Science - Microwave Atmospheric Science: People: Jennifer Small

Microwave Atmospheric Science: People

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Jennifer Small

Education

Research Interests

Cloud Microphysics, Aerosols and Climate, Satellite Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosol

Professional Experience

Influence of aerosols on clouds, precipitation and climate using multi-satellite data analyses and application of satellite observations to evaluate global climate. Research supervised by Dr. Jonathan Jiang, Microwave Atmospheric Science Team.

Observational studies of warm clouds using a flight phase Doppler interferometer to measure cloud drop size distributions and drop velocity for understanding the microphysical processes of precipitation initiation and mixing in warm clouds. Research supervised by Dr. Patrick Chuang.

Selected Awards

Best Student Oral Presentation, 2006: AMS 12th Conference on Cloud physics
Outstanding Earth Science TA (EART 006), 2005: University of California Santa Cruz
Center for Informal Learning and Schools Graduate Science Fellow, 2005-07: University of California Santa Cruz
Outstanding Earth Science TA (EART 80C), 2004: University of California Santa Cruz
American Meteorological Society/NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise Graduate Fellowship, 2002-03: University of California Santa Cruz

Selected Publications

Small, J.D., and P.Y. Chuang, An analysis of entrainment mixing processes in warm cumulus, in prep.
Small, J.D., P.Y. Chuang, G. Feingold, H. Jiang, Can aerosol decrease cloud lifetime? Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L16806, doi:10.1029/2009GL038888.
Small, J.D. and P.Y. Chuang, 2008. New observations of precipitation initiation in warm cumulus clouds, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2972-2982.
Chuang, P. Y., E. W. Saw, J. D. Small, R. A. Shaw, C.M. Sipperley, G. A. Payne, and W. D. Bachalo, 2008. Airborne phase Doppler interferometry for cloud microphysical measurements, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 42, 685-703.
Robert M. R., B. Stevens, J. Davison, S. Göke, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, D. Rogers, P. Zuidema, H. T. Ochs III, C. Knight, J. Jensen, S. Bereznicki, S. Bordoni, H. Caro-Gautier, M. Colón-Robles, M. Deliz, S. Donaher, V. Ghate, E. Grzeszczak, C.Henry, A.M. Hertel, I. Jo, M. Kruk, J. Lowenstein, J. Malley, B. Medeiros, Y. Méndez-Lopez, S. Mishra, F. Morales-García, L. A. Nuijens, D. O'Donnell, D. L. Ortiz-Montalvo, K. Rasmussen, E. Riepe, S. Scalia, E. Serpetzoglou, H. Shen, M. Siedsma, J. Small, E. Snodgrass, P. Trivej, J. Zawislak, 2007: In the Driver’s Seat – RICO and Education, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 88 (12): 1929-1937.
Harnack, R. and J. Small, 2002: Identification and analysis of dry periods in New Jersey using the New Brunswick precipitation record. Bull. of the New Jersey Acad. of Sci, 47(1):1-6.