Paul Hamer retires, honors CSU and NOAA colleagues
By Theresa Barosh | April 2025
Approaching his retirement date, Colorado State University researcher Paul Hamer reflected positively on his colleagues at CSU’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere and NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory.
“I have enjoyed my work for CIRA at GSL and especially working with both my cooperative institute and federal colleagues who, I’m sure, will continue to make huge contributions to the weather enterprise for both CSU and NOAA,” said Hamer.
His most recent role at GSL supports the National Weather Service’s strength in providing timely and relevant forecasts, watches and warnings. He worked with the Impact-Based Decision Support Services engine (IDSSe) team developing the systems to communicate weather impacts to NWS forecasters and decision makers.
Hamer’s other areas of interest include n-tier architectures in support of real-time telemetry processing. He worked at the Global Systems Laboratory of the Earth Systems Research Laboratory –formerly the Forecast Systems Laboratory – since 1999 initially developing real-time data ingest and management systems for the Data Systems Group (DSG) before moving to the Forecast Impact and Quality Assessment Section (FIQAS) where he was responsible for the management of datasets and development of tools supporting the analysis and verification of forecast products used in aviation.
Hamer received his BSc in Mathematics from The University of Kent at Canterbury in 1983.
For over twenty years, Hamer acted as part of a bridge between CSU and GSL. As a partnership between a university and NOAA, cooperative institute employees are in a unique position to move impactful research forward. CIRA leadership said academia partnering with federal agencies fast-tracks the design and implementation of tools that protect our Nation’s economy and save lives.
“When it comes to citing the importance of science and technology, and to the relevance of CIRA-led research in particular, to American lives and property, one needs to look no further than the impact-based decision support services that Paul has played a core role in advancing,” said Steven Miller, director of CIRA. “Congratulations on a long and successful career at CIRA in partnership with NOAA GSL—the National Weather Services is far more capable thanks to your efforts, and we are all safer for it as well.”