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Conferences in the time of COVID

February 26, 2021 11:50 am Published by Comments Off on Conferences in the time of COVID

This time last year Kim Reid was planning a Euro-adventure where she would attend a summer school in the Swiss Alps, attend EGU, visit Reading and the Met Office and explore some castles on the side. Now she and her supervisor joke that if case numbers stay low, Kim might be able to visit a university in the same city.

Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics

February 15, 2021 1:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics

There is a great deal of misuse of climate model projections emerging in business. Climate models are being used for some purposes that are simply inappropriate leading to assessments of the physical risks to business that are of no value. However, there are ways to use climate model data that has value and can help business robustly assess some specific climate related risks.

Research brief: New reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data

February 12, 2021 2:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data

In this study, the researchers propose a reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata to provide guidance to data contributors on how to store data in repositories to maximise their discoverability, facilitate their efficient reuse, and add value to individual datasets.

Research brief: How gravity waves impact thunderstorm formation

February 11, 2021 10:14 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: How gravity waves impact thunderstorm formation

Storms cause ripples in the wind that travel upwards and away from the clouds, much like a stone causes ripples when it is thrown in a pond. These can then affect the temperature and winds around the storms and make them grow, last longer, or die earlier.

Research brief: ACCESS1 outperforms POAMA forecasting SPCZ

February 10, 2021 2:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: ACCESS1 outperforms POAMA forecasting SPCZ

The researchers analysed the performance of the ACCESSS1 seasonal forecast model to predict the SPCZ position and rainfall over the period 1990-2012. ACCESSS1 performed better in simulating the SPCZ than the previous model, POAMA.

Research brief: New global land-based precipitation dataset

February 4, 2021 12:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New global land-based precipitation dataset

CLEX researchers have developed a new global land-based daily precipitation dataset called Rainfall Estimates on a Gridded Network - REGEN - aimed at facilitating studies to understand changes and variability in several aspects of daily precipitation distributions, extremes and measures of hydrological intensity.

Research brief: Southern ocean overturning circulation responds to SAM

January 15, 2021 9:49 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Southern ocean overturning circulation responds to SAM

CLEX researchers introduced a novel methodology to examine the Southern Ocean's response to changing winds. They performed numerical simulations with a global ocean‐sea ice model suite that spans a hierarchy of spatial resolutions and driven by realistic atmospheric forcing conditions.