Jennifer Jacobs
Jennifer Jacobs is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Jacobs received her Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in 1987, an M.S. from Tufts University in 1993, and her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1997. Her research focuses on characterization of hydrologic processes including evapotranspiration, soil-water dynamics, snow melt, and stream water energy across scales through experimentation and modeling. She uses emerging technologies and large data sets to enhance the understanding of distributed hydrological processes. She currently using microwave remote sensing and dynamically down-scaled AOGCM model output to understand continental scale patterns in snow accumulation and melt. She has over 50 published journal articles on these topics. She recently completed service as a member of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc. (CUAHSI) Executive Committee and Board of Directors and as Director of UNH’s Environmental Research Group. She is the PI of the NSF RCN SEES ICNet project.
Courses Taught
- CEE 751/851: Open Channel Flow
- CEE 754/854: Engineering Hydrology
- CEE 796/896: Spc Top/Snow Hydrology
- CEE 951: Statistical Hydrology
- CEE 955: Adv Surface Water Hydrology
Selected Publications
Cho, E., & Jacobs, J. M. (2020). Extreme Value Snow Water Equivalent and Snowmelt for Infrastructure Design Over the Contiguous United States. Water Resources Research, 56(10). doi:10.1029/2020wr028126
Nivedya, M. K., Tao, M., Mallick, R. B., Daniel, J. S., & Jacobs, J. M. (2020). A framework for the assessment of contribution of base layer performance towards resilience of flexible pavement to flooding. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 21(10), 1223-1234. doi:10.1080/10298436.2018.1533637
Kraatz, S., Miller, H. J., Poirier, B. J., Moradi, M., & Jacobs, J. M. (2020). Potential Use of NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive Freeze–Thaw Tool to Assist in Minnesota Seasonal Load Restriction Timing. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2674(5), 239-249. doi:10.1177/0361198120914623
Cho, E., Jacobs, J. M., Schroeder, R., Tuttle, S. E., & Olheiser, C. (2020). Improvement of operational airborne gamma radiation snow water equivalent estimates using SMAP soil moisture. Remote Sensing of Environment, 240, 111668. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111668
Kraatz, S., Jacobs, J. M., Schröder, R., Cho, E., Miller, H. J., & Vuyovich, C. M. (2020). Improving SMAP freeze-thaw retrievals for pavements using effective soil temperature from GEOS-5: Evaluation against in situ road temperature data over the U.S. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237, 111545. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111545
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
Bosch, D. D., Lakshmi, V., Jackson, T. J., Choi, M., & Jacobs, J. M. (2006). Large scale measurements of soil moisture for validation of remotely sensed data: Georgia soil moisture experiment of 2003. Journal of Hydrology, 323(1-4), 120-137. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.08.024
Bryant, M. L., Bhat, S., & Jacobs, J. M. (2005). Measurements and modeling of throughfall variability for five forest communities in the southeastern US. Journal of Hydrology, 312(1-4), 95-108. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.012
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. (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
Most Cited Publications