Category Archives: Measurements and instrumentation

Meteorology student life at Reading

Posted on 20 October, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Pete Inness We’ve now had 3 weeks of the Autumn Term and the undergraduate students at Reading are already taking part in a number of activities to get them out of the classroom and experience some of the more … Continue reading →

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Observing the strong damaging winds of autumn and winter storms

Posted on 21 July, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Oscar Martínez-Alvarado Some scientists are weird people. Take me as an example. It is summer, the sun is shining out there. Yet here I am, longing for autumn and winter and the storms they bring. Don’t get me wrong. … Continue reading →

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Surface Temperature of Earth – making connections

Posted on 23 June, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Chris Merchant “Surface temperature” might seem to be a straightforward concept at first, but look more carefully, and things soon become rather complex. The temperatures quoted in the weather forecast are intended to represent the air temperature a metre … Continue reading →

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Upgrading weather radar measurements to improve flash flood warnings

Posted on 16 June, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Rob Thompson Weather radar is a powerful tool for rainfall measurement. Raingauges measure rainfall at a site, but a weather radar can provide coverage over a wide area, up to 250 km from the radar site. The UK radar … Continue reading →

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Routine climate data – going, going, gone?

Posted on 26 May, 2014 by Stephen Burt

by Chris Holloway I was surprised to hear recently that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is closing all three of their Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) sites within the next year.  These well-instrumented sites, located at … Continue reading →

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