
Jennifer Jacobs
Courses Taught
- CEE 650: Fluid Mechanics Lab
- CEE 751/851: Open Channel Flow
- CEE 754/854: Engineering Hydrology
- CEE 796: Spc Top/Fluid Mech Lab Only
- CEE 796/896: Spc Top/Snow Hydrology
- CEE 951: Statistical Hydrology
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Cornell University
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Tufts University
- B.S., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Brown University
Selected Publications
Ge, Y., Iman, S., Martín, Y., Lim, S. H., Jacobs, J. M., & Jia, X. (2025). Residents’ Perception of Flood Prediction Products: The Study of NASA’s Satellite Enhanced Snowmelt Flood Prediction. Sustainability, 17(14), 6328. doi:10.3390/su17146328
Cho, E., Vuyovich, C. M., Kumar, S. V., Wrzesien, M. L., Kim, R. S., & Jacobs, J. M. (2022). Precipitation biases and snow physics limitations drive the uncertainties in macroscale modeled snow water equivalent. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(22), 5721-5735. doi:10.5194/hess-26-5721-2022
Farahani, A., Moradikhaneghahi, M., Ghayoomi, M., & Jacobs, J. M. (2022). Application of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Data in Seismic Response Assessment. REMOTE SENSING, 14(17). doi:10.3390/rs14174375
Lim, S. H., Ge, Y., Jacobs, J. M., & Jia, X. (2022). Measuring the economic benefits of advanced technology use for river flood forecasting. JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, 15(2). doi:10.1111/jfr3.12781
Fant, C., Jacobs, J. M., Chinowsky, P., Sweet, W., Weiss, N., Sias, J. E., . . . Neumann, J. E. (2021). Mere Nuisance or Growing Threat? The Physical and Economic Impact of High Tide Flooding on US Road Networks. JOURNAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, 27(4). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000652
Choi, M., Jacobs, J. M., Anderson, M. C., & Bosch, D. D. (2013). Evaluation of drought indices via remotely sensed data with hydrological variables. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 476, 265-273. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.042
Douglas, E. M., Jacobs, J. M., Sumner, D. M., & Ray, R. L. (2009). A comparison of models for estimating potential evapotranspiration for Florida land cover types. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 373(3-4), 366-376. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.029
Choi, M., & Jacobs, J. M. (2007). Soil moisture variability of root zone profiles within SMEX02 remote sensing footprints. ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, 30(4), 883-896. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.07.007
Sumner, D. M., & Jacobs, J. M. (2005). Utility of Penman-Monteith, Priestley-Taylor, reference evapotranspiration, and pan evaporation methods to estimate pasture evapotranspiration. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 308(1-4), 81-104. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.10.023
Jacobs, J. M., Mohanty, B. P., Hsu, E. C., & Miller, D. (2004). SMEX02: Field scale variability, time stability and similarity of soil moisture. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 92(4), 436-446. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2004.02.017