diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/.gitignore b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4107814437c1c4b870b776b000f6ce78a2e1e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.bin
+*.coe
+*.dmod
diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile
index dfdf0a5279fdcb4a82b56887c6d68f231adacda3..6ed50a04c0b3521772b95668941e5e2c9e58aaa1 100644
--- a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
 # 
 # ============================================================================
 #
+# plots used by Forbriger et al. (2014, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu199):
+PUBPLOTS=bietZ bietR bietCZ bietCR fullspace bietmod \
+         bietZpcol bietRpcol fullspacecol bietmodcol
 
-all:
+.PHONY: all
+all: $(addsuffix .pdf,$(PUBPLOTS))
 
 # Makefiles containing rules
 MAKEFILES=$(filter-out %.bak,$(wildcard Makefile*))
@@ -25,8 +29,11 @@ REFMETMOD=$(wildcard *.mod)
 REFMETSRC=$(wildcard *.src)
 #  receiver definition
 REFMETRCV=$(wildcard *.rcv)
+#  traveltime picks
+PICKS=$(wildcard *.pck)
 
-flist: README $(MAKEFILES) $(REFMETMAIN) $(REFMETMOD) $(REFMETSRC) $(REFMETRCV)
+flist: README $(MAKEFILES) $(REFMETMAIN) $(REFMETMOD) $(REFMETSRC) \
+  $(REFMETRCV) $(PICKS)
 	echo README | tr ' ' '\n' | sort > $@
 	echo '----' >> $@
 	echo $(MAKEFILES) | tr ' ' '\n' | sort >> $@
@@ -38,6 +45,8 @@ flist: README $(MAKEFILES) $(REFMETMAIN) $(REFMETMOD) $(REFMETSRC) $(REFMETRCV)
 	echo $(REFMETSRC) | tr ' ' '\n' | sort >> $@
 	echo '----' >> $@
 	echo $(REFMETRCV) | tr ' ' '\n' | sort >> $@
+	echo '----' >> $@
+	echo $(PICKS) | tr ' ' '\n' | sort >> $@
 
 .PHONY: edit
 edit: flist; vim $<
@@ -80,10 +89,4 @@ include Makefile.plots
 %.pde: %.pdf; evince -w $<; /bin/rm -fv $<
 %.pdp: %.pdf; acroread $<; /bin/rm -fv $<
 
-#======================================================================
-# figures section
-# ---------------
-PSFIGBASE=bietZ bietR bietCZ bietCR fullspace bietmod \
-          bietZpcol bietRpcol fullspacecol bietmodcol
-
 # ----- END OF Makefile ----- 
diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile.synthetics b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile.synthetics
index 600e3f855f56266abe0b3d648eac08f12a524daf..444dcf043b84db5123e326e48af2ba75599f9691 100644
--- a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile.synthetics
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/Makefile.synthetics
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 # 
 # ============================================================================
 #
+# TODO: for other configurations (smaller number of receivers) template
+# configurations files are prepared. They cut be modified by application of
+# sed to contain appropriate references to receiver or source configuration
+# files.
+#
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # produce synthetic waveforms
 # ---------------------------
diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/README b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/README
index 86ac762940604a618e15d904b3576104af5dc044..d3f31bc45a95bf1850d9426ed794cfd8fc1a72fc 100644
--- a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/README
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/README
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ as described by Forbriger (2003a,b)
 In order to produce results for the test cases, other programs from Seitosh
 are required as well.
 
+The plots used by Forbriger et al. (2014) can be reproduced by
+
+  make all
+
+Their names are defined in the Makefile variable PUBPLOTS:
+  bietCR.pdf bietCZ.pdf bietmodcol.pdf bietmod.pdf bietRpcol.pdf bietR.pdf
+  bietZpcol.pdf bietZ.pdf fullspacecol.pdf fullspace.pdf
+
+As simple test cases they are quite inefficient. A huge amount of receivers
+(500 receivers per profile) are simulated in order to provide an appropriate
+dataset for the Fourier Bessel transformation. Since lisousi applies
+transformations to each receiver seperately, a significantly smaller amount of
+receivers would be sufficient to test ist operation.
+
 References
 ----------
 
diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/bietgeneric.main b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/bietgeneric.main
index 1b2dbb21c8f7b913b9ca368678fdfb7e0ac91646..97f236d783352f7a420a1a63f76367f085a3fd28 100644
--- a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/bietgeneric.main
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/bietgeneric.main
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Generic control file for case Bietigheim
+Generic control file for case Bietigheim (not yet implemented in Makefile)
 
 Model taken from
 <MODEL>
diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/fsgeneric.main b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/fsgeneric.main
index 6a4da80172bbf1a278b55a9d326c4194858d819a..1afe40ebfe9ab41c7162657d420456d0ebbd05a2 100644
--- a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/fsgeneric.main
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/fsgeneric.main
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Generic control file for homogeneous full space
+Generic control file for homogeneous full space (not yet implemented in Makefile)
 
 Model taken from
 <MODEL>
diff --git a/src/ts/lisousi/examples/lzline.pck b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/lzline.pck
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c428db96bad0351061549f95a33b82dda85bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ts/lisousi/examples/lzline.pck
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+REFRACT   V4.9   REFRACTion seismics - data interpretation                                          
+    2
+   0.1700000   0.1000000
+   0.2000000   0.1010000