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Biographical Sketch

 

Charles Stephen Jackson

Institute for Geophysics

John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences

University of Texas at Austin

4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Bldg. 600

Austin, TX 78759-8345

Office: (512) 471-0401

Fax: (512) 471-8844

E-mail: charles@ig.utexas.edu

Professional Preparation

Haverford College, Physics, B.S. 1992

University of Chicago, Geophysical Science, Ph.D. 1998

Princeton University, Climate Modeling, Post-doctoral appointment 1998-2000

 

Appointments

2000-present, Research Associate, Institute for Geophysics, Univ. of Texas at Austin

1998-2000, Visiting Scientist, GFDL/NOAA, Princeton University

Publications

Mu, Q., C. S. Jackson, P. L. Stoffa, A Multivariate EOF-based measure of climate model performance (submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003)

Hall, A., A. Clement, D. Thompson, A. Broccoli, C. Jackson, Atmospheric dynamics govern northern hemisphere wintertime climate variations forced by changes in earth’s orbit (submitted to Journal of Climate, 2003)  

Xia, Y., M. K. Sen, C. Jackson, and P. L. Stoffa. Multi-dataset study of optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model with Bayesian Stochastic Inversion and multicriteria method (Submitted to Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2003)

Xia, Y., Z. L. Yang, C. Jackson, P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, Impacts of data length on optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model (Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003)

Xia, Y., P. L. Stoffa, C. Jackson, and M. Sen. Effect of forcing data errors on calibration and uncertainty estimates of CHASM model: a multi-dataset study. (accepted for " Observations, Theory, and Modeling of Atmospheric and Oceanic Variability", World Scientific Series on Meterology of East Asia, Vol. 4, World Scientific Publishing Corporation, Singapore, 2003).  

Jackson, C., Y. Xia, M. Sen, and P. Stoffa. Optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model: A case example using data from Cabauw, Netherlands, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (D18), 4583 10.1029/2002JD002991, 2003

Jackson, C., M. Sen, and P. Stoffa. An efficient stochastic Bayesian approach to optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation for climate model predictions (Submitted to Journal of Climate, 2003)

 

Jackson, C., and A. J. Broccoli, Orbital Forcing of Arctic Climate: Mechanisms of climate response and implications for continental glaciation, Climate Dynamics, 21, 539-557, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0351-3, 2003.

 

Jackson, C., and A.J. Broccoli, The influence of orbital configuration on Arctic glaciation, Proceedings of the third Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) Workshop, WCRP-111, 177-178, 2000. 

Jackson, C., Sensitivity of stationary wave amplitude to regional changes in Laurentide ice sheet topography in single-layer models of the atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 105 (D19), 24443-24454, 2000. 

Jackson, C., Sensitivity of stationary wave amplitude to regional changes in Laurentide ice sheet topography, Mechanisms of Global Climate Change at Millennial Time Scales, AGU Geophysical Monograph Vol. 112, Eds. P. Clark, R. Webb and L. Keigwin, 329-337, 1999. 

Jackson, C., Sensitivity of a two-layer model atmosphere to changes in ice-sheet topography, Annals of Glaciology, 25, 246-249, 1997.

Roelofs, L.D, and C. Jackson, Critical and finite-size behavior of the Heisenberg model with face-centered-cubic anisotropy. Phys. Rev. B 47, 197-201, 1993.

Synergistic Activities

 

Dissertation Committee and Postdoctoral Mentor

University of Chicago, dissertation committee:

Jonathan Abbatt          

Douglas MacAyeal (chairman)

Noboru Nakamura

Raymond Pierrehumbert

Fred Ziegler

Princeton University, postdoctoral mentor:

Anthony Broccoli

 

Last update: December 18, 2003

 

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