Climate El Niño 20 July 2014 The name El Niño, Spanish for ‘child’ or ‘the Christ child’, was first used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months 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. Climate Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 12 April 2014 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 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. Weather Winter Hazards 18 January 2012 The shortest day may have passed, but although summer is on the way, the coldest months on average are still to come
Climate El Niño 20 July 2014 The name El Niño, Spanish for ‘child’ or ‘the Christ child’, was first used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months
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.
Weather Winter Hazards 18 January 2012 The shortest day may have passed, but although summer is on the way, the coldest months on average are still to come