{"id":104,"date":"2017-02-20T18:56:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T18:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2023-03-10T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:30:32","slug":"whywhatnow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/whywhatnow\/","title":{"rendered":"Why? How? What now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know more about our research? Here are some videos and summaries of our published work written in non-technical language. The video at the top provides a summary.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Why? How? What now? The DARE project and its legacy<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why? How? What now? The DARE project and its legacy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O6HfR4YsjBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1358\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/YoutubeThumbnailWhatDidTheDAREProjectAchieve-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/YoutubeThumbnailWhatDidTheDAREProjectAchieve-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/YoutubeThumbnailWhatDidTheDAREProjectAchieve-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/YoutubeThumbnailWhatDidTheDAREProjectAchieve-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/YoutubeThumbnailWhatDidTheDAREProjectAchieve.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Improving weather forecasts by making the most of observations<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Improving weather forecasts by making the most of observations\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQusvxZtb7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Every picture tells a story: predicting river levels &amp; flooding (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/River_cameras_Sanita_paper_final.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1369\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/River_cameras_Sanita_paper_final-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/River_cameras_Sanita_paper_final-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/River_cameras_Sanita_paper_final-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/River_cameras_Sanita_paper_final.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Using observations from private cars to help predict the weather (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4tbG8IkyGsg\">video<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/DARE_crowdsourcing_car_temps_final.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Using satellite data for flood monitoring in urban areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Using satellite data to monitor urban flooding<br \/>\nA summary video\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gPgU-SqDOtk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/gPgU-SqDOtk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monitoring urban flooding with satellite data<br \/>\nDr David Mason talks about monitoring floods in urban areas with synthetic aperture radar satellite data. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jzuwhl_LJUM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jzuwhl_LJUM<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New science: monitoring urban flooding with satellite data<br \/>\nDr David Mason gives a detailed explanation about using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations to observe flooding in urban areas. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4YH_gLRdRFw\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4YH_gLRdRFw<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flood monitoring with satellite data<br \/>\nProf Hannah Cloke talks about using satellite data for monitoring urban flooding.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tAty0ZN7lfI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/tAty0ZN7lfI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Making the best use of satellite data in river flood mapping ( <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/SatelliteObsForFluvialInundationV6.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1183\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/SatelliteObsForFluvialInundationV6-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/SatelliteObsForFluvialInundationV6-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/SatelliteObsForFluvialInundationV6-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/SatelliteObsForFluvialInundationV6.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">New low-cost aircraft observations for improving weather forecasts (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/DARE_aircraft_obs_revised.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1080\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/DARE_aircraft_obs_revised-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/DARE_aircraft_obs_revised-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/DARE_aircraft_obs_revised-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/DARE_aircraft_obs_revised.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Data assimilation: The secret to better weather forecasts (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YPAWYjPf_Pk\">video<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1076\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ThumbnailforYouTube-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ThumbnailforYouTube-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ThumbnailforYouTube-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ThumbnailforYouTube-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ThumbnailforYouTube.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">How accurate are our atmospheric observations? (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HowAccurateAreAtmosphericObservations.pdf\">pdf)<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-694 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HowAccurateAreAtmosphericObservations-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HowAccurateAreAtmosphericObservations-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HowAccurateAreAtmosphericObservations-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HowAccurateAreAtmosphericObservations.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">High speed mathematics: reducing the computation time for weather forecasting (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HighSpeedMathematics.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-698 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HighSpeedMathematics-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HighSpeedMathematics-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HighSpeedMathematics-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/HighSpeedMathematics.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 89.4988%\">Flood inundation mapping with data assimilation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbatrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ZhiqiMScPosterSVC_4Dec2018_JBA-Trust_final.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5012%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-778 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ZhiqiMScPosterSVC_4Dec2018_JBA-Trust_final1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ZhiqiMScPosterSVC_4Dec2018_JBA-Trust_final1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/ZhiqiMScPosterSVC_4Dec2018_JBA-Trust_final1.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know more about our research? 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