By Visweshwaran Ramesh Accurate soil moisture predictions are essential for effective environmental management, whether it’s preparing for floods or supporting agricultural planning. Soil moisture impacts everything from crop growth to…Read More >
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International Symposium on Data Assimilation 2024
By Amos Lawless The week of 21-25 October saw this year’s edition of the International Symposium on Data Assimilation, or ISDA. This is an annual conference that brings together experts…Read More >
Meet Our Newest PhD Students
We’re excited to welcome three new PhD students to the DARC group this academic year. They’ll be tackling different elements of the challenging problem of high-resolution data assimilation. Read on…Read More >
National Earth Observation Conference 2024
By Laura Risley and Ieuan Higgs, October 2024 This year’s National Earth Observation Conference was held in York from 10th – 12th September at the National STEM centre, bringing together…Read More >
12th Workshop on Meteorological Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation
by Laura Risley, June 2024 After a 6-year hiatus, 2024 saw the return of the ‘Workshop on Meteorological Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation’ also known as the Adjoint Workshop! The…Read More >
Observation-related matrix calculations in variational data assimilation
By Guannan Hu, May 2024 Data assimilation is a process that uses meteorological observations to improve the initial conditions for weather forecasting. To make the best use of the observations,…Read More >
Why do we bother with data assimilation software (and PDAF)?
by Yumeng Chen, May 2024 Data assimilation (DA) has various applications in the field of weather and climate prediction. Previous DARC blogs introduced its capability in numerical weather prediction, air…Read More >
“Doomed (!), doomed (?)” – Is the AMOC at risk of reversal?
by Ivo Pasmans, April 2024 “We’re doomed, doomed!” was the catch phrase of the always cheerful and generous private Frasier in the British sitcom Dad’s Army. And if recent publications…Read More >
The need for observations of the coastal marine ecosystem
By Alison Fowler, April 2024 The waters surrounding our coastline may seem deep and empty, but they are full of life. It is the tiniest of these organisms, the phytoplankton…Read More >
Are satellite observations really measuring the same thing as your model predicts? Probably not. Here’s what to do about it.
by Tristan Quaife, March 2024 In Data Assimilation it is often necessary to assimilate observation types that are related to, but not directly predicted by, the underlying process model. Achieving…Read More >
