Jennifer C. Adam
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Washington
Statement of Research Interests
Generally, I am interested in hydroclimatology over regional and global spatial
scales and over decadal to century time scales, large-scale modeling, climate
dynamics, and climate change impacts on water resources. My current research
goal is to improve our understanding of the role of land surface physical and
biophysical feedback processes in the coupled climate system. I am primarily
interested in the northern high latitudes because these regions appear to be
sensitive to warming, changes in these regions appear to have the potential to
affect global climate, and the feedback processes in these regions are poorly
understood. I am working towards answering the following two questions: (1)
what are the most important controls on runoff variability in the watersheds that
have outlets to the Arctic Ocean, and (2) how do climate-induced changes to the
high-latitude land surface feedback into the coupled climate system. The first
question is being answered in context of an off-line land surface hydrology
model, while the second question will be investigated using a coupled earthsystem model. Previous research included working towards an improved
understanding of recent global hydroclimatology, especially in developing
methods to improve gridded precipitation estimates.
Education
B.S.
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado at
Boulder, 1997
M.S.C.E Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2002
Ph.D.
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2007
(expected)
Positions Held
2000Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering University of Washington
1997-2000 Peace Corps Volunteer, Secondary Education (Mathematics),
Makira Province, Solomon Islands
1996-1997 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
1996
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Field Activities
Mar. 2003 Involvement in IOP4 of the NASA Cold Land Processes Field
Experiment (CLPX), Colorado
Aug. 2003 Tundra lake monitoring, Kuparuk Oil Field, Alaska, with Larry
Hinzman’s group of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Oct. 2003
Active layer depth sampling of CALM networks, stream gauging,
and meteorological station inspection, Nome, Alaska, with Larry
Hinzman’s group of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Honorary Societies
Tau Beta Pi
Chi Epsilon
Honors and Awards
Society of Women Engineers, Outstanding CEE Female Graduate Student, 2003
Milo S. Ketchum Award, University of Colorado Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, 1997
st
1 Place Undergraduate Division, ASCE Student Paper Competition, 1997
Refereed Publications
Su, F., J. C. Adam, K. E. Trenberth, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2006, Evaluation of
surface water fluxes of the pan-Arctic land region with a land surface model
and ERA-40 reanalysis, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D05110,
doi:10.1029/2005JD006387.
Adam, J.C., E.A. Clark, D.P. Lettenmaier, and E.F. Wood, 2006, Correction of
Global Precipitation Products for Orographic Effects, J. Clim., 19(1), 15-38.
Barnett T.P., Adam J.C., Lettenmaier D.P., 2005, Potential Impacts of a Warming
Climate on Water Availability in Snow-Dominated Regions, Nature, 438, 303309.
Su, F., J.C. Adam, L.C. Bowling, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2005, Streamflow
Simulations of the Terrestrial Arctic Domain , J. Geophys. Res., 110, D08112,
doi:10.1029/2004JD005518
Adam, J.C. and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2003, Adjustment of global gridded
precipitation for systematic bias, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108 No. D9, 1-14,
doi:10.1029/2002JD002499.
Maurer, E.P., A.W. Wood, J.C. Adam, D.P. Lettenmaier, and B. Nijssen, 2002, A
long-term hydrologically-based data set of land surface fluxes and states for
the conterminous United States, J. Clim. 15, 3237-3251.
Publications in Review
Adam, J.C., and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2006, Exploring the Roles of Precipitation
and Temperature Changes on the Variability of Eurasian Arctic River
Discharge, J. Geophys. Res. (in review).
Selected Presentations
Adam, J.C., and D.P. Lettenmaier, PCC Graduate Conference on Climate
Change (Pack Forest, WA), April 2006, Trend Attribution of Northern Eurasian
Stream Flow
Lettenmaier, D.P., J.C. Adam, and T. Barnett, EGU Meeting (Vienna), April 2006,
Sensitivity of Snow-Dominated Hydrologic Regimes to Global Warming
Adam, J.C., F. Su, D.P. Lettenmaier, AGU, 2005, Exploring the effects of
precipitation changes on the variability of pan-Arctic river discharge
Adam, J.C., T.P. Barnett, D.P. Lettenmaier, CCSP, 2005, Impacts of a Warming
Climate on Water Availability in Snow-Dominated Regions
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, F. Su, L.C. Bowling, 1st CliC Inernational Science
Conference, April 2005, Exploring the Contributing Effects of Climate and
Land Surface Changes on the Variability of Pan-Arctic River Discharge and
Surface Albedo
Su, F. J.C. Adam, L.C. Bowling, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 1st CliC Inernational
Science Conference, April 2005, Hydrological Simulations for the Pan-Arctic
Drainage System
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, E. Clark, and E.F. Wood, AMS, 2005, Correction
of Global Precipitation Products for Systematic Bias and Orographic Effects
Su, F., J.C. Adam, K.E. Trenberth, and D.P. Lettenmaier, AMS, January 2005,
Evaluation of surface water fluxes of the pan-Arctic land region with a land
surface model and ERA-40 reanalysis
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, E.A. Clark, and E.F. Wood, GEWEX, 2005,
Correction of Global Precipitation Products for Orographic Effects
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, F. Su, and L.C. Bowling, AGU, 2004, Exploring the
Role of Land Surface Changes on the Variability of Pan-Arctic Discharge
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, E.A. Clark, and E.F. Wood, Vancouver
Conference on Precip., 2004, Correction of Global Precipitation Products for
Orographic Effects
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, E.A. Clark, and E.F. Wood, AMS, 2004, Correction
of Global Precipitation Products for Orographic Effects
Adam, J.C.,D.P. Lettenmaier, F. Su, L.C. Bowling, Spring AGU, 2004, ModelBased Estimation of River Flows to the Arctic Ocean
Su, F., J.C. Adam, D.P. Lettenmaier, and L.C. Bowling, AGU fall meeting, San
Francisco, 2003, Streamflow Simulations of the Terrestrial Arctic Domain
Adam, J.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, F. Su, and L.C. Bowling, SEARCH, 2003,
Simulated water and energy fluxes of the pan-arctic land region
Adam, J.C. and D.P. Lettenmaier, AGU, 2002, Bias Correction of Global Gridded
Precipitation for Solid Precipitation Undercatch
Maurer, E., A.W. Wood, J.C. Adam, B. Nijssen, D.P. Lettenmaier, Fall AGU,
2001, Derived Continental U.S. Land Surface Hydrologic Fluxes and State
Variables, 1950-2000