Cor Jacobs

 

Personal

Dr. C.M.J. Jacobs, Researcher
Tel: +31 317-486460
Email:  cor.jacobs(at)wur.nl 
Visiting and Postal address


Research interests

  • Micrometeorology
  • Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
  • Gas Exchange
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Meteorology

Cor Jacobs



Projects and main activities

  • Integrated observations and modelling of greenhouse gas budgets at the ecosystem level in The Netherlands (ME1)
  • CarboEurope
  • NitroEurope
  • Development of diagnostics for local coupling (LOCO) and surface-atmosphere feedback (WATCH project)
  • Design of a methodology to estimate deposition of pesticides onto small water bodies and nature reserves
  • Observing and modelling the energy balance of small water bodies
  • Climate in the urban environment (Klimaat in de stedelijke omgeving, COM29)


Employment and Experience Record
  • Researcher at Alterra (2002-present). Subjects: Surface-Atmosphere interaction, validation of meteorological models, Greenhouse gas emissions from land-surfaces, deposition of pesticides, Urban meteorology, energy balance of aquaculture ponds Climate changes Spatial Planning Programme Office.
  • Researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Dept. of Oceanographic Research (1996-2002). Subjects: Observations and modeling of air-sea gas exchange, observational air-sea interaction studies, design of a continuous flux observation station at sea, wave follower experiment .
  • Researcher at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Air Research Laboratory (1995-1996). Subject: Modeling of deposition, revolatilization and dispersion of persistent organic pollutants.
  • Post-Doc Fellow at the Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), Department of Meteorology (1994-1996). Subjects: Theoretical study of flux aggregation over heterogeneous terrain; CO2 flux observation and interpretation in a peat bog.
  • Ph.D.-Research at Wageningen Agricultural University, Department of Meteorology (1989-1994). Subject: Direct impact of increasing atmospheric CO2 on regional transpiration.
  • Research Assistant at Wageningen Agricultural University, Department of Meteorology (1987-1989). Subjects: General research assistance: micrometeorological fieldwork, remote sensing, vegetation-atmosphere interaction.
  • Consultancy work at Meteo Consult BV, Wageningen (1987): Formulating an advise on the feasibility to apply METEOSAT Imagery for estimating rainfall amounts in Zambia.


Key Publications

  • Jacobs, C.M.J. and H.A.R. de Bruin, 1992: The sensitivity of regio­nal transpiration to land-surface characteristics: signifi­cance of feedback. J. of Clim., 5, 683-698.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., B.J.J.M. van den Hurk and H.A.R. de Bruin, 1996: Stomatal behaviour and photosynthetic rate of unstressed grapevines in semi-arid conditions. Agric. For. Meteorol. , 80 , 111-134.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., J.F. Kjeld, P.D. Nightingale, R.C. Upstill-Goddard, S.E. Larsen and W.A. Oost, 2002; Possible errors in CO2 air-sea transfer velocity from deliberate tracer releases and eddy covariance measurements due to near-surface concentration gradients. J. Geophys. Res. C9, 107 , 11-1 to 11-26, doi:10.1029/2001JC000983.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J, A.F.G. Jacobs, F.C. Bosveld, D.M.D. Hendriks, A. Hensen, P. Kroon, E.J. Moors, L. Nol, A. Schrier-Uijl and E.M. Veenendaal, 2007: Variability of annual CO2 Exchange from Dutch Grasslands. Biogeosciences 4 , 803-816.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., E.J. Moors, H.W. Ter Maat, R. Teuling, G. Balsamo, J.-C. Calvet, J. Ettema, M. Lange, B.J.J.M. Van Den Hurk, P. Viterbo, and W. Wergen, 2008: Evaluation of European Land Data Assimilation System (ELDAS) products using in situ observations. Tellus 60A, 1023-1037.

Ph.D. Thesis 

  • Jacobs, C.M.J., 1994: Direct Impact of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on regional transpiration. Ph.D.-Thesis. Agricultural University Wageningen, ISBN 90-5485-250-X, 179 pp

Recent Publications

2010

  • Ceschia, E., …C.M.J. Jacobs, W.W.P. Jans, et al. , 2010. Management effects on net ecosystem carbon and GHG budgets at European crop sites. Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, 139, 363-383.
  • Ek, M., J. Santanello, C.M.J. Jacobs, O. Tuinenburg and J. Meng, 2010. Identifying Parameters to Describe Local Land-Atmosphere Coupling, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), West. Pac. Geophys. Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53B-138.
  • Elbers, J.A., E.J. Moors and C.M.J. Jacobs, 2010. Gemeten actuele verdamping voor twaalf locaties in Nederland. Alterra report 1920, 37 pp. (Dutch text).
  • Eugster, W., … C.M.J. Jacobs, W.W.P. Jans, E.J. Moors, et al., 2010. Management Effects on European Cropland Respiration. Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, 139, 346-362.
  • Goosen, H., M. de Groot, A. Koekoek, K. van der Sandt, L. Masselink, M. van Eupen, J. van der Gaast, M. van Vliet, W. Immerzeel, C. Jacobs, A.Jeuken, G. Blom-Zandstra, W. Fransen, B. Schaap and R. Smidt, 2010. Klimaateffectatlas Limburg. klimaateffectatlas.wur.nl.
  • Heusinkveld, B.G., A. A. M. Holtslag, L.W.A. van Hove, C.M.J. Jacobs, G.J. Steeneveld, J.A. Elbers, and E.J. Moors,  2010. Use of a mobile platform for assessing urban heat stress in The Netherlands Proc. 9th Symposium on the urban environment, Amer Meteorological Society, 2-6 August 2010, Keystone, Colorado, USA, 2010-08-02/ 2010-08-06.
  • Heusinkveld, B.G., L.W.A. van Hove, C.M.J. Jacobs, G.J. Steeneveld, J.A. Elbers, E.J. Moors and A. A. M. Holtslag, 2010. Use of a mobile platform for assessing urban heat stress in Rotterdam. Proc. BIOMET 7, Freiburg, 12-14 April 2010, 433-438.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., J.W. Deneer and P.I. Adriaanse, 2010. Modelling water temperature in TOXSWA. Alterra report 2099, ISSN 1566-7187, 60 pp.
  • Jans, W.W.P, C.M.J. Jacobs, B. Kruijt, S. Barendse and E.J. Moors, 2010. Carbon exchange of a maize (Zea mays L.) crop: influence of phenology. Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, 139, 316-324.
  • Moors E.J., J.A. Elbers, C.M.J. Jacobs, W.W.P. Jans, B. Kruijt, S. Supit et al., 2010. Variability in carbon exchange of European croplands. Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, 139, 325-335.
  • Schulp, C.J.E., C.M.J. Jacobs, J.H. Duyzer, C.L. van Beek, F.C. Bosveld, A.T.C. Dias, W.W.P. Jans, A.P. Schrier-Uijl, A.P. and J.E. Vermaat, 2010. Variabiliteit in ruimte en tijd ontrafeld. Landschap 2. 67 - 79. (Dutch Text).
  • Stolk, P.C., R.F.A. Hendriks, C.M.J. Jacobs, E.J. Moors, and P. Kabat, 2010. Are production and emission of N2O decoupled in peat soils? A simulation study of daily N2O emissions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, 10940.
  • Yi, C. …J.A. Elbers,… C.M.J. Jacobs,… E.J. Moors and coauthors, 2010. Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. Environ. Res. Lett. 5 034007 (Online version).
  • Van Beek, C.L., M. Pleijter, C.M.J. Jacobs, G.L. Velthof, J.W. van Groenigen, and P.J. Kuikman, 2010. Emissions of N2O from fertilized and grazed grassland on organic soil in relation to groundwater level. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 86, 331-340.
  • Van Hove, Bert, Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Cor Jacobs, Herbert ter Maat, Bert Heusinkveld, Jan Elbers, Eddy Moors, and Bert Holtslag, 2010. Modelling and observing urban climate in the Netherlands. Scientific Report Climate Changes Spatial Planning, KvR 020/10. ISBN/EAN 978-90-8815-020-3, 60 pp.

2009

  • Ek, M.B., C.M.J. Jacobs, J.A. Santanello and O.A. Tuinenburg, 2009. Identifying parameters to describe local land-atmosphere coupling. In: Water in a Changing Climate. Progress in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Energy/Water Cycle Research. Proc. 6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle and 2nd Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, 24-28 August 2009, Melbourne, Australia, VOLUME I, 181.
  • Ek, M.B., C.M.J. Jacobs, J.A. Santanello and O.A. Tuinenburg, 2009. Identifying parameters to describe local land-atmosphere coupling. Eos Trans, AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H44D-05.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., E.J. Moors, J.A. Elbers, W.W.P. Jans, and B. Kruijt, 2009. Does inter-annual variability of Net Ecosystem Exchange exceed uncertainty? Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11, 12095.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., H.W. Ter Maat, J.A. Elbers and L.C.P.M. Stuyt, 2009: Conditionering van de Watertemperatuur in Buitenvijvers voor de Aquacultuur. Alterra Report (Confidential), 90 pp. (Dutch Text).
  • Jacobs, C.M.J. and F. van den Berg, 2009. Assessment of atmospheric deposition onto surface waters. Proc. Conference on Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water & Air. York, 14-16 Sept. 09, P24.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J.,  L.W.A. van Hove, B.G. Heusinkveld, G.J. Steeneveld, C. Van Heerwaarden and J.A. Elbers, 2009. Explorative Observations of the Urban Climate System in the Rotterdam Metropolis. Eos 90, Number 52, 29 December 2009, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B33D-0418.
  • Kabat, P., C.M.J. Jacobs, R.W.A. Hutjes, W. Hazeleger, M. Engelmoer, J.P.M. Witte, R. Roggema, E.J. Lammerts, J. Bessembinder, P. Hoekstra en M. van den Berg, 2009. Klimaatverandering en het Waddengebied. Position paper Klimaat en Water. Waddenacademie Publicatie 2009-6, 89 pp. (Dutch Text).
  • Moors E.J., J.A. Elbers, C.M.J. Jacobs, W.W.P. Jans, B. Kruijt, S. Supit, 2009. Coming to grips with carbon exchange variability of European croplands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11, 7235.
  • Moors, E.J., C.M.J. Jacobs, R.W.A. Hutjes, A.T. Vermeulen, A.J. Dolman, A.J. and G.J. Nabuurs, 2009. An intergrated approach for carbon budgetting applied to the Dutch delta region. In: 8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Jena, Germany, 13 - 19 September, 2009. – Jena. 8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Jena, Germany, 2009-09-13/ 2009-09-18.
  • Stolk, P.C., R.F.A. Hendriks, C.M.J. Jacobs, H. Weststrate and J. Duyzer, 2009. Simulation of N2O peak emissions on peat soils with SWAP-ANIMO. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11, 2683.
  • Stolk, P.C., R.F.A. Hendriks, C.M.J. Jacobs and E.J. Moors, 2009. Simulation of nitrous oxide peak emissions from a Dutch peat soil with SWAP-ANIMO. Proc. 5th International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-5), Science, Reduction Policy and Implementation, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June 30 - July 3, 2009.
  • Tuinenburg, O.A., C.M.J. Jacobs and R.W.A. Hutjes, 2009. Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks affecting the Monsoon Onset over the Indian Sub-Continent. In: Water in a Changing Climate. Progress in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Energy/Water Cycle Research. Proc. 6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle and 2nd Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, 24-28 August 2009, Melbourne, Australia, VOLUME I, 276.
  • Van Beek, C.L., M. Pleijter, C.M.J. Jacobs, G.L. Velthof, J.W. van Groenigen and P.J. Kuikman, 2009: Spatial and temporal variability of N2O emissions from a drained and grazed grassland on peat soil. Proc. 5th International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-5), Science, Reduction Policy and Implementation, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June 30 - July 3, 2009.

2008

  • Ganzeveld, L., J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, C.M.J. Jacobs, et al., 2008. Expert Workshop: On the relevance of surface and boundary layer processes for the exchanges of reactive- and greenhouse gases. Wageningen, Netherlands, 9-12th October, 2007. IGACtivities , 39 , 11-16.
  • Jacobs, A.F.G, B.G. Heusinkveld, and C.M.J. Jacobs, 2008. Temperature and Soil Moisture Effects on the Respiration of a Grassland Area. In: J. Chen and C. Guô (Eds.), Ecosystem Ecology Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY. 313-325.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., E.J. Moors, H.W. Ter Maat, R. Teuling, G. Balsamo, J.-C. Calvet, J. Ettema, M. Lange, B.J.J.M. Van Den Hurk, P. Viterbo, and W. Wergen, 2008: Evaluation of European Land Data Assimilation System (ELDAS) products using in situ observations. Tellus 60A, 1023-1037.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., E.J. Moors, and H. Dolman (2008). Broeikasgassen in en uit ecosystemen. Geografie 17 (9), 20 - 23.
  • Kroes, J.G., J.C.. van Dam, J.C., P. Groenendijk, R.F.A. Hendriks and C.M.J. Jacobs. 2008. Swap version 3.2 : theory description and user manual. Alterra report 1649. Alterra, Wageningen.
  • Kruijt, B., J.-P. M. Witte, C.M.J. Jacobs and T. Kroon, 2008: Effects of rising atmospheric CO2 on evapotranspiration and soil moisture: a practical approach for The Netherlands. J. Hydrol. 349, 257-267.

2007

  • Büker, P., L. D. Emberson, M. R. Ashmore, H.M. Cambridge, C.M.J. Jacobs, W.J. Massman, J. Müller, N. Nikolov, K. Novak, E. Oksanen, M. Schaub and D. de la Torre, 2007: Comparison of different stomatal conductance algorithms for ozone flux modelling. Environmental Pollution 146 , 726-735.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J, A.F.G. Jacobs, F.C. Bosveld, D.M.D. Hendriks, A. Hensen, P. Kroon, E.J . Moors, L. Nol, A. Schrier-Uijl and E.M. Veenendaal, 2007: Variability of annual CO2 Exchange from Dutch Grasslands. Biogeosciences 4 , 803-816.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., Van Den Berg E., Van Jaarsveld J.A., 2007: Principles and main uncertainties of a methodology to assess gaseous deposition of pesticides onto small water bodies. In: A.A.M. Del Re, E. Capri, G. Fragoulis and M. Trevisan (Eds.), Environmental Fate and Ecological Effects of Pesticides. La Goliardica Pavese s.r.l., Pavia, 270-277.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., F.E. van den Berg and H van Jaarsveld, 2007. Assessment of gaseous deposition of pesticides onto small water bodies. In: Multiple stressors for the environment and human health, present and future challenges and perspectives; abstract book, SETAC Europe 17th annual meeting; Porto (Portugal). SETAC- Brussels (Belgium)

2006

  • Calvet, J.-C., A. Beljaars, A. Friend, B. van den Hurk, E. Moors, L. Jarlan, S. Lafont, J. Demarty, M. Voogt and C.M.J. Jacobs, 2006: The Carbon Observatory of Geoland: results and prospects. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8 , 03024.
  • Calvet, J.-C., A. L. Gibelin, J. Muñoz-Sabater, C. Rüdiger, A. Brut, J.-L. Roujean, A. Beljaars, S. Lafont, J. C. Calvet, A. L. Gibelin, J. Muñoz-Sabater, C. Rüdiger, A. Brut, J.-L. Roujean, A. Beljaars, S. Lafont, L. Jarlan, A. Friend, J. Demarty, B. van den Hurk, M. Voogt, E. J. Moors and C.M.J. Jacobs, 2006: Towards near-operational global and regional monitoring of carbon fluxes over land using EO data. In: J.A. Sobrino (Ed), Second Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing. Servicio de Publicaciones. Universitat de Valencia. Valencia Torrent, 497-502.
  • Jacobs, A.F.G., B.G. Heusinkveld and C.M.J. Jacobs, 2006: Seasonal and interannual Variability of the net Ecosystem Exchange of CO2 of a Grassland Area. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8 , 02298.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., A.J.W. de Wit, L. Jia and E.J. Moors, 2006: Using Satellite retrievals to validate natural carbon fluxes and stocks from global models. Abstract Book RAQRS II, of the 2nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Torrent, 25-29 September 2006, 110.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., A. J. W. De Wit, L. Jia, B. Kruijt and E. J. Moors, 2006: A methodology to validate natural carbon fluxes from global models. In: J.A. Sobrino (Ed), Second Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing. Servicio de Publicaciones. Universitat de Valencia. Valencia Torrent, 481-486.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., E.J. Moors, H.W. Ter Maat and R. Teuling, 2006: Validation of ELDAS products using in situ observations. In: ECMWF Workshop on Land Surface Assimilation, 8-11 November 2004. ECMWF, Reading, 167-177.
  • Jacobs, C.M.J., M.H. Voogt, E.J. Moors, B. Kruijt, B.J.J.M. van den Hurk, A.C.M. Beljaars and J.-C. Calvet, 2006: Robustness of modelled Carbon-Water Relations in C-TESSEL. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8 , 06850.
  • Voogt, M.H., B.J.J.M. van den Hurk and C.M.J. Jacobs, 2006: The ECMWF land-surface scheme extended with a photosynthesis and LAI module tested for a coniferous site. KNMI Scientific Report WR 2006-02. Available from KNMI, De Bilt.

 

  
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