Wednesday 24 March 2021: Heatwaves and climate change in urban microclimates Professor Sue Grimmond, University of Reading The focus of this talk is on heatwaves and how urban areas can…Read More >
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Meteorological Masterclass: Representing Convection in Numerical Weather Prediction models and its Implications
Wednesday 10 March 2021: Representing convection in Numerical Weather Prediction models and its implications Professor Bob Plant, University of Reading The forecasting of convective precipitation remains among the most challenging…Read More >
Meteorological Masterclass: Flood Forecasting Hours to Months Ahead
Wednesday 24 February 2021: Flood forecasting hours to months ahead Dr Linda Speight: University of Reading This Masterclass will discuss the very latest work in probabilistic hydrometeorological forecasting – hours…Read More >
Climate change is making extreme cold much less likely, despite the UK plummeting to -23°C
The UK, along with large parts of northern Europe, is in the grip of an unusually cold period of weather thanks to a flow of cold easterly winds from Siberia….Read More >
Why a green electricity grid depends on weather forecasts improving
Boxing Day 2020 was so blustery that more than half of the UK’s daily electricity was met by wind power for the first time. Just over a week later, the wind died…Read More >
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Showcase 2020
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) offers undergraduate students the chance to gain hands-on research experience on projects covering all disciplines across University. These projects take the form of a…Read More >
Monsoon flooding in Bangladesh: how forecasting can help protect lives and livelihoods
The impacts of the 2020 monsoon floods in Bangladesh were devastating with more than 5 million people affected, 41 deaths and tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas being…Read More >
Meteorology Masterclass: Sub-seasonal predictions for European winter
SPEAKER | Rob Lee: University of Reading / NCAS Research Scientist Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate Winter storms…Read More >
Oxford Science and Ideas Festival
The Beware: Floods Ahead! exhibit is going online at the Oxford Ideas Festival. Mixing maths with poetry and climate science with geography: be the flood judge, create your ‘climate stripes’,…Read More >
Meteorology Masterclass: The impact of climate change on winter storms
SPEAKER | Len Shaffrey: University of Reading / NCAS Professor of Climate Science Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate…Read More >
