Tag: Climate
2019 – Another record-breaking year for our planet
It’s been impossible to ignore the headlines over the summer, bringing news of scorching temperatures, devastating wildfires and worrying predictions for the future of our planet.
Using satellites for climate research
For the past 20 years, the DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst – the German National Meteorological Service) has been working with a group of experts, using satellite data to monitor the climate and to record changes. The Satellite Application Facility on Climate...
FIDUCEO Workshop on uncertainty propagation now open for registration
The Fidelity and Uncertainty in Climate Data Records from Earth Observation (FIDUCEO) team has announced its second workshop in Lisbon on 25-27 June.
Thar she blows – Polarstern blog number five
Blog number five has landed and this week the hot topic is... wind!
Getting to know the weather a little better with the Polarstern
It's week four of the Polarstern's voyage and you know what that means - a brand-new blog post from the students following its path.
Industrial and agricultural ammonia point sources exposed
The Atmospheric Spectroscopy Group at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have been using the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) onboard Metop satellites to identify global ammonia hotspots, and they have kindly shared their findings with us.
An update on the Polarstern’s progress
It's the second week aboard the Polarstern and the third blog post recording the adventure!
The Polarstern logbook
Week two from the Polarstern logbook - students from group FH38 describe what can be found on-board the vessel and what they witnessed during the first days of their virtual mission to Cape Town from Bremerhaven.
Going on a virtual journey with the Polarstern
The research vessel, Polarstern, is currently travelling from Germany to Cape Town and a group of German meteorology students are reporting on its progress with weekly blog posts.