Barry David Keim (born September 9, 1963, in New Orleans, Louisiana)[1] is the Director of the Environmental Health, Climate, and Sustaiability Program at the LSU-Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He was previously the Richard J. Russell Professor in the Department of Geography & Anthropology at Louisiana State University (LSU). He served as the state climatologist for the state of Louisiana from 2002-2023. Before that he was on the faculty of the University of New Hampshire, and was the New Hampshire state climatologist, from 1994 to 2003.[2] He is known for researching extreme weather, such as hurricanes and heavy rainfall.[3]

Barry D. Keim
Born (1963-09-09) September 9, 1963 (age 61)
EducationUniversity of New Orleans (B.A., 1987), Louisiana State University (M.S., 1990; Ph.D., 1994)
Scientific career
FieldsClimatology
InstitutionsLouisiana State University
ThesisTemporal and synoptic analyses of heavy rainfall in the southeastern United States (1994)

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  1. ^ "LSU Press: Barry D. Keim". lsupress.org. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  2. ^ "Barry Keim CV" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Barry D. Keim". ga.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
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