Monthly Archives: July 2018

Exploring the impact of Gulf Stream temperature biases on the global atmospheric circulation

Posted on 23 July, 2018 by

By Robert Lee The climate state in numerical models often have differences when compared to a climatology from observations. These differences are often termed ‘biases’ and can be considered as a kind of error or deficiency in the model. These … Continue reading →

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What a summer!

Posted on 16 July, 2018 by

By Ben Cosh What a summer it has been so far. The data is brilliant when it is like this. Stephen Burt keeps an eye on it and has filled me in on the (nearly) record-breaking numbers we’re seeing. It’s … Continue reading →

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A newcomer’s reflections on the fourth Lusaka Learning Lab

Posted on 9 July, 2018 by

By Max Leighton (Social Research Assistant for Professor Ted Shepherd) Figure 1: Lusaka participants recording a video message for the Maputo Learning Lab team. The fourth Lusaka Learning Lab took place on the 17-18th April 2018, which is where I … Continue reading →

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DARE to use datasets of opportunity

Posted on 2 July, 2018 by

By Joanne Waller To accurately forecast the weather, we must first describe what is currently happening in the atmosphere. To determine the current atmospheric state, we could use: Previous forecasts (data from complex computational models of the atmosphere) which provide … Continue reading →

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