NSSL Staff Profiles

Jacob is a Research Physical Scientist on the Doppler Radar and Remote Sensing Research (DRARSR) team within NSSL's Radar Research and Development Division. His research primarily focuses on applications of dual-polarization weather radar, including developing radar-based nowcasting algorithms for the NEXRAD network, improving thermodynamic and microphysical retrievals, and understanding observed polarimetric radar signatures through idealized modeling studies.

J. T. Carlin, E. N. Smith, K. Giannakopoulos, 2024: Contextualizing Polarimetric Retrievals of Boundary Layer Height Using State-of-the-Art Boundary Layer Profiling. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 63, 7, 765–780, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-23-0231.1.

Dunnavan, E. L., J. T. Carlin, D. Schvartzman, A. V. Ryzhkov, H. Bluestein, S. Emmerson, G. M. McFarquhar, G. M. Heymsfield, J. Yorks, 2023: High-Resolution Snowstorm Measurements and Retrievals Using Cross-Platform Multi-Frequency and Polarimetric Radars. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, 12, 1–11, doi:10.1029/2023GL103692.

Carlin, J. T., E. L. Dunnavan, A. V. Ryzhkov, M. Oue, 2023: Impacts of Vertical Nonuniform Beam Filling on the Observability of Secondary Ice Production due to Sublimation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40, 1, 65–84, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0076.1

Dunnavan, E. L., J. T. Carlin, J. Hu, P. Bukovcic, A. V. Ryzhkov, G. M. McFarquhar, J. A. Finlon, S. Y. Matrosov, D. J. Delene, 2022: Radar Retrieval Evaluation and Investigation of Dendritic Growth Layer Polarimetric Signatures in a Winter Storm. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61, 11, 1679–1705, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0220.1.

Shrestha, P., J. Mendrok, V. Pejcic, S. Trömel, U. Blahak, J. T. Carlin, 2022: Evaluation of the COSMO model (v5.1) in polarimetric radar space – impact of uncertainties in model microphysics, retrievals and forward operators. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 291–313, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-291-2022.

Carlin, J. T., H. D. Reeves, A. V. Ryzhkov, 2021: Polarimetric Observations and Simulations of Sublimating Snow: Implications for Nowcasting. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60, 8, 1035–1054, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0038.1.

Kuster, C. M., B. R. Bowers, J. T. Carlin, T. J. Schuur, J. W. Brogden, R. Toomey, A. Dean, 2021: Using K_DP Cores as a Downburst Precursor Signature. Weather and Forecasting, 36, 4, 1183–1198, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-21-0005.1.

Brook, J. P., A. Protat, J. Soderholm, J. T. Carlin, H. McGowan, R. A. Warren, 2021: HailTrack—Improving Radar-Based Hailfall Estimates by Modeling Hail Trajectories. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60, 237–254, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0087.1.

Bukovcic, P., A. Ryzhkov, J. Carlin, 2021: Polarimetric radar relations for estimation of visibility in aggregated snow. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38, 805–822, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0088.1.

Ryzhkov, A., J. Snyder, J. T. Carlin, A. Khain, M. Pinsky, 2020: What polarimetric weather radars offer to cloud modelers: Forward radar operators and microphysical / thermodynamic retrievals. Atmosphere, 11, doi:10.3390/atmos11040362.

Carlin, J. T., A. V. Ryzhkov, 2019: Estimation of Melting-Layer Cooling Rate from Dual-Polarization Radar: Spectral Bin Model Simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58, 1485–1508, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0343.1.

Carlin, J. T., J. Gao, J. C. Snyder, A. V. Ryzhkov, 2017: Assimilation of Z_DR Columns for Improving the Spinup and Forecast of Convective Storms in Storm-Scale Models: Proof-of-Concept Experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 5033–5057, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0103.1.

Carlin, J. T., A. V. Ryzhkov, J. C. Snyder, A. Khain, 2016: Hydrometeor Mixing Ratio Retrievals for Storm-Scale Radar Data Assimilation: Utility of Current Relations and Potential Benefits of Polarimetry. Monthly Weather Review, 144, 2981–3001, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0423.1.