{"title":"February 2024. An exceptionally mild, very wet and rather dull month","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/wea.4548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4548","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23637,"journal":{"name":"Weather","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140587369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Antonio Quesada-Moreno, Emilio Martínez-Ibarra, José Luis Ortiz
{"title":"Use of a drone equipped with microthermal sensors to estimate the quality of the atmosphere for astronomical observation","authors":"José Antonio Quesada-Moreno, Emilio Martínez-Ibarra, José Luis Ortiz","doi":"10.1002/wea.4551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4551","url":null,"abstract":"A drone was used to obtain thermal profiles to estimate atmospheric turbulence for the purposes of astronomical observation. The first 150m of height were studied in two areas in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. The preliminary results have validated the use of drones as a suitable means of transport for obtaining microthermal measurements. We have also assessed the influence of the planetary boundary layer on the quality of the image for astronomical purposes. In future research, we intend to check these measurements with fixed microthermal sensors installed in meteorological towers.","PeriodicalId":23637,"journal":{"name":"Weather","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140324800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Atmospheric electricity ‘CTR Wilson’ meeting 2023","authors":"Caleb Miller, R. Giles Harrison","doi":"10.1002/wea.4544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4544","url":null,"abstract":"<p>On 16 November 2023, UK and international researchers gathered at the University of Bath for the 11th CTR Wilson Meeting on atmospheric electricity. The CTR Wilson Institute for Atmospheric Electricity honours the Nobel Prize winner who also pioneered the global circuit concept and published extensively on atmospheric electrical topics. It is integrated with the Special Interest Group of the Royal Meteorological Society, to advance understanding of atmospheric electricity. (<i>Atmospheric electricity</i> concerns diverse and varied electrical phenomenon in the atmosphere, including lightning, atmospheric ionisation and the global electric circuit.) There were 39 registrants for this meeting, which was organised by Martin Fullekrug, Karen Aplin, Alec Bennett, Keri Nicoll and Giles Harrison. A photograph of meeting attendees is shown in Figure 1.</p>\u0000<figure><picture>\u0000<source media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" srcset=\"/cms/asset/46144167-1502-41b5-9680-b73658f39bdf/wea4544-fig-0001-m.jpg\"/><img alt=\"Details are in the caption following the image\" data-lg-src=\"/cms/asset/46144167-1502-41b5-9680-b73658f39bdf/wea4544-fig-0001-m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/cms/asset/bb80878c-5ef3-4879-b1e8-6406fbab1ba6/wea4544-fig-0001-m.png\" title=\"Details are in the caption following the image\"/></picture><figcaption>\u0000<div><strong>Figure 1<span style=\"font-weight:normal\"></span></strong><div>Open in figure viewer<i aria-hidden=\"true\"></i><span>PowerPoint</span></div>\u0000</div>\u0000<div>Attendees of the 11th CTR Wilson Meeting on atmospheric electricity, held in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath. Photograph courtesy of Mike Protts.</div>\u0000</figcaption>\u0000</figure>\u0000<p>The first session was chaired by <i>Martin Fullekrug</i> and opened by <i>Tamás Bozóki</i> (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, Sopron, Hungary), who presented on transient signals from Schumann Resonances (SRs, resonant radio waves in the earth-ionosphere cavity produced by lightning) and their applications in lightning location. He introduced the topic of SR transients, which exceed the ELF (extremely low frequency) radio noise generated by global lightning strikes. They indicate a large change in vertical electric charge moment in large lightning strikes, and there are several methods to geolocate their source strikes. Using a network of 30 sites across the globe, he presented several case studies, including for the Tonga volcano eruption of 2022.</p>\u0000<p>An online presentation was given by <i>Yoav Yair</i> (Reichman University, Israel), who discussed lightning geolocation data showing that lightning superbolt incidence rates were increased over ship tracks in the Mediterranean. This behaviour was argued to result from aerosol pollution from ship exhausts, increasing storm activity and lightning. He was able to find evidence that lightning superbolts (defined by the highest percentiles in the energy distribution of detected strikes) were enhanced in the eastern ","PeriodicalId":23637,"journal":{"name":"Weather","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140107652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"January 2024. A month of considerable variety, mild and unsettled at first and later, with a mid‐month cold sap","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/wea.4540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4540","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23637,"journal":{"name":"Weather","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140070123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucy J. Barker, Jamie Hannaford, Eugene Magee, Stephen Turner, Catherine Sefton, Simon Parry, Jonathan Evans, Magdalena Szczykulska, Tracey Haxton
{"title":"An appraisal of the severity of the 2022 drought and its impacts","authors":"Lucy J. Barker, Jamie Hannaford, Eugene Magee, Stephen Turner, Catherine Sefton, Simon Parry, Jonathan Evans, Magdalena Szczykulska, Tracey Haxton","doi":"10.1002/wea.4531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4531","url":null,"abstract":"The summer of 2022 was particularly notable for the prolonged and extensive hot and dry conditions experienced across the UK. The resultant 2022 drought had widespread impacts and prompted much discussion about the continuing vulnerability of the UK to drought, particularly in the context of anthropogenic warming. Here, we briefly describe the evolution of the drought before focusing on the severity of rainfall, river flow, soil moisture and groundwater level deficits from summer 2022, placing the event into a historical context and addressing the impacts of the drought. We also consider whether the 2022 drought is part of a long-term trend towards increasing drought severity.","PeriodicalId":23637,"journal":{"name":"Weather","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140070728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nacreous cloud display of December 2023","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/wea.4537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23637,"journal":{"name":"Weather","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140070235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}