Category Archives: Meteorology

El Niño

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Clive Best

I must confess to not knowing very much at all about ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation), but while making the animations of Hadcrut4 I noticed some striking examples. Here for example is the ‘super’ el Nino of 1997/98. Every 6-10 years … Continue reading →

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Observation of a tidal effect on the Polar Jet Stream

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Clive Best

Our paper has now been published for open discussion at Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. acp-2015-300 Observation of a tidal effect on the Polar Jet Stream C. H. Best and R. Madrigali Abstract Variations in the Polar Jet Stream directly affect weather across … Continue reading →

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Did an arriving ‘Dreamliner’ cause July’s record temperature at Heathrow ?

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Clive Best

I have looked in detail at aircraft landing data for the North Runway on July 1st to try to answer the following question. Was the heat pulse that produced the record breaking July temperature at Heathrow due to an aircraft, or … Continue reading →

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