| A bit about me... |
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| 💼 Senior Weather Software Engineer @ Spire Global |
| 🌎 Active member of the Pangeo Community |
| 🌕 Core developer of Py-ART and xradar |
| 🧪 M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the Univ. of Illinois |
I also work on several other open-source projects for science.
Reflections on transitioning from Argonne National Laboratory to Spire Global, and the open-source tools powering satellite weather data pipelines.
:::{caution} This blog post expresses my own personal opinion, not that of my employer. ::: :::{figure} :label: scipy-selfie :align: left (main_image)=  ::: The term SciPy refers to multiple things - mainly: - [SciPy the Project](https://scipy.org/) - [SciPy the Community](https://scientific-python.org/) - [SciPy the Conference](https://www.scipy2025.scipy.org/) This week brought together all three; with the general event being SciPy the
We had a busy weekend deploying more instruments that are collecting data for the field observation portion of the 3rd Department of Energy funded Wind Forecast Improvement Project, which focuses on offshore wind regions off the coast of New England. On Saturday, we spent a bulk of the day putting
Today was the first day of real installation work! We started with a quick breakfast at the hotel, then drove to the field site at sunrise (shown below).  We started by installing the meteorology tower, which includes sensors that measure wind speed, wind direction, temperature, precipitation, and moisture. The tower
Today was the first day of my trip focused on deploying instruments from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) (based in Lemont, Illinois), to the East Coast of the United States for the 3rd Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP3). The project aims to improve wind forecasting ability within models, using both models