Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah (December 2016)
Master of Science, Applied Meteorology, Plymouth State University (May 2011)
Bachelor of Science, Meteorology, Lyndon State College/NVU-Lyndon (May 2009)

Professional Experience

Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Utah (August 2020 - Present)
Contracted Web Developer, NVU-Lyndon/Northview Weather LLC (November 2017 - December 2021)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Utah (September 2016 - July 2020)
Graduate Research Assistant, Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Utah (August 2012 - August 2016)
Teaching Assistant, ATMOS 5040/6040 Environmental Statistics, Univ. of Utah (January 2015 - May 2015)
Research Associate, MesoWest/Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Utah (September 2011 - August 2012)
Graduate Research Assistant, Applied Meteorology, Plymouth State Univ. (September 2009 - May 2011)
Intern, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL (June 2010 - August 2010)
Teaching Assistant, Weather Laboratory, Plymouth State Univ. (September 2009 - May 2010)
Intern, Mount Washington Observatory, Mount Washington, NH (June 2009 - August 2009)

Awards

2015 Norihiko Fukuta Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Publication

Selected Research Portfolio

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Lead Author:

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, E. T. Crosman, and F. L. Vernon, 2017: Tracking Mesoscale Pressure Perturbations Using the USArray Transportable Array. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 3119-3142, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0450.1 (Manuscript PDF)

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, E. T. Crosman, F. Vernon, and J. Tytell, 2016: The Earthscope US Transportable Array 1 Hz Surface Pressure Dataset. Geoscience Data Journal, 3, 29-36, doi:10.1002/gdj3.37 (Manuscript PDF)

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, E. T. Crosman, and F. L. Vernon, 2015: Central and Eastern United States Surface Pressure Variations Derived from the USArray Network. Monthly Weather Review, 143, 1472-1493, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-14-00274.1 (Manuscript PDF)

Coauthor:

Gowan, T. A., J. D. Horel, A. A. Jacques, and A. Kovac, 2022: Using Cloud Computing to Analyze Model Output Archived in Zarr Format. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 39, 449-462, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0106.1

Follstad Shah, J. J., and Coauthors, 2021: The Wasatch Environmental Observatory: A mountain to urban research network in the semi-arid Western US. Hydrological Processes, 35, 9, doi:10.1002/hyp.14352

Mallia, D. V., and Coauthors, 2020: Evaluating Wildfire Smoke Transport Within a Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Model Using a High-Density Observation Network for an Episodic Smoke Event Along Utah's Wasatch Front. J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2020JD032712, doi:10.1029/2020JD032712

Mendoza, D. L., E. T. Crosman, L. E. Mitchell, A. A. Jacques, B. Fasoli, A. M. Park, J. C. Lin, and J. D. Horel, 2019: The TRAX Light-Rail Train Air Quality Observation Project. Urban Sci., 3, 108, doi:10.3390/urbansci3040108

Lin, J. C., and Coauthors, 2018: CO₂ and Carbon Emissions from Cities: Linkages to Air Quality, Socioeconomic Activity and Stakeholders in the Salt Lake City Urban Area. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 2325-2339, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0037.1

McCorkle, T. A., J. D. Horel, A. A. Jacques, and T. Alcott, 2018: Evaluating the Experimental High-Resolution Rapid Refresh - Alaska Modeling System using USArray Pressure Observations. Wea. and Forecasting, 33, 933-953, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-17-0155.1

Mitchell, L. E., and Coauthors, 2018: Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases and Pollutants across an Urban Area using a Light-rail Public Transit Platform. Atmos. Env., 187, 9-23, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.044

Crosman, E., A. Jacques, and J. Horel, 2017: A Novel Approach for Monitoring Vertical Profiles of Boundary-Layer Pollutants: Utilizing Routine News Helicopter Flights. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 8, 828-835, doi:10.1016/j.apr.2017.01.013

Widanagamaachchi, W., A. Jacques, B. Wang, E. Crosman, P. Bremer, V. Pascucci, and J. Horel, 2017: Exploring the Evolution of Pressure-Perturbations to Understand Atmospheric Phenomena. IEEE PacificVis 2017, 2017, 101-110, doi:10.1109/PACIFICVIS.2017.8031584

Horel, J., E. Crosman, A. Jacques, B. Blaylock, S. Arens, A. Long, J. Sohl, and R. Martin, 2016: Summer Ozone Concentrations in the Vicinity of the Great Salt Lake. Atmospheric Science Letters, 17, 480-486, doi:10.1002/asl.680 (Manuscript PDF)

Books

Contributing Author:

Miller, S., 2020: Applied Radar Meteorology. Academx Press, 343 pp.

Theses and Dissertations

Jacques, A. A., 2016: Temporal and spatial analyses of pressure perturbations from the USArray Transportable Array. Doctoral dissertation, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, 177 pp. (ProQuest Access)

Jacques, A. A., 2011: Comparison of the United States Precision Lightning Network (USPLN) and the Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System (CGLSS). M.S. thesis, Department of Atmospheric Science & Chemistry, Plymouth State University, 130 pp. (ProQuest Access)

Dataset Repositories

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, E. T. Crosman, and F. L. Vernon, 2016: EarthScope USArray Transportable Array (TA) Surface Pressure Observations Sampled at 1 Hz Frequency. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. doi:10.5065/D6028PRS

Conference Presentations

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, C. Johnson, S. W. Hoch, and A. McCutchan, 2023: A Review of the Summer 2022 Ozone Field Study in Northern Utah. Proceedings, 25th Conf. on Atmos. Chemistry, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5B.5. (Presentation PDF)

Jacques, A. A., A. Kovac, J. D. Horel, and T. Gowan, 2023: Description and Generation of the HRRR-Zarr AWS Open Data Registry. Proceedings, 39th Conf. on Env. Information Processing Technologies, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 726. (Poster PDF)

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, and S. W. Hoch, 2022: Investigating Warm-Season Air Quality Concerns along the Urbanized Wasatch Front. Proceedings, 20th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, Park City, UT, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 11.4. (AMS Presentation)

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, and C. Galli, 2021: Collection/Dissemination of Mesonet Observations to Support Wildfire Monitoring. Proceedings, 37th Conf. on Env. Information Processing Technologies, Virtual, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 576. (Poster PDF)

Jacques, A. A., J. T. Powell, and J. D. Horel, 2021: Meteorological Assessments for Utility Wildfire Mitigation in Utah. Proceedings, 12th Conf. on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, Virtual, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 516. (Poster PDF)

Jacques, A. A., and J. D. Horel, 2020: Summer 2019 HRRR PBL Heights and Winds within the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Proceedings, 21st Joint Conf. Applications Air Pollution Met. AWMA, Boston, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1322. (Poster PDF)

Jacques, A. A., D. L. Mendoza, E. T. Crosman, L. E. Mitchell, B. Fasoli, J. C. Lin, and J. D. Horel, 2020: Urban Spatial Monitoring of Pollutants using Light Rail-based Sensor Systems. Proceedings, 15th Sym. Urban Env., Boston, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4.4. (Presentation PDF)

Jacques, A. A., E. T. Crosman, and J. D. Horel, 2018: The University of Utah MesoWest Mesonet. Proceedings, 19th Sym. on Met. Obs. and Inst., Austin, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4.1. (Presentation PDF)

Jacques, A. A., J. D. Horel, and E. T. Crosman, 2017: Detection of Mesoscale Pressure Perturbations with Five Minute Gridded Analyses. Proceedings, 28th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conf. NWP, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 11B.1. (Presentation)

Jacques, A. A., E. T. Crosman, J. D. Horel, L. Mitchell, B. Fasoli, and L. Leclair-Marzolf, 2016: Mobile Air Quality Measurements on Light Rail and Helicopter. Proceedings, 32nd Conf. on Env. Information Processing Technologies, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 42. (Poster PDF)

Jacques, A. A., E. T. Crosman, J. D. Horel, B. Blaylock, A. Long, and S. Arens, 2016: Real-time Ozone Measurements During the 2015 Great Salt Lake Summer Ozone Study (GSLSO3S). Proceedings, 18th Symposium on Met. Observation and Instrumentation, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 7.2. (Presentation PDF)

Jacques, A. A., E. T. Crosman, J. D. Horel, and L. Leclair-Marzolf, 2016: Real-time Ozone and Particulate Measurements on a News Helicopter. Proceedings, 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Salt Lake City, UT, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 13A.3. (Presentation PDF)

Selected Field Experience

Lead Software Manager - University of Utah UUNET Mesonet (September 2013 - Present)
Data Management Developer - UTA Mobile Air Quality Projects (November 2014 - Present)
Data Ingest and Research - Farmington Bay Ozone Study (June 2022 - September 2022)
Lead Technician - University of Utah UUNET Mesonet (September 2011 - April 2017)
Data Ingest and Research - Great Salt Lake Summer Ozone Study (GSLSO3S) (June 2015 - August 2015)
Participant - Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) II Field Campaign (October 2013)
Participant - Uintah Basin Ozone Study (UBOS) Field Campaign (January 2013 - February 2013)
Participant - MATERHORN Field Campaign (October 2012)