David Porter
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Porter is an atmospheric scientist and research engineer with over a decade of experience studying air-ocean-ice interactions, polar meteorology, and the Arctic climate system. Based in New York, he has progressed from graduate research and postdoctoral work to long-term research scientist roles at Columbia University and a concurrent Program Director position at the NSF Office of Polar Programs, blending hands-on modeling with research leadership. He develops and applies mesoscale weather models and large-scale energy budget diagnostics using tools from Python and Fortran to R and MATLAB, and brings practical airborne geophysics experience to field and modeling studies. Known for translating complex diagnostics into improved model skill, he also teaches and writes to broaden scientific understanding and policy impact. An underappreciated strength is his sustained focus on creating reproducible diagnostic metrics that reveal subtle model biases in polar climates.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at University of Colorado at BoulderBSc, Meteorology, BSc, Meteorology at Rutgers University
Github Skills (44)
web-application10
prefetch10
jstree10
webapp10
datasets9
netcdf9
react9
oceanography8
spatial8
python8
pandas8
dask8
javascript8
tms7
wps7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
porterdf/OIB-grav
May 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 4 months
nevilleshane/ThwaitesExplorer
May 2020 - Jun 2022
Thwaites Explorer Web Application
Contributions:31 commits, 47 pushes, 1 issue in 2 years 1 month
prefetchreactjstreejavascriptweb-application
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