+Curriculum Vitae - IARC Research - University of Alaska Fairbanks

Education:
Jessica Ellen Cherry
Research Assistant Professor
International Arctic Research Center and
Institute of Northern Engineering
University of Alaska Fairbanks
P.O. Box 757335, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7335
Phone: 907-474-5730 Fax: 907-474-2643
Email: jcherry@iarc.uaf.edu
2003-2006 Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory New York, NY
PhD in Climatology/Hydrology, Degree Conferred May, 2007
(Advisor: Bruno Tremblay, now at McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada)
2002-2003 Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory New York, NY
Master of Philosophy in Climatology/Hydrology
(Advisor: Marc Stieglitz, now at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA)
2000-2002 Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory New York, NY
Master of Arts in Physical Oceanography
(Advisor: Martin Visbeck, now at IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany)
1995-1999 Columbia College of Columbia University New York, NY
Double major in Economics and Earth/Environmental Science
Certification:
Commercial Pilot for Airplane Single-Engine Land Category, Instrument Rated
Awards and Grants:
2011-present Contract with NASA-JPL and San Diego State University to fly biogeochemistry
sampling package onboard the SDSU Sky Arrow aircraft, Mission-Pilot
2011-present Toolik LTER Meteorological Station Maintenance Contract, Lead-PI
2011-2014 DOE: Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment, senior personnel
2011-2012 NSF: Pacific Area Climate Monitoring and Analysis Project, Co-PI
2010-present USFWS: Data Management and Network Analysis for the Landscape Conservation
Cooperative, Lead-PI
2009-2013 NSF: Analysis & Attribution of Changes in Siberian Hydroclimate, Lead-PI at UAF
2009-present NESDIS GOES-R and Polar Program Proving Ground: Snow Products, Co-PI
2009-2010 Sandia National Lab: Co-PI for Regional Model Intercomparison for the Arctic
2009 North Slope of Alaska ARM Climate Research Facility Operations and Science Support
Team, Dept of Energy Recognition Award
2008-2009 Lead PI-NWS/NCAR COMET grant “A Study of WRF Capabilities in Resolving
Temperature Inversions in Alaska and Montana”
2008-2009 Lead PI-NOAA-NMFS contract “Southeast Alaska Hydropower: Reconsidering climate
variability and change in the development process”
2008-present Lead PI-Bureau of Land Management contract “Application of SAR to fish habitat”
2008 EPSCoR Early Career Award
2007 IARC & NASA Support to organize workshop on Eurasian Hydroclimatology
2007-present Dept of Energy contract “Co-Mentor for Total Precipitation Sensor at Barrow, AK”
2007, 2008 UAF North by 2020 International Polar Year seed funding
2006-2009 Arctic Region Supercomputing Center post-doctoral fellowship
2006 Black Rock Forest Consortium/Stiefel Foundation grant, Principal Investigator
2004, 2005 Climate Center, LDEO, seed grants for snow research station, Principal Investigator
2002-2005 NASA Earth System Science Fellowship
2002-2004 Various student travel grants, including IUGG/AGU, AMS, NSF/ADVANCE
2000-2005 Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, CU, Graduate Fellowship
2000 Earth Institute at CU, SMART grant for interdisciplinary research, Principal Investigator

Selected Publications: (students’ names italicized)
2012 Cohen, J.L., J.C. Furtado, M.A. Barlow, V.A. Alexeev, and J.E. Cherry, “Asymmetrical
Seasonal Temperature Trends”, Geophys. Res. Lett. 39 (2012) L04705,
doi:10.1029/2011GL050582.
2012 Cohen, J.L., J.C. Furtado, M.A. Barlow, V.A. Alexeev, and J.E. Cherry, “Arctic
warming, increasing snow cover and widespread boreal winter cooling”, Environ.
Res. Lett. 7 (2012) 014007.
2012 Cherry, J.E., M.D. Ivey, D. Yang, D.L. Kane, S.B. Berezovskaya, “Performance of the
Total Precipitation Sensor at Barrow, Alaska,” in preparation.
2012 Cherry, J.E., V.A. Alexeev, B.G. Liepert, P.Ya. Groisman, V.E. Romanovsky,
“Acceleration of the Arctic Hydrologic Cycle: evidence from the Lena Basin,
Siberia,” in preparation.
2012 Majhi, I., J.E. Cherry, V.A. Alexeev, J. Cohen, P.Ya. Groisman, “Siberian Precipitation
Trends, ” in preparation.
2012 Malingowski, J. D. Atkinson, J. Cherry, E. Stevens, J. Fochesatto, “Formation and
Dissipation of the Cold Season Inversion in Fairbanks, Alaska”, in preparation.
2012 Cherry, J.E., M. Schwartz, J. Smerdon, A. Frei, K. Saito, “The Role of Snow in Land-
Atmosphere Interactions at the Margin of the Northern Hemisphere versus at High
Latitudes”, in preparation.
2012 Cherry, J.E., S. Déry, Y. Chen, M. Stieglitz, "Climate and Hydrology of the Toolik Field
Station and its Context" in Toolik Lake Long Term Ecological Research Station, ed. J.
Hobbie, accepted at Oxford University Press.
2012 Cherry, J.E., A. Jacobs, G. Myerchin, G. Burkart, R. Cermak, W. Schnabel, H. Toniolo,
P. Martin, J. Jenkins, et al. “Analysis of and Recommendations for
Hydrometeorological Observations in Arctic Alaska,” in preparation.
2011 Lovick, Olga and Cora David, “Teedlay t’iin naholndak niign (Stories by the Tetlin
People)”, Aerial photography by Jessica Cherry and Forest Kirst. Alaska Native
Language Center, 160 pp.
2011 Roberts, A., J. Cherry, R. Doscher, S. Elliot, L. Sushama, “Exploring the Potential for
Arctic Systems Modeling”, Bulletin of the American Met. Soc., 92: 203-206.
2011 Pundsack, J. D. White, J.E. Cherry, and A. Tidwell, “The State of Water Science” in
North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska’s Changing Social-Ecological Systems, A.L.
Lovecraft and H. Eicken, ed., University of Alaska Press, 736 pp.
2010 Cherry, J.E., S. Walker, N. Fresco, S. Trainor, A. Tidwell, Observed and Projected
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Hydropower in Southeast Alaska,
submitted.
2010 Cherry, J.E., S. Walker, N. Fresco, S. Trainor, A. Tidwell, Impacts of Climate Change
and Variability on Hydropower in Southeast Alaska: planning for a robust energy
future. Report to NOAA-NMFS Hydropower coordination office.
2010 Sugiura, K., R. Suzuki, T. Nakai, R. Busey, L. Hinzman, H. Park, Y. Kim, S. Nagai, K.
Saito, J.E. Cherry, A. Ito, T. Ohata, J. Walsh, Development of a Supersite in Alaska
within the Collaborative Framework between JAMSTEC and IARC. JAMSTEC
Report of Research and Development, Vol.12.
2010 Cherry, J.E., “Arctic Hydroclimatology” in Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice, and Glaciers. ed.,
V.P. Sing, P. Singh, U.K. Haritashya. Dordrecht, Springer.
2010 Han, R., J.E. Cherry, R. Kallenberg, “Modeling and Oscillating Water Foil for Hydrokinetic
Power Generation using COMSOL 3.5a.” Proceedings of the COMSOL
Conference, 2010.
2010 Roberts, A., J. Walsh, L. Hinzman, “A Science Plan for Regional Arctic System
Modeling,” (Cherry, J.E., major contributor), published by the National Science
Foundation.
2010 Cherry, J.E., “Training in the Far North,” in press at Flight Training Magazine, Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association. [science outreach]

2010 Rawlins, M.A., M. Steele, M. Holland, J.C. Adam, J.E. Cherry, J.A. Francis, P.
Groisman, L.D. Hinzman, T.G. Huntington, D.L. Kane, J.S. Kimball, R. Kwok, R.B.
Lammers, D.P. Lettenmaier, K.C. McDonald, E. Podest, J.W. Pundsack, B.Rudels,
M.C. Serreze, A. Shiklomanov, O. Skagseth, T.J. Troy, C.J. Vorosmarty, M.
Wensnahan, E.R. Wood, R. Woodgate, D. Yang, K. Zhang, T. Zhang, “Analysis of
the Arctic System Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations,”
Journal of Climate, Vol. 23:5715-5737.
2009 Byam, S.J., J. Cherry, N. Mölders “Coupled Atmosphere-Snow Modeling in the Arctic,”
Proceedings of the 17 th Northern Research Basins Symposium.
2009 Derry, J., J. Cherry, M. Lilly, G. Shultz, “Snow Data Collection Methods as practiced by
Arctic Transportation Network Project Participants, North Slope Alaska,” INE/WERC
Report No. 09.xx
2009 Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, ed. “Decision-making for at-risk
communities in a changing climate” (Cherry, J.E. contributor), published by National
Commission on Energy Policy.
2008 Cherry, J., Assessing Changes in Eurasian Hydroclimatology-a workshop report,
WCRP-SCAR CliC: Ice and Climate News, No. 11, 2008.
2008 Cherry, J., and participants, Eurasian Hydroclimatology: observations, change,
attribution, and impacts. Workshop recommendations (short and long versions).
2007 Cherry, J.E., L.-B. Tremblay, M. Stieglitz, G. Gong, S. Déry, “Development of the Pan-
Arctic Snowfall Reconstruction: new land-based solid precipitation estimates for
1940-1999.” Journal of Hydrometeorology , Vol. 8, No. 6, 1243–1263.
2007 Barry, R.G., R. Armstrong, T. Callaghan, J. Cherry, S. Gearhead, A. Nolin, D. Russell,
“Chapter 4: snow ”. Global Outlook for Ice and Snow. Geneva: UNEP.
2006 Cherry, J. E., “Arctic Hydroclimatology”. Ph.D. Thesis.
2005 Cherry, J., B. Tremblay, S. Déry, M. Stieglitz, “Solid precipitation reconstruction using
snow depth measurements and a land surface hydrology model”, Water Resour. Res,
Vol. 41, No. 9, W09401, 10.1029/2005WR003965.
2005 Cherry, J., H. Cullen, M. Visbeck, A. Small, and C. Uvo, “Impacts of the North Atlantic
Oscillation on Scandinavian hydropower production and energy markets”. Water
Resource Management, 19, 673-691.
2002 Cherry, J., “Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Planktonic Ecosystems and the
Carbon Cycle: evidence from an ocean model and a 1-D ecosystem model”. Master’s
Thesis. Columbia University Dept of Earth and Environmental Science.
2002 Visbeck, M. J. Cherry, and H. Cullen, “The North Atlantic Oscillation and Energy
Markets in Scandinavia”, Climate Risk Solutions, 2002.
1996 Cherry, J. “A Democratic Bear: an analysis of the Russian Duma election”, Helvidius,
the Columbia Undergraduate Journal of Public and International Affairs. 1996.
Media Coverage :
2012 Science Editors Choice: Highlights of Recent Literature: 09 March 2012, 335 (6073)
2012 Drones Over Alaska, Motherboard, January 16, 2012, http://motherboard.vice.com
2012 Unmanned Aircraft Used to Scope Ice, KNOM Radio, January 10, 2012
http://www.knom.org/news/update-news/2012/01/10/index.html
2012 EO Drone Guides Tanker to Alaska Port, Earth Imaging Journal, January, 2012
http://eijournal.com/industry-insights-trends/eo-drone-guides-tanker-to-alaska-port
2011 Produced TV show on Atmospheric Inversions aired on The Alaska Weather Show
2010 Warming May Help Southeast Produce Power, Juneau Empire, December 8, 2010.
2008 Data Gaps Bedevil Research into Arctic Water Cycle, Daily Newsminer, July 30, 2008.
2007 Sizing Up Snowfalls, Or Their Absence. New York Times, 7 Jan., 2007.
2006 news@nature.com article: Arctic water flow speeding up
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060403/full/060403-9.html
2006 Arctic stations need human touch. Nature 441, 133-133 (11 May 2006) News.

Experience:
Professional Work
2011-present Northern Science Services (NorSS), owns and operates a company providing technical,
scientific, and aircraft services.
Fairbanks, AK
2008-present International Arctic Research Center and Institute of Northern Engineering, University
of Alaska Fairbanks
Research Assistant Professor
Fairbanks, AK
2006-2008 International Arctic Research Center, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University
of Alaska Fairbanks
Post-doctoral Research Faculty
Fairbanks, AK
(Mentors: Larry Hinzman, Greg Newby, and Vladimir Alexeev)
2000 Center for International Earth Systems Information Networks Palisades, NY
Research Assistant on Environmental Sustainability Index project. Designed
interactive software application for the database. Designed and maintained database
for the State Capacity Task Force.
1999 Natsource, LLC New York, NY
Intern on the Weather Derivatives brokerage desk. Worked with mathematical pricing
models of weather risk management products.
1999 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA
Summer internship in Physical Oceanography. Compared NCAR model of ocean
circulation to 40 years of observations in the North Atlantic, with Dr. Terry Joyce.
1998 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, NY
Summer internship in Physical Oceanography. Project on Economic Impacts of the
North Atlantic Oscillation with Dr. Martin Visbeck.
Teaching
2011 International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
Lectured on Human Dimensions of Climate Change and Hydrology for graduate
summer school.
2009 Weather and Climate: Geography 411, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
Guest Lecturer for professor Martha Shulski
2008 Advanced Water Resources, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
Guest Lecturer for professor Daqing Yang
2008 International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Barrow, AK
Lecturer for Climate Change and Sea Ice summer school.
2007 Geophysical Institute STEP Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
Lecturer for K-12 teacher program on Climate Science.
2006 International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Toolik LTER, AK
Teaching Assistant for Climate, hydrology and ecology summer school.
2003-4 GSAS Teaching Center, Columbia University New York, NY
Participant in a number of teaching workshops including, “Techniques for Teaching
Active Learning”, “Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers”, “How to be a Great
Teaching Assistant”, “How to build a teaching portfolio”, “How lead science
discussion sections”, and “Preparing a teaching statement.”
2004 Double Discovery Center, Columbia University New York, NY
Volunteer chemistry and math tutor to disadvantaged high school students.
2003 School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University New York, NY
T.A. for “Environmental Science for decision-makers”. Prepared and delivered
weekly lecture and homeworks for laboratory on quantitative methods.
2001 Columbia College, Columbia University New York, NY
T.A. for “Introduction to the Climate System”. Ran weekly laboratory section.
1996 Americorps New York, NY
Mathematics tutor at the Holcolm Rutgers Center in Harlem, NY. Working with
junior high-age boys at risk.

Fieldwork
2011-present Manager of the Toolik Field Station Meteorological tower Alaska
2010-present Precision Airborne data acquisition throughout the state Alaska
2007-present Principal Investigator, Co-mentor for DOE-ARM Total Precip Sensor Barrow, AK
2007-present Principal Investigator, UAF meteorological station network Seward Peninsula, AK
2007-present Collaborator on UAF Longterm Hydrometeorological Observation North Slope, AK
2007-2011 Collaborator on UAF North Slope Lakes Project North Slope, AK
2006 Visiting researcher with Jim McClelland (Univ. Texas-Austin) North Slope, AK
2006 Field assistant for Larry Hinzman (Univ. Alaska Fairbanks) Seward Peninsula, AK
2005 Principal Investigator, Columbia University ice station Kirkenes, NORWAY
NABOS cruise aboard I/B Kapitan Dranitsyn, Laptev Sea
2004-2010 Principal Investigator, snow research station at Black Rock Forest Cornwall, NY
2004 USCG Healy Research Cruise Bering, Chukchi, Beaufort Seas
Chief Scientists: B. Pickart (WHOI) and T. Weingartner (UAF). CTD watchstander
on Shelf-Basin Interaction project.
2001 R/V Oceanus Research Cruise Reykyvik, ICELAND
Chief Scientists: B. Pickart (WHOI) and B. Smethie (LDEO). Worked with CFC gas
chromatography to determine deep water formation pathways in the Irminger Sea.
1998 Sea Education Association cruise in Sargasso/Caribbean Seas Woods Hole, MA
1997 Columbia University Earth Science Semester at Biosphere 2 Oracle, AZ
Summer Schools Attended
2007 Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Tutorial Fairbanks, AK
2006 IARC Summer School on Arctic Climate and Biology (T.A.) North Slope, AK
2005 NATO Advanced Study Institute on Season-Interannual Climate Pred. Gallipoli, ITALY
2005 IARC-NABOS Arctic Climate School Laptev Sea
2003 Arctic Climate Modeling with John Walsh and Vladimir Alexeev Fairbanks, AK
2002 NCCR Summer School on Climate Science and Social Impacts Grindelwald, SWITZLD
2000 Decadal-Centennial Climate Variability Colloquium Boulder, CO
Policy-related
2011 Briefed Senator Lisa Murkowski on Climate Change Issues Fairbanks, AK
Represented International Arctic Research Center
2009 Fairbanks North Star Borough Climate Change Task Force Fairbanks, AK
Member, editor of recommendations to the Borough.
2008 Member, Community of Practice for Village Relocation, Institute of Northern
Engineering, UAF
Fairbanks, AK
2004 American Meteorological Society Summer Policy Colloquium Washington, DC
Program to educate scientists about government policy-making and governmentscience
relations.
2002 Risk Roundtable Participant & Meeting Assistant Palisades, NY
Meeting with government and industry leaders on environmental, social and financial
risk. Run by Hazards Research Center and the Wharton School of Economics.
1997 Udall Center for Public Policy, Intern on post-NAFTA pollution issues. Tucson, AZ
1996 Nebraska American Indian Intertribal Council Lincoln, NE
Researched, Wrote, and Presented at Intertribal Meeting a Five Year Agenda which
considered everything from Native American education to health and housing issues.
1995-1996 Ruth Messinger for Mayor New York, NY
Campaign intern and Columbia University liaison. Did fundraising planning and
policy research.
1994-1995 Cablevision Public Access Lincoln, NE
Assistant Producer of a public television show about local politics on which the
Nebraska Governor, Ben Nelson, was a guest.

Service
Ongoing Manuscript reviews for geoscience and policy journals, Proposal reviews for agencies
Ongoing Primary School visits and presentations, Nome, Alaska
2012-2013 Chair of the American Meteorological Society Polar Committee & Meeting
2011-present Volunteer consultant for Western Alaska Watershed Alliances (Elim, White Mtn, Nome)
2010-2011 Co-chair of the American Meteorological Society Polar Committee & Meeting
2010-2011 Interagency Hydrology Committee for Alaska, Secretary
2010 Presentation on aviation, science, and engineering for the Girl Scouts
2010 Reviewer, lecturer for ICE: Investigations in cyber-enabled education program for k-12
teachers
2010 Panel Reviewer for a federal funding agency
2010 Student Mentor, State of the Arctic meeting
2009-present NASA-NOAA Snow & Ice Data Records Advisory Committee
2009-present Northern Research Basins Solid Precipitation Measurement Committee
2009-present Designated UAF-National Weather Service Liaison
2009-present Member of UAF accreditation committee
2009-present Member of IARC programming committee
2008-present Founding organizer of Bering Strait Research Consortium
2009-present Reviewer, Center for Global Change student grant competition
2008-2009 Member Organizing Committee, American Meteorological Society Polar meeting
2008-2009 Member Organizing Committee, American Water Resources Association meeting
Managing Water Resources and Development in a Changing Climate
2008 IARC Open House: created displays of ocean-atmosphere phenomena
2007-present Member, American Meteorological Society Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Committee
2006-2009 Member, Alumni Board of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
2006-2007 IARC Seminar coordinator, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2004-2005 Student representative to the Lamont-Doherty Women's Forum committee
2003-2005 Founder, student-led curriculum reform movement, Dept Earth Science, Columbia
Talks and Poster Presentations:
2012 AGU Chapman Meeting on Remote sensing of Hydrology Kona, HI
Poster: Advances in Airborne Remote Sensing of Hydrology Change in Cold Regions
2012 Alaska Survey and Mapping Conference Anchorage, AK
Talk: Airborne Mapping and Research at UAF: Hydrologic Applications
2011 American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA
Poster: Water Vapor Isotope Measurements over the Alaskan Boreal Forest with
Aircraft and Satellite Remote Sensing
Co-authored talk: (student, K. Bennett lead author): Hydro-climatology of a
discontinuous permafrost watershed in Interior Alaska
2011 Interagency Hydrology Committee for Alaska Anchorage, AK
Report: Update on UAF Hydrological Research
2011 Environment and Natural Resources Institute Anchorage, AK
Talk: Water Vapor Isotope Measurements over the Alaskan Boreal Forest with
Aircraft and Satellite Remote Sensing
2011 Water and Environment Research Center Fairbanks, AK
Talk: Water Vapor Isotope Measurements over the Alaskan Boreal Forest with
Aircraft and Satellite Remote Sensing
2011 Interagency Conference on Research Watersheds Fairbanks, AK
KEYNOTE TALK: Climate and Hydrology of Western Alaska: 100 years of change
2011 National Hydropower Association Girdwood, AK
INVITED Panelist: Talk on Climate Change and Hydropower in Alaska
2011 NOAA-NASA GOES-R Proving Ground Juneau, AK
Talk: Remote Sensing of Snow and Hydrologic Modeling with the NWS

2011 USGS Hydrology in Alaska: Planning Meeting Anchorage, AK
Talk: Summary of UAF Efforts
2011 American Meteorological Society Polar Meeting Boston, MA
Talk: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on the Subarctic Hydropower
Sector
Talk (co-author): Interactions of high-latitude ice and snow cover and its influence
on regional and hemispheric climate anomalies
Poster: Regional Model Evaluation for Alaska: focus on hydrology
2011 UAF Center For Cryospheric Hazards Interagency Meeting Anchorage, AK
Talk: Snow and Hydrology-Related Hazards
2011 DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Science Team Meeting San Antonio, TX
Poster: Update on North Slope DOE Infrastructure
Poster: Update on Evaluation and Performance of the Total Precipitation Sensor
2011 American Water Resources Association: AK Chapter Chena Hot Springs, AK
Talk: Hydropower systems in Alaska and Scandinavia: lessons for the proposed
Susitna Facility
2011 Pacific Area Climate Monitoring and Analysis Project Honolulu, HI
Talk: Hydroclimate Cyberinfrastructure and Research: Water Science at UAF
Talk co-author: Climate Change Impacts on Hydropower Systems and Fisheries
Talk co-author: Hydroclimatological Data Rescue, Inventory, & Network Analysis
2011 BASIN Meeting on Isotope Hydrology Keystone, CO
Talk: Airborne Measurements of Water Isotopes over the Alaska Boreal Forest
2010 Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Fairbanks, AK
INVITED talk for teleconference on “Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Arctic
Hydroclimate Data Integration”
2010 American Geophysical Union Meeting San Franciso, CA
Co-author: Toward Structured Model Hierarchies for Understanding the Arctic
System (A. Roberts, lead author)
2010 International Symposium on Arctic Research Tokyo, JAPAN
Talk: The Role of Snow in Land-Atmosphere Coupling at the Margin of the
Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Versus at High Latitudes
2010 NSF meeting for the Polar Seasonality Program Burlington, VT
Talk: Analysis and Attribution of Changes in Siberian Hydroclimate and
Implications for the Future (Cohen, Cherry, Barlow, Alexeev)
2010 Use of Remote Sensing for Water Resource Management in Alaska Fairbanks, AK
ORGANIZER. Talk: Feasibility of use of SAR for BLM management concerns
2010 Annual Meeting of Center for General Aviation Research Fairbanks, AK
Poster: Aviation-Related Research at the International Arctic Research Center
2010 University of Alaska EPSCoR All Hands Meeting Fairbanks, AK
Talk: Developing Human System Modules for Regional
Climate Models
Talk: Introducing the Bering Strait Research Consortium: coordination and
integration
2010 Off-CONUS Proving Ground Meeting Honolulu, HI
Talk: Update on High Latitude Proving Ground project
2010 Cold Region Hydrology Workshop Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
Talk: A high latitude and arctic satellite proving ground for next-generation
hydrometeorologic products
2010 Alaska Water Resources Association Anchorage, AK
Session Chair: Hydrology Modeling
Talk: Considering Climate Change and Variability in the Hydropower Development
Process: a case study in Southeast Alaska
Talk: Summary of Hydrologic Modeling in Alaska: a mini-workshop
Poster: Atmosphere-Snow Modeling for Tundra Travel
Poster: Snow Sampling for Arctic Transportation Networks
2010 State of the Arctic Miami, FL

Talk: How Does Climate Change Compare to Natural Variability for Managing
Energy Infrastructure in the North
Talk: Catching Falling Water: Challenges and Progress on Precipitation Research in
the Arctic
Talk (co-author): Proposed development of a Community Arctic System Model for
understanding environmental complexity
Poster: Planned Additions to The U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facilities on the North Slope of Alaska
Poster: Introducing the Bering Strait Research Consortium
2010 Alaska Weather Symposium Fairbanks, AK
Talk: Three-dimensional sampling of the Fairbanks cold season inversion layer:
results from a Cessna-sonde
2010 Southeast Conference (Regional Economic Development Corp) Juneau, AK
Talk: Hydropower Planning In Alaska: Does Climate Change Matter
2010 Alaska Center for Climate and Policy Assessment Webinar
INVITED Talk: Hydropower Planning In Alaska: Does Climate Change Matter
2010 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA
Talk (co-author): Using Weather Balloon Launches to Understand the Fairbanks
Surface-Based Temperature Inversion Lifecycle
2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting San Francisco, CA
Poster (co-author): Planned Additions to The U.S. Department of Energy's
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facilities on the North Slope
of Alaska.
Poster (co-author): Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle
Intensification: Observations and Expectations.
2009 Workshop on Hydrology Modeling in Alaska Fairbanks, AK
ORGANIZER, talk on “Hydrology in Land Surface Models”
2009 Northern Research Basins Workshop Hudson Bay, CANADA
Talk: Performance of the Experimental Total Precipitation Sensor in Alaska
Poster: Coupled Atmosphere-Snow Modeling for the Arctic
2009 Arctic System Modeling Workshop III Montreal, CANADA
Talk: Human Dimensions Modeling
2009 Bering Strait Observatory Workshop Seattle, WA
Talk: Hydroclimate Observations in the Bering Strait Region
2009 American Meteorological Society Polar Meeting Madison, WI
Talk: Land-atmosphere-ocean interactions in the climate of Beringia
2009 American Water Resources Association Specialty Meeting: Water Resources and a
Changing Climate
Anchorage, AK
Talk: Southeast Alaska Hydropower: Reconsidering climate variability and change
in the development process
Poster: Distributed Snow Modeling for Forecasting Tundra Travel and Driving
Conditions
2009 Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Communities Fairbanks, AK
Talk: the Bering Strait Research Consortium as a Resource
2009 Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference Nome, AK
Organizer of Roundtable: Building a Bering Strait Research Consortium
Talk: Climate and Hydrology on the Seward Peninsula
2009 DOE ARM Science Team Meeting Louisville, KY
Poster: Performance of the Experimental Total Precipitation Sensor in Barrow
2009 Alaska Weather Symposium Fairbanks, AK
Talk: Performance of the Experimental Total Precipitation Sensor in Barrow, Alaska
2009 Ice and Snow Workshop Fairbanks, AK
Talk: Performance of the Experimental Total Precipitation Sensor in Barrow, Alaska
2009 INRA IPY Conference Fairbanks, AK
Talk: Southeast Alaska Hydropower: Reconsidering Climate Variability and Change
in the Development Process

Talk: Water and Climate Data Rescue on the Seward Peninsula: Accessing the Past,
Planning for the Future
2008 Arctic Change 2008 Quebec City, CA
Talk: Performance of the Experimental Total Precipitation Sensor in Barrow, Alaska
2008 Community Energy Lecture Series at Public Library Fairbanks, AK
INVITED talk on “Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Hydropower”
2008 Science in the Parks Conference Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Climate Drivers on the Seward Peninsula”
2008 NOAA-NMFS Hydropower coordinators Boulder, CO
INVITED talk on “Climate Change and Variability; impacts on water relevant to
hydropower and fish
2008 Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy Fairbanks, AK
INVITED talk for teleconference on “Uncertainties in the Arctic Water Cycle”
2008 IARC Summer School Barrow, AK
Lecture on “Atmospheric measurements and modeling” followed by site tour.
2008 Arctic System Model Organization Workshop Boulder, CO
Talk on “Including Human Systems in Climate Modeling”
2008 Little Alaska Weather Symposium Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Representation of Snow in the WRF Model”
2008 Advanced Hydrology Course Fairbanks, AK
Guest lecture on Hydroelectric Power for Daqing Yang’s class.
2008 Water and Environmental Research Center Fairbanks, AK
Seminar on Climate and Hydrology of Toolik LTER
2008 Dept of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Norfolk, VA
INVITED talk on “The Challenges of Measuring Precipitation on Alaska’s North
Slope” at annual science meeting
2007 American Geophysical Union Meeting San Francisco, CA
Talk on “Eurasian Hydroclimatology: observations, change, attribution, and impacts”
(results of workshop) and poster “Cyclones of the Arctic: Definitions, Seasonal
Trends and Patterns, and Links to the Freshwater Cycle”
2007 Workshop on Eurasian Hydroclimatology: observations, change, attribution, and
impacts
Fairbanks, AK
ORGANIZER, talk on “People and Hydroclimatological Change in Northern Eurasia:
reindeer, energy, and water.”
2007 Workshop on High Latitude Processes and Climate Change (PMEL) Seattle, WA
INVITED Talk on “Hydrologic variability in the Arctic.”
2007 Arctic Energy Summit Anchorage, AK
Talks on “Economic impacts of climate variability in the Arctic: the case of
hydropower” and “Climate monitoring in the Arctic: benefits for science and
industry”; member of panel on “Infrastructure Under Climate Change.”
2007 NSF Fresh Water Initiative Workshop Bodega Bay, CA
Participant
2007 American Meteorological Society Polar Meeting St. John's, Newfoundland, CANADA
Joint with Eastern Snow Conference. Talk on “Update on the Pan-Arctic Snowfall
Reconstruction Product.”
2007 ARCUS Forum Washington, DC
Posters on PASR and Lena River projects
2007 American Water Resources Association-Alaska Annual Meeting Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Development of a Pan-Arctic Snowfall Reconstruction.”
2007 National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Boulder, CO
Talk on “Development of a Pan-Arctic Snowfall Reconstruction.”
2007 Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Development of a Pan-Arctic Snowfall Reconstruction.”
2007 Global Climate Change in the Arctic-7 Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Acceleration of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle.”
2006 American Geophysical Union Meeting San Francisco, CA

Poster on “Acceleration of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle.”
2006 Cryospheric Indicators of Climate Change (CliC) Meeting Cambridge, UK
Talk on “Development of a Pan-Arctic Snowfall Reconstruction.”
2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
INVITED talk on “Acceleration of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle.”
2006 Water and Environmental Research Center Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Arctic Hydroclimatology: research overview.”
2006 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. Lexington, MA
INVITED talk on “Acceleration of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle.”
2006 Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Fairbanks, AK
Talk on “Arctic Hydroclimatology: research overview.”
2006 Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York, NY
Workshop on Climate Change Scenarios for New York City
INVITED talk on “Monitoring Snow as a Water Resource in NYC.”
2006 European Geophysical Union Meeting Vienna, AUSTRIA
Talk on “Acceleration of the Arctic Hydrologic Cycle.”
2005 85 th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting San Diego, CA
Talk on “Arctic solid precipitation reconstruction using snow depth measurements
and a land surface hydrology model.”
2004 Workshop on Hydrological Modeling of Freshwater Discharge Fairbanks, AK
from the Alaskan Arctic Coast, Talk on “Arctic Snowfall Reconstructions.”
2004 8 th International Precipitation Conference Vancouver, CANADA
Talk on “Snowfall Reconstructions using Snow Depth and a Land Surface Hydrology
Model.”
2004 Spring American Geophysical Union Meeting/Joint Assembly Montreal, CANADA
Poster presentation on “Solid Precipitation Reconstructions with a Land Surface
Hydrology Model.”
2003 International Union of Geology and Geophysics Sapporo, JAPAN
Poster presentation on “Winter precipitation constructions in the Mackenzie basin and
their relation to the Pacific/North American Pattern.”
2002 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting San Francisco, CA
Poster presentation on “Hydrological and climatological impacts of the North Atlantic
Oscillation in Norway and Sweden.”
2001 Atlantic CLIVAR Meeting Boulder, CO
INVITED talk on NAO Hydropower impacts in Norway. Poster presentation on
“NAO Biogeochemical impacts in an OGCM.”
2000 Chapman Conference on the North Atlantic Oscillation Orense, SPAIN
Presented poster on “Impacts of the NAO on Hydropower in Norway.”
Advisors:
Students:
Martin Visbeck (M.A.), Marc Stieglitz (M.Phil), Bruno Tremblay (PhD), Peter
Schlosser (PhD), Larry Hinzman (Post-doc), Vladimir Alexeev (Post-doc)
Sarah Byam (M.S., Civil Eng.), Julie Malingowski (M.A., Atmospheric Sci),
Matthew Itomlenskis (undergrad), Marla Schwartz (undergrad), Alice Orlich
(M.A., Geography), Katrina Bennett (Ph.D., Civil Eng.), Rui Han (M.S.
Electrical Eng.), Jennifer March (M.A., Glaciology), Ipshita Majhi (Ph.D., Civil
Eng.)
Professional Memberships: American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society,
American Water Resources Association (Alaska Chapter), United States
Permafrost Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Ninety-Nines
Relevant Skills: Proficient in French. Proficient in Unix/Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
98/2000/XP/VISTA, EXCEL, WP, WORD, MATLAB, FORTRAN90/77,
LaTex, Adobe Illustrator, and basic web design. Recent training in Python,

KML, and ArcGIS. Experience in numerical modeling, data assimilation, field
experiment design and implementation, and grant-writing.