Climate Air quality and sources of air pollution 15 June 2015 Air quality is a measure of how clean or dirty the air is, and air pollution is air contamination by harmful substances Weather What are noctilucent clouds? 28 April 2014 Noctilucent clouds are very fine, wispy formations made out of ice crystals that occur high up in the mesosphere (50-53 miles) and are the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere. In the Spotlight Weather Satellites 20 April 2014 Observations of the weather are made 24 hours a day, all over the world. The main observations are from weather satellites, balloons, landbased instruments, ships, buoys and aircraft. Weather Measuring Wind Speed: What is an anemometer? 06 March 2014 A device for measuring wind speed is known as an anemometer. Weather Feeling Under Pressure? What are barometers? 03 December 2013 Feeling Under Pressure? Weather What is humidity and how is it measured? 14 August 2013 Damp or dry? Measuring humidity Weather Ball Lightning 01 August 2013 What is this strange phenomenon? Climate FAAM fanatics 01 July 2013 Jessica Victor, along with colleagues from Derby University, have been lucky enough to make a documentary about the Facility for Airborne Measurements (FAAM). In the Spotlight Watching the weather: Trained weather observer Mike Robinson talks about aviation forecasting and a life spent on the move 09 February 2012 From Shinfield near Reading to Linton-on-Ouse in Yorkshire via Ringway Airport. And all to watch the weather.
Climate Air quality and sources of air pollution 15 June 2015 Air quality is a measure of how clean or dirty the air is, and air pollution is air contamination by harmful substances
Weather What are noctilucent clouds? 28 April 2014 Noctilucent clouds are very fine, wispy formations made out of ice crystals that occur high up in the mesosphere (50-53 miles) and are the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.
In the Spotlight Weather Satellites 20 April 2014 Observations of the weather are made 24 hours a day, all over the world. The main observations are from weather satellites, balloons, landbased instruments, ships, buoys and aircraft.
Weather Measuring Wind Speed: What is an anemometer? 06 March 2014 A device for measuring wind speed is known as an anemometer.
Climate FAAM fanatics 01 July 2013 Jessica Victor, along with colleagues from Derby University, have been lucky enough to make a documentary about the Facility for Airborne Measurements (FAAM).
In the Spotlight Watching the weather: Trained weather observer Mike Robinson talks about aviation forecasting and a life spent on the move 09 February 2012 From Shinfield near Reading to Linton-on-Ouse in Yorkshire via Ringway Airport. And all to watch the weather.