從1991年到2008年，霍彼達在科羅拉多州博爾德的NCAR高空觀測臺（HAO）擔任科學家（1991-1995）及首席計算科學家（1995-2008）。在HAO，他撰寫了極具前瞻性的詳細技術方案，直到現在還在發揮作用。
From 1991 to 2008, Hobbeda served as a scientist (1991-1995) and chief computational scientist (1995-2008) at the NCAR Upper-Air Observatory (HAO) in Boulder, Colorado. At HAO, he wrote forward-looking, detailed technical solutions that are still in use today.