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Anders Jensen

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Title

Research Associate

anders.jensen@noaa.gov

Phone

720-378-6613

Address

DSRC
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328

Affiliation

Federal

Profile

Anders Jensen is a Research Physical Scientist in the Earth Prediction Advancement Division of the Global Systems Laboratory. Anders develops microphysics schemes used for both research and operations. His research uses microphysics schemes to better understand and predict the various weather hazards caused by clouds and precipitation including lake-effect snowstorms, supercooled clouds and aircraft icing conditions, thunderstorms and hail, and heavy precipitation and flooding.

While Anders’s work focuses on clouds and precipitation, he enjoys spending time in the Colorado sunshine riding bicycles, hiking, and running.

Research Interests

Cloud Microphysics

Snow and Graupel

Precipitation Processes

Machine Learning

Numerical Weather Prediction

Education

Ph.D., Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016

M.S., Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011

B.S., Physics, Vanderbilt University, 2008

Select Publications

Jensen, Anders A., Courtney Weeks, Mei Xu, Scott Landolt, Alexei Korolev, Mengistu Wolde, and Stephanie DiVito. "The Prediction of Supercooled Large Drops by a Microphysics and a Machine Learning Model for the ICICLE Field Campaign", Weather and Forecasting 38, 7 (2023): 1107-1124, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0105.1

Jensen, Anders A., Gregory Thompson, Kyoko Ikeda, and Sarah A. Tessendorf. "Improving the Representation of Hail in the Thompson Microphysics Scheme", Monthly Weather Review 151, 9 (2023): 2307-2332, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0319.1

Jensen, Anders A., James O. Pinto, Sean C. C. Bailey, Ryan A. Sobash, Gijs de Boer, Adam L. Houston, Phillip B. Chilson, Tyler Bell, Glen Romine, Suzanne W. Smith, Dale A. Lawrence, Cory Dixon, Julie K. Lundquist, Jamey D. Jacob, Jack Elston, Sean Waugh, and Matthias Steiner. "Assimilation of a Coordinated Fleet of Uncrewed Aircraft System Observations in Complex Terrain: EnKF System Design and Preliminary Assessment", Monthly Weather Review 149, 5 (2021): 1459-1480, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0359.1

Jensen, Anders A., Philip T. Bergmaier, Bart Geerts, Hugh Morrison, and Leah S. Campbell. "Sensitivity of Convective Cell Dynamics and Microphysics to Model Resolution for the OWLeS IOP2b Lake-Effect Snowband", Monthly Weather Review 148, 8 (2020): 3305-3328, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0320.1

Jensen, Anders A., Jerry Y. Harrington, Hugh Morrison, and Jason A. Milbrandt. "Predicting Ice Shape Evolution in a Bulk Microphysics Model", Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74, 6 (2017): 2081-2104, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0350.1

Jensen, Anders A., and Jerry Y. Harrington. "Modeling Ice Crystal Aspect Ratio Evolution during Riming: A Single-Particle Growth Model", Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 72, 7 (2015): 2569-2590, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0297.1

Nowotarski, Christopher J., and Anders A. Jensen. "Classifying Proximity Soundings with Self-Organizing Maps toward Improving Supercell and Tornado Forecasting", Weather and Forecasting 28, 3 (2013): 783-801, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-12-00125.1

Jensen, Anders A., A. M. Thompson, and F. J. Schmidlin (2012), Classification of Ascension Island and Natal ozonesondes using self-organizing maps, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D04302, doi:10.1029/2011JD016573.

Honors and Awards

UCAR Award for Technical Advancement in Support of Science, 2023