Journeyman

The COVID Journals: Odditity

When I’m driving long distances to get somewhere, I usually try and stop at one or two “random” places that I just wouldn’t take the time to go to had I not already been driving through.  One of this trip’s chosen randos was a tiny sliver of Kentucky known as the Kentucky Bend (variously known as the New Madrid Bend and Bubbleland).  The Kentucky Bend is an exclave – it is surrounded by the…

The COVID Journals: Encounters

I was in Mississippi, sitting in the back of my car with the hatch popped open eating the mac n’ cheese that I had made on my camp stove in the parking lot behind Elvis’ birth house.

That may be one of the best first sentences of a story that I will likely ever have in my life.  I had stopped in Tupelo, Mississippi for the night.  The only thing I knew about Tupelo was that Elvis was born there,…

The COVID Journals: Rembering

I live on land within the territories of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, and that is to this day a site of trade and gathering for many Indigenous peoples.  While I am descended from European colonizers, I find it important to respect and celebrate the deep history Indigenous people have with the land that is now called the United States.

The relationship between Indigenous people of North…

Black Kettle National Grasslands, Oklahoma

The COVID Journals: Remembering

Health and Climate Solutions

Working with Health and Climate Solutions (a part of the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication) with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we produced a series of videos featuring community projects that address the health impacts of climate change, while working to improve health equity.  Check them out!

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Tomorrow: Sharing Stories of the COVID-19 Experience…From Quarantine

Below is an excerpt from the blog post we wrote for CSTPR.

I was in a car traveling south on I-25 when I got a message from my director. We had just finished taking down the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Traveling Climate Exhibit which had been on display at Colorado State University. My director called to say it was probably a good idea to swing by the office and get anything I…

Cloud Science & Aviation

Did you know that scientists use specially-equipped aircraft to study our atmosphere? Check out this short video and learn more about what scientists can study and how the planes are flown during missions with NCAR scientist Christina McCluskey and NCAR chief pilot Scotty McClain.

Nature’s Arches

As western societies become seemingly more and more disconnected from nature, I try to make a concerted effort to do the opposite.  When living in a city with its air-conditioned buildings and paved roads, it’s easy to forget to look up and look out at the landscape around you that sustains our species’ way of life.  We are all stakeholders in the life-giving force that is nature and so with my…

Park Avenue in Arches National Park, Moab, UT

Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Moab, UT

Nature’s Arches

It takes many people from all different backgrounds and with all different skill sets to make a scientific field campaign successful. Learn more about the OTREC (Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection) team with this short video we produced with NCAR.

Education and Outreach During OTREC

As part of the OTREC (Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection) project, scientists engaged in education and outreach activities with communities in Costa Rica and Colombia. These included university short courses, classroom visits, and an NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V aircraft openhouse. Learn more about these activities with this…

Big thanks to my friends at Science in the Wild for the opportunity to write a guest blog post. Check it out and read a bit about alternative career paths with a Ph.D. in science.  And be sure to also check out their upcoming trips to Elbrus and Kilimanjaro!

Ground-Based Instrumentation During OTREC

As part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded OTREC (Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection) field campaign scientists undertook a number of ground-based measurements to study convection in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and southwest Caribbean.  Learn more with this short video we produced with NCAR.

La Ciencia de OTREC

“La Organización de la Convección Tropical del Pacífico Oriental” (OTREC) es un proyecto científico internacional que estudia las tormentas severas en Centro América. Estas tormentas son importantes para el suministro de agua, la formación de huracanes y el sistema meteorológico y climático global. El proyecto se condujo en Costa…

Airborne Instrumentation During OTREC

As part of the OTREC (Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection) field campaign, scientists collected atmospheric data using the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (GV HIAPER).  Learn more with this short video we produced with NCAR.

Space Weather with Dr. Rebecca Centeno

What is space weather and why should we care about it? Explore these questions and more with NCAR scientists Dr. Rebecca Centeno of NCAR’s High Altitude Observatory and at NCAR’s Explorer Series website.

Earth System Science with Dr. Matthew Long

What is Earth system science? Why is it important to study our Earth as a whole system? Learn more with NCAR scientist Dr. Matthew Long, as well as at NCAR’s Explorer Series website.