Author Archives: sdriscoll

About sdriscoll

https://twitter.com/SimonDriscoll_ Researching machine learning and thermodynamics of Arctic sea ice. Part of SASIP (2021-present) @UniofReading (Schmidt Futures). Previously DPhil Physics @UniofOxford (climate/volcanoes/geoengineering). Also nuclear war/winter + X-risk.

Machine learning enhanced gap filling in global land surface temperature analysis

Posted on 27 November, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Dr. Shaerdan Shataer Land Surface Temperature (LST) data, an essential component of climate change indicators (CCI), often suffers from data gaps due to various reasons such as cloud coverage, sensor limitations, or data processing issues. These gaps can hinder … Continue reading →

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The Signal to Noise Paradox from a Cat’s Perspective

Posted on 13 November, 2023 by sdriscoll

This is not the signal-to-noise paradox, this is just a tribute.  By: Dr. Leo Saffin The signal-to-noise paradox is a recently discovered phenomenon in forecasts on seasonal and longer timescales. The signal-to-noise paradox is when a model has good predictions … Continue reading →

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The Carbon Footprint of Climate Science – an opinion by Hilary Weller 

Posted on 6 November, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Hillary Weller What is the acceptable carbon footprint of climate science? Climate science cannot be done without a carbon footprint, and without climate science we would not know that burning fossil fuels is causing dangerous climate change. So without … Continue reading →

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Modelling city structure for improved urban representations in weather and climate models

Posted on 26 October, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Meg Stretton Urban areas are home to an increasingly large proportion of the world’s population, with more people living in cities than rural areas since 2007. These large population densities mean more people are vulnerable to extreme weather events, … Continue reading →

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Rapid developing, severe droughts will become more common over the 21st Century

Posted on 12 October, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Emily Black At the height of the 2012 corn growing season, two thirds of the United States was hit by a sudden drought. The photographs below compare 2012 to a normal year:   Earlier this year, a similarly sudden drought … Continue reading →

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More severe wet and dry extremes as rapid warming of climate continues

Posted on 5 October, 2023 by sdriscoll

By: Professor Richard Allan The UK weather has recently been characterised by large swings between wet and dry periods and with record heat this June and September. Globally, this September was the warmest on record and 2023 is set to … Continue reading →

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“…since records began” – Christopher Wren’s first automatic weather station

Posted on 28 September, 2023 by sdriscoll

We restart the weekly blog with a contribution from Professor Giles Harrison. With the blog being down over the summer, Giles‘ contribution was posted on Professor Maarten Ambaum’s excellent blog, where we direct readers until regular service resumes next week. … Continue reading →

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