Adam Dybbroe
Meteorological Satellite Products Developer Manager
Norrköping, Östergötland County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Dybbroe is a meteorological satellite products developer and manager with 16+ years at SMHI and over three decades in satellite applications and atmospheric remote sensing. He combines deep domain expertise in meteorology with hands-on software development, notably contributing backend support for FY3/MERSI data ingestion in the popular Satpy Python ecosystem. Based in Norrköping, Sweden, he leads teams that turn raw earth-observation data into operational products for weather and climate services. His career blends research and operational delivery dating back to the Danish Meteorological Institute, and he brings a pragmatic, integration-first approach to complex geospatial data pipelines.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of WashingtonMaster's degree, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Master's degree, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology at Københavns Universitet / University of Copenhagen
Github Skills (9)
data-preprocessing10
hdf10
satellite-data10
python10
scientific-computing10
data-processing10
xray8
xa8
data-analysis8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pytroll/satpy
Jun 2010 - Jan 2023
Python package for earth-observing satellite data processing
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:144 reviews, 275 commits, 69 PRs in 12 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Adam implemented support for the FY3 satellite and MERSI instrument, adding new data loading capabilities within the existing `satpy` framework. The changes included creating new Python files (`.py`) with extensive code, likely designed for processing and reading satellite data. These modifications included integration of the new instrument, as well as handling latitude and longitude data, and preparing the scene object for netCDF/CF writer, reflecting a focus on data processing and integration within the larger project.
pythonsatellitedaskxarray
pytroll/pytroll-product-filter
Jun 2017 - Jun 2025
A pytroll posttroll runner that takes in (EUMETCast) product files and sends them on to final destinations on disk if the data covers the area of interest (determined from metadata in the filename)
Contributions:4 reviews, 4 PRs, 57 pushes in 8 years 1 month
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