Ankur Desai
@profdesai.bsky.social
Professor and Chair@UW_AOS Meteorology, Ecology, Climate Sci (Biosphere-Atmos) Parent to 3 kid chaos. Https://flux.aos.wisc.edu
As my t-shirt says, we are all "cool as flux" #Ecometeorology lab Summer 2025 edition (minus two).
June 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As my t-shirt says, we are all "cool as flux" #Ecometeorology lab Summer 2025 edition (minus two).
It takes a lot to rile up scientists. Opposition to this administration's actions is growing by the day. Snow didn't stop Madison's #MarchForScience
March 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It takes a lot to rile up scientists. Opposition to this administration's actions is growing by the day. Snow didn't stop Madison's #MarchForScience
Ecometeorology #DesaiLab alum Anthony Crespo Bernal Ayala (MS 2020) presents his innovative PhD dissertation defense on hail particle characterization and trajectory from RELÁMPAGO NSF study conducted in Argentina under advising of @uwmad-aos.bsky.social asst prof Angela Rowe
March 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ecometeorology #DesaiLab alum Anthony Crespo Bernal Ayala (MS 2020) presents his innovative PhD dissertation defense on hail particle characterization and trajectory from RELÁMPAGO NSF study conducted in Argentina under advising of @uwmad-aos.bsky.social asst prof Angela Rowe
Good to scream a little about all going on in our country, even in subzero F wind chills here in snow-covered Madison WI. Maybe a few in the halls of power will hear and act on how cruel, unAmerican, and doing nothing about “efficiency” this is all about. #FiftyFiftyOne
February 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Good to scream a little about all going on in our country, even in subzero F wind chills here in snow-covered Madison WI. Maybe a few in the halls of power will hear and act on how cruel, unAmerican, and doing nothing about “efficiency” this is all about. #FiftyFiftyOne
I went with the no exposed skin style here for morning commute
January 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I went with the no exposed skin style here for morning commute
And with a final committee meeting done at #AMS2025 , now am truly the former past commissioner of science and technology (STAC) for American Meteorological Soc! Rip off the flag! proud of what we (team of 3) accomplished with ~450 volunteers in 36 committees over past 6 years full of challenges!
January 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And with a final committee meeting done at #AMS2025 , now am truly the former past commissioner of science and technology (STAC) for American Meteorological Soc! Rip off the flag! proud of what we (team of 3) accomplished with ~450 volunteers in 36 committees over past 6 years full of challenges!
Flux Course, Spanish language edition, June 22-July 5 2025 in Mexico! Apply by Jan 31 for instructor or Mar 28 as student at fluxnet.org/tafe/
January 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Flux Course, Spanish language edition, June 22-July 5 2025 in Mexico! Apply by Jan 31 for instructor or Mar 28 as student at fluxnet.org/tafe/
Desai lab alumni and friends dinner #AMS2025 edition w/ @sreenathpaleri.bsky.social (PhD 2023) Will Ahue (MS 2010) and Melissa Breeden (postdoc 2019) all currently in various roles in NOAA + colleague Gretchen KeppelAleks from U Mich
January 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Desai lab alumni and friends dinner #AMS2025 edition w/ @sreenathpaleri.bsky.social (PhD 2023) Will Ahue (MS 2010) and Melissa Breeden (postdoc 2019) all currently in various roles in NOAA + colleague Gretchen KeppelAleks from U Mich
Ah Madison! Is there any other place in the world one can walk 2 blocks from home and ice skate on a lake that backs up to the city zoo where we often hear lions roar? All for free! Just bundle up!
January 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ah Madison! Is there any other place in the world one can walk 2 blocks from home and ice skate on a lake that backs up to the city zoo where we often hear lions roar? All for free! Just bundle up!
Waffle fry trees, Baileys Harbor, WI
January 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Waffle fry trees, Baileys Harbor, WI
If you here to the bitter end of #AGU24, at 5 pm in 151A I’ll present our #NEONScience Great Lake group synthesis using the El Niño warm winter of 23-24 to evaluate future climate ecological impact to small mammals, carbon cycle, soils, stream/lake dynamics, phenology, and Great Lake evaporation!
December 13, 2024 at 9:31 PM
If you here to the bitter end of #AGU24, at 5 pm in 151A I’ll present our #NEONScience Great Lake group synthesis using the El Niño warm winter of 23-24 to evaluate future climate ecological impact to small mammals, carbon cycle, soils, stream/lake dynamics, phenology, and Great Lake evaporation!
In 45 minutes (11-1130) today (Thurs) at #AGU24 come learn about new benchFlux project on scale aware land surface fluxes built for ML with new support from Google research, at Google exhibit booth. @paulstoy.bsky.social #Fluxnet
December 12, 2024 at 3:22 PM
In 45 minutes (11-1130) today (Thurs) at #AGU24 come learn about new benchFlux project on scale aware land surface fluxes built for ML with new support from Google research, at Google exhibit booth. @paulstoy.bsky.social #Fluxnet
Favorite part of #AGU24 is catching up with former lab members, here is Prof Susi Wiesner with her co-advised PhD student Shabda Gajbhiye and poster on microbial diversity changes under perennial ag.
December 11, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Favorite part of #AGU24 is catching up with former lab members, here is Prof Susi Wiesner with her co-advised PhD student Shabda Gajbhiye and poster on microbial diversity changes under perennial ag.
My NSF scaling / energy balance project CoPI+head of Atmofacts Stefan Metzger on Mapping fluxes in the cloud, now on the big screen at Google at #AGU24 #AGU2024 exhibit. Rollout of new Google research flux benchmark proj w/ @paulstoy.bsky.social and many colleagues, back here on Thursday at 11am
December 10, 2024 at 10:06 PM
My NSF scaling / energy balance project CoPI+head of Atmofacts Stefan Metzger on Mapping fluxes in the cloud, now on the big screen at Google at #AGU24 #AGU2024 exhibit. Rollout of new Google research flux benchmark proj w/ @paulstoy.bsky.social and many colleagues, back here on Thursday at 11am
PeCAN PEcan (by my middle kid)
November 29, 2024 at 12:32 AM
PeCAN PEcan (by my middle kid)
Ecometeorology lab UW Madison fall 2024 photo of most of the crew. More at flux.aos.wisc.edu
October 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Ecometeorology lab UW Madison fall 2024 photo of most of the crew. More at flux.aos.wisc.edu
This is our lab’s 4th summer of hosting high school researchers in the #DesaiLab through a Madison school district program. This year the student built a pair of low cost spectrometers to look at light quality for plants in solar arrays! It worked! #agrovoltaics or is it agri?
September 26, 2024 at 12:27 PM
This is our lab’s 4th summer of hosting high school researchers in the #DesaiLab through a Madison school district program. This year the student built a pair of low cost spectrometers to look at light quality for plants in solar arrays! It worked! #agrovoltaics or is it agri?
It was toe numbing cold but it’s always a joy scouting a new field site for our “agrivoltaics” project, just 20 minutes from campus! Two flux towers will be here in next year and 2 MW of solar production too.
December 1, 2023 at 2:11 AM
It was toe numbing cold but it’s always a joy scouting a new field site for our “agrivoltaics” project, just 20 minutes from campus! Two flux towers will be here in next year and 2 MW of solar production too.
Presented a panel at the Dane County Youth Climate summit yesterday. 200 high schoolers from all over southern WI spending a whole day discussing climate change and how to respond. The kids are alright.
November 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Presented a panel at the Dane County Youth Climate summit yesterday. 200 high schoolers from all over southern WI spending a whole day discussing climate change and how to respond. The kids are alright.
Hi fans of UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sci, my AI-generated meteo-flamingo is here to say: it's Fill the Hill with #uwflamingos starting in 3 hours. Help support our new REU program (STORM) and student endeavor as we gear up to celebrate our 75th anniversary tomorrow! uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm...
October 5, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Hi fans of UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sci, my AI-generated meteo-flamingo is here to say: it's Fill the Hill with #uwflamingos starting in 3 hours. Help support our new REU program (STORM) and student endeavor as we gear up to celebrate our 75th anniversary tomorrow! uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm...