Exciting job opportunity in the area of seasonal forecasting at ECMWF in Bonn (Germany). jobs.ecmwf.int/Home/Job
Oxford station tonight: a boy, ca 13-14 yrs old, in school uniform, plays by heart the entire 3rd movement of Beethoven’s Pathetique sonata on the public piano in the station hall 🎹 - made my day.
Cyclone Boris is affecting the weather of Eastern Europe for the next few days, bringing exceptional rainfall to Austria, Czech Republic and the neighboring countries. 🌧☔️🌫❄️ A thread with some meteorological aspects of this storm I found fascinating:
In case this is of interest, these papers by Messmer et al. (2015,2020) discuss the Vb cyclones in detail, also for future scenarios. doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-… doi.org/10.1080/160008 🙏 to Jacobo Riboldi for pointing them out. They conclude that ..
Climate question: How well can climate models simulate the so-called Vb Grosswetterlage? Are there any studies available? Vb is underlying the dynamics of the current extreme weather situation in Central Europe. It originates over the very warm Mediterranean Sea (Genoa Low) …
European Summer 2022 was hot and dry leading to wildfires, low river flow and excess mortality. We looked into how well this impactful season was predicted by the ECWMF seasonal forecast system. Turns out it did a surprisingly good job. @antjeweisheimer.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1002/qj.4...
Boreal summer in 2022 was marked by hot and dry conditions with significant impacts through drought, wildfires and heat-related deaths. We show that aspects of this season were well predicted in adva....
🚨Postdoc in Climate Dynamics at ETH Zurich🚨 We are hiring a postdoc to work on understanding projected future changes in the atmospheric circulation and climate. The scope is broad, with flexibility to work on questions aligned with your interests/experience. jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
A major economic study published today shows the amazing range of contributions which will add up to £56Bn of value to the UK economy over the next ten years www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
