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H ave you ever turned on your television and wondered how weather forecasters are able to tell what the weather will be for the day or even the week? While it is the forecasters’ job to report the weather, they do not discover how the atmosphere works without the help of atmospheric research scientists like Jimy Dudhia. Dr. Dudhia studies aspects of the earth’s atmosphere, climate and weather and specializes in several areas of atmospheric research, including boundary-layer meteorology, modeling across scales, community mesoscale modeling, physics, and numerical weather prediction. His job requires him to use measured temperatures, winds and other data in computer models that produce weather forecasts. His scientific career began with him serving as a research assistant at Imperial College in

Jimy Dudhia Atmospheric Research Scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO

London. He relocated a year later to attend the Pennsylvania State University as a research associate, working there for four years. He made his home at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., where he’s held several positions. Presently Dr. Dudhia works as a project scientist. Dr. Dudhia has been an editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences since 2011 and contributed his knowledge to various publications in the areas of nonhydrostatic dynamics, microphysics, planetary boundary layer schemes, radiation schemes, and land-surface schemes. He has many achievements in his career as a research scientist, including the development of widely used high-resolution numerical weather prediction models. He is a member of the Royal Meteorological Society and the American Meteorological Society, as well as a research collaborator who has served on theses and Ph.D. committees, mentored students and given seminars in his field. Dr. Dudhia’s continued contributions to science help society understand the ways in which the atmosphere functions and keep people safe during severe weather conditions.

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