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responsibility for management and delivery of all programmes working to develop new customer products and services. The scale of the Met Office’s scientific, technology and operational developments has grown organically over time. The Programmes Directorate will be key to ensuring the fruits of our

responsibility for management and delivery of all programmes working to develop new customer products and services. The scale of the Met Office’s scientific, technology and operational developments has grown organically over time. The Programmes Directorate will be key to ensuring the fruits of our

: � precipitation (Hashizume et al., 2008); � flooding (Koelle et al., 2005); � sea surface temperature and height (Lobitz et al., 2000); � river level and freshwater discharge (Akanda et al., 2011; Schwartz et al., 2006); � coastal salinity (Miller et al., 1982); � dissolved organic material (Neogi et al

and biomass burning release black carbon (soot), organic carbon particles and sulphur dioxide. The sulphur dioxide oxidises to create sulphate aerosols. Aerosols influence climate by directly reflecting incoming solar radiation back to space and by modifying the properties of clouds to make them more

abroad. Sale of betel nuts, livestock and its products, and cereal crops as well as remittance and wage labour are the primary income sources for the community. 2.1.3 Vegetables Vegetables as kitchen garden products are produced in most rural households with good access to irrigation. However

at Kew Gardens (Greater London) and Gravesend (Kent). Temperatures were widely over 20 °C across England and Wales, 19 °C in Edinburgh and 17 °C in Inverness. These values are approaching 10 °C above normal at this time of year. 46 Annex 1: Datasets MONTHLY GRIDS The principal sources of data

, a multinational or an allotment gardener, forecast accuracy is pivotal for building trust with all who take decisions based on our weather and climate information. So it’s satisfying to see that our record in 2016/17 continued an upward year-onyear, reaching 91.4% accuracy for our next day temperature

conditions in communities in Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. Workshop to Develop Methodology Workshop dates -19 th to 24 th January 2020 Workshop venue - Wigot Gardens-Kisumu-Kenya Objectives: 1. Share findings of the literature review on examples where Indigenous Knowledge(IK) and Scientific Knowledge

, UK data produced by the National Climate Information Centre at the Met Office, chart the new records now broken almost on an annual basis. We recorded the all-time highest UK temperature of 38.7°C recorded during last July’s heatwave at Cambridge Botanic Gardens. By using a technique called

On 1 July the temperature also reached 35.7 °C at Kew Gardens and Northolt, Greater London, 35.3 °C at Wittering, Cambridgeshire and 35.2 °C at Faversham, Kent. The heat extended across the UK to the north of Scotland with 29.0 °C at Aviemore, Inverness-shire and 28.0 °C at Altnaharra, 45 Sutherland