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Generating the right data for a client is a crucial part of any climate service work stream and there are many techniques we can call upon. EarthSystemData uses many of these techniques for our clients and we are also a co-supervisor for a PhD student, Sarah Wilson, based at the University of East Anglia. Sarah […]
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Early April has been dominated by notable cold surface temperature anomalies over much of the northern hemisphere – shown in ESD48’s code run on NOAA/NCEP data for 28th March through April 6th [Image 1]. Curiously these cold anomalies are positioned over sub arctic regions, which normally exhibit strong warmer-than-normal conditions – since these areas are […]
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February 2021 saw extremely cold and snow conditions over northern Europe, associated with upsets to the polar vortex. But what happened afterwards, as winter transitioned to spring? The snow storms and cold weather that prevailed over northern Europe in February this year were consistent with disruptions to the normal prevailing westerly (i.e. air originating from […]
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Your idea of a downpour is about to change. Our notion and concepts of extreme climate is shaped by our experiences. Generally these experiences are confined by where we live – or where we have travelled to. My professional research – and the work undertaken for EarthSystemData – gives me insights to all corners of […]
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There is a big distinction between reasonable scientific skepticism on some aspects of climate science and persistent ideas that simply do not reason with any scientific evidence. Let’s take a look at some of the latter – which still surface from time to time. I’ve included 3 here. We might revisit this sometime and look at some others – so this may well be just Part One! Anyhow, let’s get into it. 3 myths that need dispelling.
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ESD are excited to launch ESD_Research — a free Apple and Android app helping world-leading research projects disseminate and visualise their research output. Launched today, the app contains it’s first data set — made possible via support and collaboration with the UK’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. The data are new simulations of Earth’s […]
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