{"id":732,"date":"2019-07-29T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/?p=732"},"modified":"2019-07-31T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:40:26","slug":"graduate-student-robert-jake-jacobs-wins-a-nasa-finesst-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/2019\/07\/29\/graduate-student-robert-jake-jacobs-wins-a-nasa-finesst-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Robert \u201cJake\u201d Jacobs wins a NASA FINESST Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jake Jacobs (far right) and his family.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Robert  \u201cJake\u201d Jacobs has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) award for 2019 in the competitive Earth Science Division. With this award, he is developing a method to analyze latitudinal circulation utilizing satellite measurements of ocean surface vector winds measured by the QuickSCAT and ASCAT scatterometers. Our objectives are to improve understanding of climatological atmospheric circulation patterns and how surface winds in the tropical Pacific influence El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. Latitudinal circulation plays an important role in weather and climate variability as it shapes where precipitation falls and how heat moves from the equator to polar regions. Improved accuracy of the boundaries between large-scale atmospheric cells can advance our understanding of climate and weather models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert \u201cJake\u201d Jacobs has\nbeen awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science\nand Technology (FINESST) award for 2019 in the competitive Earth Science\nDivision.  With this award, he is developing a method to analyze latitudinal circulation\nutilizing satellite measurements of ocean surface vector winds measured by the QuickSCAT\nand ASCAT scatterometers.  Our objectives\nare to improve understanding of climatological atmospheric circulation patterns\nand how surface winds in the tropical Pacific influence El Ni\u00f1o-Southern\nOscillation (ENSO) events.  Latitudinal\ncirculation plays an important role in weather and climate variability as it\nshapes where precipitation falls and how heat moves from the equator to polar\nregions.  Improved accuracy of the\nboundaries between large-scale atmospheric cells can advance our understanding\nof climate and weather models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This type of work while\nexciting is not new, as astronautical projects have been a driving force in Jake\u2019s\nlife. His passion for space has taken him from an undergraduate degree in\nAerospace Engineering, from Purdue University, to satellite remote sensing at\nOregon State University (OSU) where he is completing a PhD in Physics. Before\narriving at OSU, Jake obtained a master\u2019s degree in physics from Eastern\nMichigan University (EMU). While there, he worked with funds from the NASA\nSpace Grant to develop an ion source that would be used in sputtering\nexperiments to model the solar wind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting with his\nadvisor, Dr. Larry O\u2019Neill at OSU, has created an excellent partnership, as they\nbring different strengths to the table. \nDr. O\u2019Neill\u2019s wealth of experience has helped Jake to greatly advance his\nknowledge of atmospheric and oceanic sciences. \nWhile Jake\u2019s physics and math background have assisted with advancing\nspatial derivative analysis techniques.  This\nnewest project has combined Jake\u2019s passion for physics and math with a novel\nastronautical venture. He greatly looks forward to continuing this project with\nthe support of the FINESST Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his limited free time,\nJake enjoys reading, hiking, swimming and playing disc golf with his two small\nchildren, wife and two dogs.  An extra\njoy in his life is watching his children grow to love the universe and all its\nboundless opportunities.  The family also\nenjoys star gazing, which can be difficult in Oregon, so they use a home star\ntheater system to learn about space, stars and the world above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert  \u201cJake\u201d Jacobs has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) award for 2019 in the competitive Earth Science Division. With this award, he is developing a method to analyze latitudinal circulation utilizing satellite measurements of ocean surface vector winds measured by the QuickSCAT and ASCAT scatterometers.… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6866,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2027,3428,523,173126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-graduate-students","category-research","category-teaching-and-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}