Category: Weather
The latest news about the science of weather and forecasting.
The year in pictures: 2017
We had a look back at all of the images taken in 2017 to see which ones had the most views on our Flickr account. Here are the results (for more information, just click on each image): These composite images...
RV Polarstern, 19 April 2017
Meteorological measurements and observations at sea - a challenge by Volker Heil, DWD
RV Polarstern, 13 April 2017
Forecasting waves and wave height
RV Polarstern, near the Canary Islands, 11 April 2017
The scatterometer explained
RV Polarstern – squalls in the tropical South Atlantic, 07 April 2017
The RV Polarstern passed the Inner-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), an important part of the global circulation.
RV Polarstern, tropical South Atlantic, 03 April 2017
Life on the RV Polarstern explained
Where old satellites go to die
Meteosat-7, EUMETSAT’s oldest operational meteorological satellite, tomorrow begins its final journey to the great graveyard orbit in the sky.
RV Polarstern, tropical South Atlantic, 31 March 2017
RV Polarstern moves into the tropics
RV Polarstern, just passed Tropic of Capricorn, 29 March 2017
Oliver talks about the Polarstern's experience in tropical waters