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UK scientists to improve forecasting of extreme weather events


UK scientists to improve forecasting of extreme weather events - UKRI

Scientists are working on ways to improve the forecasting of extreme weather events. £11 million funding is being invested by the Met Office and the Natural ...

First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme ...

National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour is ...

First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme ...

First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is “transformational”, scientists say · Oxford climate physicists, led by ...

New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction - Met Office

Extreme weather conditions ... Study co-author, Hayley Fowler, Professor of Climate Change Impacts at Newcastle University, added: “I am delighted ...

Turning up the heat: Advancing UK science to better predict and ...

By John Pinnegar, Director of the International Marine Climate Change Centre, Cefas and Caroline Rowland, Head of Oceans, Cryosphere and ...

Flash floods, supercells, and mesocyclones – predicting extreme ...

However, research into this weather phenomenon by Newcastle University scientists could hold the secret to saving lives in the aftermath of ...

Latest research could enhance long range forecasting skill

Scientists at the University of Exeter and the Met Office have discovered that, away from the tropics, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation ...

Forecasting extreme weather events

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), wind storms, heatwaves, floods and droughts are all likely to become more common and more ...

First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme ...

"We found that climate change expanded how much of the U.K. was impacted by storm Eunice and intensified the storm's severity by as much as 26%, ...

Early career weather scientists aid Met Office heat research

The study found that machine learning methods of forecasting urban heatwaves improved prediction of air temperatures by up to 11% compared to ...

The University of Manchester joins UK scientists on project to ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester will help the Met Office improve its forecasts of extreme weather through a new large-scale ...

Q&A: The evolving science of 'extreme weather attribution'

One benefit of using forecasts, rather than climate models, is that their higher resolution allows them to simulate extreme weather events in ...

Improving the UK's resilience to floods and droughts - UKRI

A new research infrastructure launched today by the Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle with £38 million UK funding will advance our understanding of ...

AI for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP): AI4NWP

The new collaboration will accelerate work to deploy machine learning technology alongside traditional techniques to improve the forecasting of some extreme ...

Weather forecasts could warn about events made worse by climate ...

A revolution in weather forecasting could soon see warnings of forthcoming heatwaves, storms or other extreme events accompanied by specific ...

Predicting extreme weather - Met Office

The Met Office is already applying this new methodology to assess the likelihood of other extreme weather events. Met Office researchers are currently assessing ...

Hydro-Climate Risks | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

... forecast flood and drought events and minimise the impacts of extreme weather ... improve observations, analysis and modelling of extreme weather events.

AI to take weather forecasting by storm | The Alan Turing Institute

When at a deployable stage, the technology will help save lives by improving the forecasting of extreme weather events. It will also boost the ...

Predicting extreme weather events with artificial intelligence | H2020

Improved weather and climate modelling will help us prepare for these future impacts. Researchers working on the MAELSTROM project have further ...

New UK project to improve forecasting of severe weather

Learn how UK scientists will help the Met Office improve forecasting of severe weather events in a new large-scale research project.