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Areas of expertise Radiative transfer The fast radiative transfer model RTTOV Cloud detection algorithms Publications by James Hocking Current activities James works on the development of the RTTOV fast radiative transfer model which is developed in collaboration with Météo-France, DWD and European
of satellite radiances within the Met Office Numerical Weather Prediction models. The RTTOV model is currently used to carry out rapid radiative transfer calculations for all the meteorological satellite instruments of current interest in the Met Office. The present version of RTTOV (RTTOV-12) can simulate
Areas of expertise clear-air radiative transfer the fast model RTTOV Current activities Peter works on the development of both line-by-line and 'fast' RT models. Line-by-line models calculate detailed line spectra at the molecular level, whereas fast models are parametrised by channel-averaged line
was also recorded in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. The maps below compare daily maximum temperatures on 31 July 2020 and 25 July 2019 (when the UK record of 38.7°C was set at Cambridge Botanic Garden). On 31 July 2020 temperatures across central England were widely 12°C or more above
Areas of expertise: Atmospheric radiative transfer Continuum absorption Microwave spectroscopy Satellite observations Publications by Dr Emma Turner Current activities Emma is a scientist working in the RTTOV (Radiative Transfer for TOVS) group, a subset of the Satellite Applications team. RTTOV
May day on record during this event, and several longrunning stations also their wettest spring day on record, for example, Rothamsted, Hertfordshire (110 years), and Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden (82 years). It was exceptionally wet across parts of Cumbria: station records for the previous wettest
of the national record. The highest temperature on the 18th was 38.2°C at Pitsford (Northamptonshire). Temperatures on this date were broadly comparable with 25 July 2019 (which recorded the previous UK record 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden) – although the heat extended further west into Wales
working closely with the relevant space agencies. Responsible for the RTTOV project which involved the EUMETSAT NWP SAF. Responsible for the EUCOS/EUMETSAT OSE's experiment, involving five meteorological organisations and ECMWF. Responsibility for the development and conducted observation targeting
, RTTOV, for assimilating satellite radiances. He also provided advice on the use of satellite data in the ERA-40 reanalysis. He now works at the Met Office at Exeter as part of the Satellite Applications section (which he led until 2017) with the aim of making better use of satellite data for NWP
(East Yorkshire) and Warwick (Warwickshire). Information released: We attach an hourly dataset from Leconfield for Driffield (East Yorkshire) and an hourly dataset from Wellesbourne for Warwick (Warwickshire).
