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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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After many long months, I’m excited to announce: we’re hiring!

GSL through CIRES is looking to hire a land-surface model developer. Come join us in developing the next generation of storm-scale NWP for NOAA & community! Closes 12/12, pls contact me w/ questions.

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
CIRES / NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Land Surface Modeler
jobs.colorado.edu
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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On my way to San Francisco, excited to share about one of the world’s largest - but quietest AND solvable - public health crises, air pollution, at the Masters of Scale Summit! And I’ve got these nifty ‘dots’ to help illustrate the issue. If you are there, check them out!!
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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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).
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Americans might want to move from anywhere that experience extreme weather and ocean conditions. Not having accurate forecasts will kill lots of people.
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.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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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...
The U.S. Is Dustier — 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.
www.forbes.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is a terrible casualty of these policies (one of many)
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Feb 12
President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs — a blanket duty of 25% on all steel and aluminum imports — are expected to negatively affect the nation’s craft brewers by driving up the cost of critical materials used to brew, house and serve their beer.
US craft beers — brewed in steel, canned in aluminum — could get crushed by tariffs | CNN Business
Craft breweries offer more than local beer. They provide a “third place” for community members and are oftentimes helmed by the very neighbor who handcrafted those brews.
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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"[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."
The AMS joins over 230 organizations and 2,600 individuals in submitting the following letter to Congress, expressing concern and strong opposition to the selective removal of public data from federal websites: bit.ly/42RqXwR
February 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM