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Barry Baker

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Research Scientist at NOAA, dad to a kick ass kid, husband and beer enthusiasts. Posts are my own.

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02.07.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ARL is also planned to get chopped. They develop the module used for nuclear dispersion, volcanoes, chemical spills and the like.

02.07.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this the IMPROVE network? I really hope not

06.05.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s critical imo that we reach people as quickly and effectively as possible, especially in hazardous conditions.

03.04.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BTW by improve I mean drive better interfaces and service mainly driven FROM the private sector. Still I believe it’s NOAAs mission to provide its services where the public can get it to protect life and property. In this day and age the average citizen looks at their phone.

03.04.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve asked this same question to the WPO and basically was fed something like β€œWe don’t do this so that private companies can do it.” Counter intuitive imho. Would be good to provide it officially and it doesn’t by any means prevent the private sector from doing so. In fact it would probably improve

03.04.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UFS Weather Model - Earth Prediction Innovation Center UFS Weather Model On This Page: Getting Started Documentation & User Support Developer Support Releases Other Links Welcome The Unified Forecast System (UFS) is a community-based, coupled, comprehensi...

The others are all eulerian based and part of NOAAs Unified Forecast System www.epic.noaa.gov/get-code/ufs....

20.03.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A few colleagues wrote that one. Way overlooked on the amount of damage these events can bring.

20.03.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Will Its $154 Billion Price Tag Keep Dust from Being Swept Under the Rug? - Eos Data from 2017 show that costs associated with dust were second only to hurricanes when comparing billion-dollar disasters.

The story by Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social for EOS @eos.org about our study showing the eye-popping cost of over $150 billion per year for the effects of wind erosion and windborne dust is now online.
eos.org/articles/wil...

20.03.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Currently there are three different models, UFS AQM (regional full air quality model), GEFS-Aerosol (global aerosol model), and HYSPLIT are all operational. UFS AQM and GEFS both use the FENGSHA dust model developed by yours truly. RRFS-SD, soon to be implemented, will also include FENGSHA at 3km!!

20.03.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our inter-journal special issue on Biomass burning uncertainties: emissions, chemistry, and physics is now open for paper submissions at agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...! Please consider this special-issue when submitting any biomass burning research to @agu.org journals (see thread).

15.03.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut (Gift Article) Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.

Americans might want to move from anywhere that experience extreme weather and ocean conditions. Not having accurate forecasts will kill lots of people.

09.03.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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The U.S. Is Dustier β€” It’s Costing $154 Billion A Year A new study says dust storms and wind erosion are costing the U.S. economy $154 billion per year. Here's why.

Here's a piece in Forbes by @drshepherd2013.bsky.social about our recent study on the economic impact to the USA of dust storms and wind erosion.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

16.02.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a terrible casualty of these policies (one of many)

12.02.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"[The removal of public data has] real world consequences, leaving individuals, families, communities, and policymakers alike without access to secure, reliable federal data that they have paid for and expect to use."

11.02.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Me too!

06.02.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a poster on Tuesday and Wednesday and a talk at the NOAA booth on Wednesday afternoon.

04.12.2024 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still further than me

04.12.2024 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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