Andrew Prata
Senior Research Scientist at Bureau of Meteorology
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolAndrew Prata is a Senior Research Scientist with a decade of expertise in satellite remote sensing, radiative transfer theory, and volcanic ash retrievals, now supporting the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. With a PhD in atmospheric physics from Monash, he has translated cutting-edge retrieval algorithms into operational products for aviation safety across institutions including CSIRO, Oxford and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. His work uniquely combines pixel-level uncertainty-bounded satellite retrievals with dispersion-model validation, enabling more robust ash-dosage and aviation guidance. Based in Melbourne, he bridges research and operations—leading transitions of EO systems into real-world use—and has a track record of building interactive tools and workflows that communicate uncertainty to end users.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of MelbourneUniversity of California, Los AngelesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atmospheric Physics (Remote Sensing), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atmospheric Physics (Remote Sensing) at Monash University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (28)
weather10
satellite10
retrieval9
python8
dask8
netcdf5
atom-editor5
f2py4
c-library4
remapping3
png3
matlab3
atmosphere3
css3
numpy2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
andyprata/orac
Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
Optimal Retrieval of Aerosol and Cloud
Contributions:173 pushes, 22 branches in 7 months
aerosoloptimalretrieval
andyprata/satpy
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Python package for earth-observing satellite data processing
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
satellite-imagerypythondata-processingsatelliteearth-observation
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