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• Spotlight on the Head of the Met Office Hadley Centre

  to be here. The Met Office is a bigger organisation than KNMI but the two organisations are similar because of the pull-through of science to operations. That is different from academia and universities generally, and it is great to manage a team with that one goal. So why did you choose to come to the Met

• Reducing odds to limit warming to 1.5°C rise

  for compliance with the aim of 1.5 °C. But even this level of cut only yields around a 50 per cent chance of staying at or below the 1.5 °C target. “For greater certainty of staying below the 1.5 °C level then even bigger emission reductions become necessary. This further strengthens the case

• Raindrops and radar

  are more attracted to each other than they are to surrounding air molecules. This attraction, known as cohesion, pulls molecules inward resulting in a tension surrounding a droplet’s surface and forcing it into a sphere – the shape with the smallest surface area for its volume. Not yet big enough

• Memo

  the Department, noting the background of the new Science Minister. The response to Sir Paul Nurse’s Landscape Review, which had a big section on Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs), was discussed. • Rob Woodward closed the meeting, noting the annual staff Awards for Excellence in Exeter the following week which some Non-Executive Directors were attending.

• data---role-of-met-office-satellite-data-in-jwa-v2.pdf

  the customer’s expectations. Weather forecaster Weather model JWA- Demand forecast engine Power demand forecast results Weather observation Power demand by region Power demand by industry Big data Complex system anaysis Data science Machine learning Demand (10,000kw) 0.00 6.00 12.00 Actual value Predicted

• data---role-of-met-office-satellite-data-in-jwa-v2pdf

  the customer’s expectations. Weather forecaster Weather model JWA- Demand forecast engine Power demand forecast results Weather observation Power demand by region Power demand by industry Big data Complex system anaysis Data science Machine learning Demand (10,000kw) 0.00 6.00 12.00 Actual value Predicted

• Memo

  and flooding, where SEPA worked very closely with the Met Office. Looking forward, he outlined key priorities and some of the big challenges, such as surface water. • Simon Brown (Services Director) summarised the overall seasonal performance of the summer weather forecast. With John Taylor (Associate

• session-1---our-climate.pdf

  to be added in the right amounts to make the perfect system. • The first ingredient is energy from our Sun. The Sun importantly provides heat and light for the Earth. Hold up small button or a small ball of Blu Tack (this represents the Earth). Tell the group that if the Earth is this big, how big do we

• Microsoft Word - MOB Summary 25 Jan 11.doc

  service, where warnings will be issued for severe impact events. The Board appreciated that the change to impact based warning, rather than threshold based, is a big, but advantageous step. • The Chairman of Met Office Scientific Advisory Committee (MOSAC) delivered his Chairman’s report. • The Chairman

• Met Office daily weather: Warnings in place for several areas due to heavy rain

  conditions in northern Scotland and much milder air to the south of the warm front. Here, temperatures will widely reach 12-14°C, and in sheltered areas, especially in the lee of hills, values could climb to 15-16°C. Looking at the bigger picture, we can see the next low pressure system heading