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2020-September 2023) • Design and implementation of new weather and climate diagnostic system (October 2019-March 2021) • Spatial decoupling of dynamics, physics and chemistry (April 2020-September 2022) Steering Committee The ExCALIBUR Steering Committee has been formed and includes members
to occur, where the stratospheric temperature can rise by 50 °C. When this event has occurred previously it has often led to cold conditions across the UK, linked to a weakening of the polar jet stream – the high-altitude ribbon of air which steers weather systems towards us from the Atlantic
. She was made a CBE in the 2024 New Year's Honours. Penny is chair of the Dartmoor National Park Steering Group, a place where she spends much of her free time. She is married to a teacher; they have two musical grown-up children. Penny is a keen naturalist and musician, and an active member of Exeter Cathedral, as their first Canon Scientist as well as a member of their voluntary choir.
with ocean circulation and heat content. External recognition Co-chair of the CLIVAR Global Synthesis and Observations Panel (GSOP) Co-chair of the International Quality Controlled Ocean Database initiative (IQuOD) Member of the CLIVAR CONCEPT-HEAT Scientific Steering Team Principal Investigator on the NERC DEEP-C project CSIRO/UTAS Distinguished Visiting Scientist 2014-2015
is mid-August to around mid-October. Climatologically a powerful hurricane tracking close the USA's eastern seaboard becomes more likely later in the summer and during the autumn; later in the year such storms will tend to be steered away north-eastwards into the Atlantic Ocean. Typically tropical
or outside? Bring attention back to the front and ask for volunteers to share their dream jobs and explain what skills they have or need to be good at it. Compare their answers: did anyone have similar roles, or different roles needing similar skills? Why might this be? Steer the discussion
radiation panel. Member of EUMETSAT working group on climate monitoring. Member of the EUMETSAT GRAS science review group. Member of the GERB project steering group. Member of the CERES Climate Model and Analysis Advisory Group.
and hosted the 9th ICMW and was a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of GASS until 2016. Ben recently contributed to the book Clouds and Climate . Ben has co-supervised two PhD theses and is supervisor to two current PhD students. Ben is currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Exeter and is a former Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review.
improved weather forecasts. In addition to steering the scientific direction of the team, Chris is working to develop technical aspects of the new coupled forecast system and to assess its performance. He is also involved in testing and reviewing many other changes related to both the coupled
charger. 2. How to drive safely on ice It is safer not to drive in icy conditions, but if you absolutely must drive, keep yourself and others safe by: Looking well ahead for potential hazards and keep your speed down. Accelerating, braking, steering and changing gear as smoothly as possible
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