Monthly Archives: July 2019

Making the best use of HPC

Posted on 29 July, 2019 by danaallen

By: Grenville Lister High performance computing (HPC) is changing – there will be a new UK national service in early 2020 (and a period of time with no national service while the new platform is installed) – and the medium … Continue reading →

Improving model representation of cloud ice using cloud radar and aircraft observations

Posted on 22 July, 2019 by danaallen

By: Peggy Achtert Understanding the evolution of the ice phase in clouds is of great importance for understanding the development of thunderstorms and the formation of heavy rain. However, cloud ice poses an enormous challenge for both measurements and modelling. While … Continue reading →

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Challenges in the closure of the surface energy budget at the continental scale

Posted on 15 July, 2019 by danaallen

By: Bo Dong Since satellite observations began in the late 1970s, our knowledge of energy flows in and out of the Earth’s climate system has been greatly advanced. Taking advantage of state-of-the-art Earth Observation (EO) programmes such as the Clouds … Continue reading →

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30 °C days in Reading

Posted on 8 July, 2019 by danaallen

By: Roger Brugge The temperature in the Reading University Atmospheric Observatory peaked at 32.3°C on Saturday 29 June 2019. Press stories were full of pictures of people sunning themselves across parts of the United Kingdom in glorious sunshine – yet … Continue reading →

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Science outreach in coastal Arctic communities

Posted on 1 July, 2019 by danaallen

By: Lucia Hosekova Figure 1: NASA image by Robert Simmon based on Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) surface temperature analysis data including ship and buoy data from the Hadley Centre. Caption by Adam Voiland. Few people are more aware … Continue reading →

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