Scientist, Meteorologist, & Educator

James Russell

I currently work as an Atmospheric Scientist for Idaho Power where I produce forecasts for power distribution, fire weather, and cloud seeding operations, as well as perform a variety of data science tasks.

Formerly, I worked as a scientist and educator for the COMET Program at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and was a research scientist at a number of different universities. ​At the COMET Program, I researched and developed expertise in earth-system science topics, gathered and visualized meteorological and climate data sets, built training products for the earth-system science workforce, and managed a variety of program areas and individual projects. In my academic research roles, I developed code, analyzed a variety of large weather and climate data sets, ran weather forecast models for research, managed a research group, and taught classes.

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