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that some further work was required before these could be signed off. � John Hirst presented a paper to the Board on the Met Office’s business model which encompasses public service, scientific discovery and a commercial business. The Board discussed the tensions and benefits this brings. � The next meeting would be held in London on 30 th May 2014.
, graduated in physics, and joined the Met Office for the opportunity to sample a wide range of research fields. He began as a key developer of the original Open Road ice prediction scheme, and then undertook a spell of bench forecasting for aviation, including time at London Heathrow Airport. He
to the Met Office Hadley Centre in 2007. Before joining the Met Office, Kirsty obtained an MSc in Weather, Climate and Modelling at Reading University in 2001, after studying Physics at Imperial College, London as an undergraduate. She is currently studying for a PhD in Climate Security.
at the following Met Office sites: Total (mm)Prev wettest April (mm)Records began Edinburgh 110.0 84.0 (1947) 1939 Lossiemouth (Morayshire)113.3 71.5 (1977) 1951 London 113.8 100.6 (1993) 1940 Cranwell (Lincs) 113.8 94.4 (1998) 1921 Birmingham (Edgbaston) 143.4 124.9 (1961) 1897 Northolt (Middlesex) 118.6
The Commonwealth Climate Services Demonstrator is a trial project that is pulling through existing Met Office capability to have additional benefit to Commonwealth nations. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in London in April 2018, the UK universities Minister announced
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8.5 +1.14m +0.52m Edinburgh (Leith) RCP 4.5 +0.62m +0.16m RCP 8.5 +0.92m +0.31m London (Sheerness) RCP 4.5 +0.84m +0.38m RCP 8.5 +1.16m +0.54m Scan the QR code to learn more about local and global drivers of sea-level change Scan the QR code to learn more about IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6
as the impact of natural environment pollen on asthma. Partners include UCL, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Exeter Medical School and Public Health England Spores and asthma The Met Office is facilitating UK participation in the Global Spore Sampling Network (GSSN
at UCL (University College London) Jenna went on to obtain a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Hertfordshire. This thesis explored the effect of meteorological conditions on the properties of ice particles in cirrus cloud using observations made with the FAAM atmospheric-research
in the evenings.” Not everywhere will see the showers however and where it remains dry and sunny, temperatures could reach into the high twenties. So it remains to be seen whether this weekend will see the warmest day of the year so far, with the current record held by St James Park in London at 29.1 Celsius
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