Jeff France, Ph.D.
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80303
Jeffrey.France@colorado.edu, 970-420-8402
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dec 2012
Dissertation title: “A Climatology of the Stratopause in the Polar Vortices and
Anticyclones: Observations and Global Modeling”
Advisor: V. Lynn Harvey, Ph.D.
M.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009
B.S., Physics, Rhodes College, 2006
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Scientist 2012-2013/2013-2015
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Graduate Research Assistant 2007-2012
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, University of Colorado at Boulder
Adjunct Faculty 2011
Earth Sciences Department, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Teaching Assistant 2006
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, University of Colorado at Boulder
Ambassador to Memphis city schools 2004-2005
Depts. of Physics and Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
Laboratory Teaching Assistant 2003-2005
Physics Department, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
Summer Internship 2004
NCAR’s High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colorado
AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society)
Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honor Society)
Performance Award for Outstanding Physics Student, Physics Department, Rhodes
College, Memphis, Tennessee, 2005
Presidential Scholarship, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, 2002-2006
American Geophysical Union member, 2007-present
American Meteorological Society member, 2012-present
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Referee, June 2015
Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres
Referee, 2014
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Referee, 2013
Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres
Seminar Committee Member, 2007-2012
University of Colorado's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Prospective Student Committee, 2007-2008
University of Colorado's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
INVITED TALKS
France .J.A., V. Harvey, C. Randall , R. Collins , A. Smith , E. Peck , X. Fang, A
Climatology of Planetary Wave-Driven Polar Mesospheric Inversion Layers, High
Altitude Observatory (HAO) Seminar, National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, 24 October 2014.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, J. Gille, HIRDLS, MLS, and SABER
observations of the stratopause, HIRDLS Science Team Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 2729 September 2010.
Harvey, V. L., R. Collins, C. E. Randall, J. A. France, and D. Wheeler, The Arctic polar
stratosphere and mesosphere during IPY 2007-2008, Mesosphere Lower Thermosphere
Seminar, Boulder, Colorado, 14 March 2008.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Holt, L. A., C. E. Randall, V. L. Harvey, J. A. France, J. M. Russell III, J. D. Lumpe, S.
M. Bailey, and M. E. Hervig, Summertime polar mesospheric clouds linked to wintertime
surface cold air outbreaks, Geophys. Res. Lett., Submitted: November 2014.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, R. L. Collins, A. K. Smith, E. D. Peck, and
X. Fang (2015), A climatology of planetary wave-driven mesospheric inversion layers in
the extratropical winter, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 399–413,
doi:10.1002/2014JD022244.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, A climatology of the stratopause in WACCM and the
zonally asymmetric elevated stratopause, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50218,
2013.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, M. J. Alexander, C. E. Randall, J. C. Gille, High Resolution
Dynamics Limb Sounder observations of the gravity wave-driven elevated stratopause in
2006, J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2012JD017958, 2012.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, M. H. Hitchman, and M. J. Schwartz,
Stratopause Height and Temperature in the Polar Vortex and Anticyclones, J. Geophys.
Res., doi:10.1029/2011JD016893, 2012.
Randall, C. E., V. L. Harvey, D. E. Siskind, J. A. France, P. F. Bernath, C. D. Boone,
and K. A. Walker, NOx descent in the Arctic middle atmosphere in early 2009, Geophys.
Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2009GL039706, 2009.
UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS
France, J. A., Ph.D., A climatology of the stratopause in the polar vortices and
anticyclones: Observations and global modeling, University of Colorado at Boulder,
2012, 161 pages; 3549188
UNREFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Randall, C. E., V. L. Harvey, J. A. France, SH 2014-2015 PMC Season, AIM Science
Team Meeting, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2-4 June 2015.
France, J. A., C. E. Randall, V. L. Harvey, Interhemispheric Coupling and 5-day wave
effects on Polar Mesospheric Clouds during the Northern Hemisphere 2014 season, AIM
Science Team Meeting, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2-4 June 2015.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, R. L. Collins, A. K. Smith, E. D. Peck, and
X. Fang (2015), Mesospheric inversion layers in FR-WACCM. CESM Whole
Atmosphere Working Group Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 17-18 February, 2015.
Harvey, V. L., K. Greer, C. Randall, J. A. France, L. Holt, and R. Collins, Shape and
Chemical Diagnostics of the Polar Vortices in WACCM, CESM Whole Atmosphere
Working Group Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 17-18 February, 2015.
Harvey, V. L., K. Greer, C. Randall, J. A. France, L. Holt, and R. Collins, Shape and
Chemical Diagnostics of the Polar Vortices in WACCM, ISSI Meeting, Prague, January
27, 2015.
Harvey, V. L., K. Greer, C. Randall, J. A. France, L. Holt, and R. Collins, Shape and
Chemical Diagnostics of the Polar Vortices in WACCM, American Meteorological
Society 18th Middle Atmosphere Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, January, 2015.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, Anomalous Decline in Northern Hemisphere
Polar Mesospheric Clouds during 2014, ATOC Poster Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 14
November, 2014.
France .J. A., V. Harvey, C. Randall , R. Collins , A. Smith , E. Peck , X. Fang, A PMC
variability in the NH 2014 season and planetary wave activity, AIM Science Team
Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 12-14 November 2014.
Holt, L. A., C. E. Randall, V. L. Harvey, J. A. France, J. M. Russell III, J. D. Lumpe, S.
M. Bailey, and M. E. Hervig, SH PMCs in 2014 linked to NH surface cold air outbreaks,
AIM Science Team Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 12-14 November 2014.
Harvey, V. L., C. E. Randall, J. A. France, E. Peck, L. Holt, K. Greer, Middle
Atmosphere WACCM Studies at CU, 19th Annual CESM Workshop, Breckenridge,
Colorado, 17 June 2014.
Harvey, V. L, C. E. Randall, J. A. France, M. Brakebush, L. Holt, and E. Peck,
WACCM Studies in the Upper Stratosphere and Lower Mesosphere, CESM Whole
Atmosphere Working Group Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 11 February, 2013.
France, J. A. and V. L. Harvey, A Climatology of the Polar Winter Stratopause in
WACCM, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Student Poster Conference, Boulder,
Colorado, 26 November 2012.
J. A. France, V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, A Climatology of Stratopause Temperature
and Height in the Polar Vortex and Anticyclones, Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura
Science Team Meeting, Pasadena, California, 1-3 October 2012.
J. A. France, V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, A Climatology of Stratopause Temperature
and Height in the Polar Vortex and Anticyclones, Stratospheric Processes And their Role
in Climate (SPARC) Data Assimilation Workshop, Socorro, New Mexico, 11-13 June
2012.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, J. Gille, HIRDLS, MLS, and SABER
observations of the stratopause, Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura Science Team
Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 1 October 2010.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, Comparison of Stratopause and Mesopause
Temperature and Height between Solar Maximum and Solar Minimum, American
Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, SA44A-05, San Francisco, California,
December 2009.
Randall, C. E., V. L. Harvey, D. E. Siskind, J. A. France, P. Bernath, C. Boone, K.
Walker, NOx descent in the Arctic middle atmosphere in early 2009, 2nd International
High Energy Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere (HEPPA) Workshop, Boulder,
Colorado, 8 October 2009.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, S. Pawson, D. Marsh, G. Manney, and E. E.
Remsberg, WACCM Evaluation of the Stratopause Using Satellite Data and
Meteorological Analyses, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, California, December 2008.
France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, and C. E. Randall, Comparison of stratopause temperature
and height in GEOS-5, WACCM, SABER, and MLS, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Student Poster Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 28 October 2008.
Fang, X., C. Randall, V. L. Harvey, M. Mills, D. Marsh, C. Jackman, J. A. France, L.
Holt, and C. Bardeen, Simulations of medium energy electron precipitation in WACCM,
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December
2007.
Maute, A., A. D. Richmond, J. A. France, C. St-Jean Leblanc, Empirical Model of HighLatitude Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Energy Transfer Based on Dynamic Explorer-2
Data, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,
December, 2005.