Dave Gill
Joe Software Engineer at National Center for Atmospheric Research
Loveland, Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarDave Gill is a seasoned software engineer with 24 years of experience specializing in scientific and atmospheric modeling, currently contributing at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Loveland, Colorado. He is a back-end developer with deep expertise in legacy FORTRAN codebases, particularly the widely used WRF/ WPS weather modeling system, where he has implemented GRIB2 data extraction and adapted input routines for diverse datasets including UKMO, NCEP, and AFWA. His work spans physics modules— aerosols, cloud microphysics, and radiation—focusing on correctness, performance tuning, and integrating external model sources to improve forecast fidelity. Comfortable bridging research and production code, he brings pragmatic problem-solving to complex numerical software and a track record of making intricate geoscience data pipelines robust and interoperable.
24 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
fortran10
prediction10
hpc10
numerical10
numerical-methods10
weather10
numeric10
scientific-computing10
modeling10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wrf-model/WRF
Apr 2002 - Jan 2022
The official repository for the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 328 reviews, 1773 commits in 20 years
Contributions summary:Dave primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, a complex weather forecasting system. The user's commits involved modifying and debugging code in various physics modules, specifically related to aerosol, cloud physics, and radiation schemes, as well as enhancements to the core program. These changes included fixing computational errors, optimizing code, and adding new features to improve the model's accuracy and performance.
forecastingmeteorologyclimateatmospheric-modellingmodel
wrf-model/WPS
Jul 2006 - Jan 2022
The official repository for the WRF Preprocessing System (WPS)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 243 commits in 15 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Dave's commits primarily focus on modifying and extending the FORTRAN code base of the WRF Preprocessing System (WPS), specifically related to reading and processing GRIB2 data and integrating external datasets. Their contributions include implementing GRIB2 data extraction, updating data processing routines, and adapting the code for compatibility with different model data sources, such as the Unified Model (UM) and specific datasets like those from NCEP and AFWA. They appear to be focused on ensuring data input and processing for the WRF model is accurate and functional, with a recent focus on the UKMO dataset.
preprocessing
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