
, Fishery Bulletin, 98(2), 264-282, 2000.
H. M. Zorn, J. H. Churnside, and C. W. Oliver, Laser Safety Thresholds for Cetaceans and Pinnipeds, Marine Mammal Science, 16(1), 186-200, doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00912.x, 2000.
K. Mitra and J. H. Churnside, Transient Radiative Transfer Equation Applied to Oceanographic Lidar, Applied Optics, 38,(6), 889-895, doi:10.1364/AO.38.000889, 1999.
J. H. Churnside, V. V. Tatarskii, and J. J. Wilson, Oceanographic Lidar Attenuation Coefficients and Signal Fluctuations Measured from a Ship in the Southern California Bight, Applied Optics, 37(15), 3105-3112, doi:10.1364/AO.37.003105 1998.
J. H. Churnside, J. J. Wilson, and C. W. Oliver, Evaluation of the capability of the experimental oceanographic fisheries lidar (FLOE) for Tuna Detection in the Eastern Tropical Pacific , NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ETL-287, 1998.
J. H. Churnside, J. J. Wilson, and V. V. Tatarskii, Lidar Profiles of Fish Schools, Applied Optics, 36(24), 6011-6020, doi:10.1364/AO.36.006011, 1997.
James H. Churnside and Phillip A. McGillivary, Optical Properties of Several Pacific Fishes, Applied Optics, 30(21), 2925-2927, doi:10.1364/AO.30.002925, 1991.