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Paul Prestopnik is a Software Engineer III at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, CO, where he has worked since 2009. He is the Lead Engineer for the In-Flight Icing (IFI) Forecast and Diagnostic System, where he oversees engineering priorities, coordinates development workflows, and designs and develops scientific applications deployed across local and high-performance computing environments. He has also served as Lead Engineer for the Extreme Weather Forecasting (ExWx) system, which combines data from multiple weather models using fuzzy logic to predict extreme winds, temperatures, and icing conditions at wind farms across the country. Paul has supported international aviation weather efforts through the Advanced Operational Aviation Weather Systems (AOAWS) program for Taiwan, and has led data management efforts at RAL, including the development of a widely used archiving system with a web-based metadata query interface. Additional experience includes model post-processing, operational system monitoring, and coordinating data acquisition and access for internal and external collaborators.
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Education/Academic qualification
Computer Engineering, BS, University of Central Florida
Computer and Information Science, MS, University of Colorado Boulder
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The Next Generation of High-Resolution Current and Forecast Icing Products
Rugg Stebbins, A., Haggerty, J., Adriaansen, D., Ellis, S., McCabe, G. & Prestopnik, P., 2025, American Meteorological Society’s 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Current Icing Product (CIP) and Forecast Icing Product (FIP) Version 2.0
Adriaansen, D. R., Rugg, A., Serke, D. J., Ellis, S. M., Haggerty, J., Cunning, G., Prestopnik, P., McCabe, G. P. & Xu, M., Jan 1 2022, p. 6.2.Research output: Abstract › Paper
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A comprehensive wind power forecasting system integrating artificial intelligence and numerical weather prediction
Kosovic, B., Haupt, S. E., Adriaansen, D., Alessandrini, S., Wiener, G., Monache, L. D., Liu, Y., Linden, S., Jensen, T., Cheng, W., Politovich, M. & Prestopnik, P., Mar 2 2020, In: Energies. 16, 3, 1372.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing improved products to forecast and diagnose aircraft icing conditions based upon drop size
Tessendorf, S. A., Adriaansen, D. R., Rugg, A., Serke, D., Williams, C. L., Haggerty, J., Cunning, G., McCabe, G., Prestopnik, P., Thompson, G. & Kenyon, J., 2017, 9th AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, 2017. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA, (9th AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, 2017).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Advancements in Combining Datasets for In-Flight Icing Diagnoses
Adriaansen, D. R., Prestopnik, P., McCabe, G. & Politovich, M., Jun 15 2015, In: SAE Technical Papers. 2015-June, JuneResearch output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Implementation of 4DWX for ATEC: Using a Dedicated Support Partition (DSP) and Advantages Over Using High -Priority Queues
Prestopnik, P. (Speaker)
Sep 1 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Colleague Mentoring
Prestopnik, P. (Chair) & Ruttenberg, R. (Mentee)
Oct 1 2024 → Sep 30 2025Activity: Internal Service › Mentoring (Internal)
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DSET
Prestopnik, P. (Chair)
Oct 1 2024 → Sep 30 2025Activity: Internal Service › Membership of Internal Committee
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Storage Advisory Group
Prestopnik, P. (Chair)
Oct 1 2024 → Sep 30 2025Activity: Internal Service › Membership of Internal Committee