Welcome to the Remote Sensing and Clouds group here in the Meteorology Department at Reading University.
We study cloud processes (microphysical, dynamical and radiative) using a variety of techniques ranging from observations of real clouds to idealised theory and models of individual processes. We also use state of the art remote-sensing observations to study clouds (and other processes in the atmosphere), and develop new measurement techniques and retrieval methods.
We have close links to the Chilbolton Observatory, which hosts a suite of radars, lidars, radiometers and other remote-sensing / meteorological instrumentation.
Laboratory experiments investigating falling snowflakes - Tuesday January 15 2019 - - In the UK there are, on average, just 23.7 days of snow fall or sleet a year. However, precipitation in the form of ice crystals, or snowflakes, is an important feature within the atmosphere, both in the UK and worldwide. Research indicates that 50% of global precipitation events are linked to the production of ice in clouds, either falling as snow or melting as it falls to produce rain1. This percentage increases to 85% of precipitation events in mid-latitudes, covering the UK, and 98% of precipitation events in Polar Regions. The small ice particles formed in clouds precipitate slowly, at… Read More...