Laurie Carson
Software Engineer at National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLaurie Carson is a seasoned software engineer with 18 years of experience based in Boulder, Colorado, and a long career at the National Center for Atmospheric Research following earlier engineering work at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. She brings deep technical expertise in scientific and backend systems, demonstrated by contributions to the widely used WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model where she implemented initializations and fixed complex dynamics, physics, radiation, and ocean-coupling routines. Trained in physics (BS, Iowa State) with graduate work in applied mathematics at the University of Colorado Denver, she blends rigorous analytical foundations with practical software development. Laurie’s background reflects an ability to operate at the intersection of research and production code, improving numerical stability and model fidelity in critical atmospheric software. Her career shows sustained focus on mission-driven, high-integrity engineering for aerospace and climate science applications.
18 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
graduate work, Applied Mathematics, graduate work, Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado DenverBS, Physics, BS, Physics at Iowa State University
Github Skills (10)
fortran10
cluster-computing10
parallel-computing10
numerical10
numerical-methods10
numeric10
scientific-computing10
modeling10
science9
atmosphere9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wrf-model/WRF
May 2008 - Jan 2019
The official repository for the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:265 commits, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 10 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Laurie made several code changes within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model repository. The commits involved implementing initializations, fixing indexing, and making corrections to various subroutines and modules related to the model's dynamics and physics. The modifications included enhancements to the surface layer, radiation schemes, microphysics, and ocean coupling within the model.
forecastingmeteorologyclimateatmospheric-modellingmodel
llpcarson/ufs-weather-model
Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
UFS Weather Model
Contributions:75 pushes, 26 branches in 1 year 9 months
weather-modelreactufs
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