Tim Smith
@timothyas.bsky.social
Research scientist NOAA PSL. Interested in working on ML, DA, and coupled atm/ocn modeling. Also a happy dad, climber, and runner | (he/him)
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🚨 New blog post 🚨
In it, we show off our recent work deploying #icechunk on top of #NASA's existing archives of Earth observation data. The results: 100x speed up when extracting time series from existing datasets stored as netCDF.
In it, we show off our recent work deploying #icechunk on top of #NASA's existing archives of Earth observation data. The results: 100x speed up when extracting time series from existing datasets stored as netCDF.
1/ 🚀 Solving #NASA ’s cloud data dilemma: Icechunk unlocks 100x faster access to archival data formats
We're thrilled to publish results from our pilot project with NASA and @developmentseed.org to enable high-performance cloud-native access for NASA’s 100s of petabytes of Earth observation data.
We're thrilled to publish results from our pilot project with NASA and @developmentseed.org to enable high-performance cloud-native access for NASA’s 100s of petabytes of Earth observation data.
March 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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Radiosondes on weather balloons are essential for collecting data from the upper atmosphere for accurate forecasting. Due to the mass firing at NOAA, the NWS doesn’t have enough people to launch balloons. 🎈
Accurate weather forecasts save lives.
See data here: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
Accurate weather forecasts save lives.
See data here: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
March 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Radiosondes on weather balloons are essential for collecting data from the upper atmosphere for accurate forecasting. Due to the mass firing at NOAA, the NWS doesn’t have enough people to launch balloons. 🎈
Accurate weather forecasts save lives.
See data here: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
Accurate weather forecasts save lives.
See data here: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
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We are talking about a really small amount of the annual US budget -- we spend as much on Halloween ($10B) as we do on NSF per year. 6/6
February 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We are talking about a really small amount of the annual US budget -- we spend as much on Halloween ($10B) as we do on NSF per year. 6/6
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From. The. Rooftops.
You're not going to find a magic money-printing machine that will give you these types of reliable returns year-after-year. NOAA and NWS don't just keep us safe - they create immense value for the American taxpayer.
You're not going to find a magic money-printing machine that will give you these types of reliable returns year-after-year. NOAA and NWS don't just keep us safe - they create immense value for the American taxpayer.
All NWS services: data, forecasts, radar, satellite, IT infrastructure, costs each American taxpayer $4/yr. Less than a latte. And each person gets back 73 x $4 = $292 a year in value for that service.
I think that’s a pretty good deal.
I think that’s a pretty good deal.
73:1 return on investment #ams2025
February 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
From. The. Rooftops.
You're not going to find a magic money-printing machine that will give you these types of reliable returns year-after-year. NOAA and NWS don't just keep us safe - they create immense value for the American taxpayer.
You're not going to find a magic money-printing machine that will give you these types of reliable returns year-after-year. NOAA and NWS don't just keep us safe - they create immense value for the American taxpayer.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.