In the Spotlight Let’s twist again like we did last summer 27 March 2017 In a talk I was giving last week on the physics of thunderstorms, to a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, I could not resist mentioning tornadoes. In the Spotlight Mike Olbinski - Storm Chaser 27 March 2017 Mike Olbinski was born in 1975 in Glendale, Arizona and has lived in the general Phoenix area his entire life. He is married with three children. In this article, Mike explains where his passion for storm chasing and photography originates from In the Spotlight Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph 11 November 2016 New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system In the Spotlight First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 03 May 2015 NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall. Weather Precipitation Production Pathways 19 February 2015 Although not always a ‘welcome friend,’ precipitation is essential to the life on Earth and the latent heat released from its formation provides much of the energy that drives atmospheric circulation. 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 Climate Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 12 April 2014 In the Spotlight Tripping down tornado alley: Storm chaser Martin Lisius on tourists and tornadoes 18 April 2013 Storm chaser Martin Lisius on when to chase and when not to. Weather The Big Freeze of 1963: One of the coldest winters on record 25 January 2013 One of the coldest winters on record
In the Spotlight Let’s twist again like we did last summer 27 March 2017 In a talk I was giving last week on the physics of thunderstorms, to a joint meeting of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, I could not resist mentioning tornadoes.
In the Spotlight Mike Olbinski - Storm Chaser 27 March 2017 Mike Olbinski was born in 1975 in Glendale, Arizona and has lived in the general Phoenix area his entire life. He is married with three children. In this article, Mike explains where his passion for storm chasing and photography originates from
In the Spotlight Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph 11 November 2016 New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system
In the Spotlight First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 03 May 2015 NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall.
Weather Precipitation Production Pathways 19 February 2015 Although not always a ‘welcome friend,’ precipitation is essential to the life on Earth and the latent heat released from its formation provides much of the energy that drives atmospheric circulation.
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 Tripping down tornado alley: Storm chaser Martin Lisius on tourists and tornadoes 18 April 2013 Storm chaser Martin Lisius on when to chase and when not to.
Weather The Big Freeze of 1963: One of the coldest winters on record 25 January 2013 One of the coldest winters on record