Jeremy A. Gibbs

Jeremy A. Gibbs

Research Meteorologist

NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

Biography

My name is Jeremy Gibbs. I am a Research Meteorologist at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory. My research includes computational and theoretical studies of atmospheric boundary-layer flows, turbulence modeling, land-surface modeling, parameterization of boundary-layer and surface-layer interactions, and multi-scale numerical weather prediction. I am currently working on projects to improve atmospheric models in the areas of scale-aware boundary-layer physics, heterogeneous boundary layers, and other storm-scale phenomena.

Interests
  • Low-level jets
  • Multiscale NWP
  • Turbulence modeling
  • DNS, LES, RANS, WRF
  • Boundary-layer flows
  • SL/BL Parameterizations
Education

  • Ph.D. in Meteorology, 2012

    University of Oklahoma

  • M.S. in Meteorology, 2008

    University of Oklahoma

  • B.S. in Meteorology, 2006

    University of Oklahoma

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Research Meteorologist
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
August 2020 – Present Norman, OK
I study atmospheric boundary layers to improve weather models for the Warn-on-Forecast group
 
 
 
 
 
Research Scientist
University of Oklahoma, National Severe Storms Laboratory
August 2019 – Present Norman, OK
I use computers to study the atmospheric boundary layer and improve weather models for the Warn-on-Forecast group
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant Professor
University of Utah
August 2016 – July 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah
Theoretical and computational study of atmospheric boundary layers
 
 
 
 
 
Visiting Scientist
University of Utah
July 2015 – July 2016 Salt Lake City, Utah
Writing proposals and collaborating
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Oklahoma
January 2013 – July 2015 Norman, OK
Simulating stable atmospheric boundary layers and low-level jets

Recent Publications

QES-Plume v1.0: a Lagrangian dispersion model
Low-cost simulations providing accurate predictions of transport of airborne material in urban areas, vegetative canopies, and complex …
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A method for generating a quasi-linear convective system suitable for observing system simulation experiments
To understand the impact of different assimilated observations on convection-allowing model forecast skill, a diverse range of …
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Inclination angles of turbulent structures in stably stratified boundary layers
There is a rich history of studying coherent structures in the atmospheric boundary layer through the use of spatial correlations …
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QES-Fire: a dynamically coupled fast-response wildfire model
A microscale wildfire model, QES-Fire, that dynamically couples the fire front to microscale winds was developed using a simplified …
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Utilizing dynamic parallelism in CUDA to accelerate a 3D red-black successive over relaxation wind-field solver
QES-Winds is a fast-response wind modeling platform for simulating high-resolution mean wind fields for optimization and prediction. …
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Projects

Animations
Turbulence animations from various simulations
Animations
MicroHH
A computational fluid dynamics code for the simulation of turbulent flows in the atmosphere.
MicroHH
pyBurgers
A fun tool to study turbulence
pyBurgers
UtahLSM
A lightweight and robust land-surface model suitable for large-eddy simulation.
UtahLSM
Heterogeneous SBL
A study to understand the role of heterogeneity in determining average surface fluxes in the SBL
Heterogeneous SBL

Recent & Upcoming Talks

The Effects of Horizontal Heterogeneity on the Dynamics of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer across Scales
Horizontal surface heterogeneity and non-stationarity invalidate the assumptions inherent to Monin-Obukhov similarity theory (MOST). …
Jun 11, 2018
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The Effects of Horizontal Heterogeneity on the Dynamics of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer across Scales

Teaching

Recent Posts

I Joined CIMMS/NSSL as a Research Scientist
I am happy to announce that I recently joined the University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) and NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory as a Research Scientist
Aug 1, 2019 1 min read
New National Science Foundation Project: The Heterogeneous NBL
I am happy to announce that my 3-year, $725,000 proposal to the National Science Foundation with colleague Dr. Rob Stoll was recently awarded.

The project starts today and is titled:

Understanding and Modeling the Role of Horizontal Heterogeneity on the Dynamics of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer Across Scales

Aug 15, 2017 4 min read

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