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In order to quantify the role that the Sun has played in recent climate...
Systems

Our variable star (part 1): Getting trends in solar observations right

Author Will Ball Date November 11, 2013
Will Ball
Tagged Energy, Irradiance, solar cycle, Sun, total solar irradiance | 2 Comments |
ClimateSnack Tromsø had its first meeting on Friday at the University of Tromsø. Despite...
News

ClimateSnack Tromsø

Author ClimateSnack Date October 21, 2013
ClimateSnack
Tagged Tromsø, writing group | Leave a comment |
A big winter storm is brewing in the North Atlantic. Meteorologists on TV exclaim...
Sea

The making of an ocean wave (forecast)

Author Johannes Röhrs Date October 11, 2013
Johannes Röhrs
Tagged Flood, Modelling, Nordic Seas, Numerical wave prediction, Storm surge, Surface gravity waves, Swell forecast, Wave, Wave forecast, Wave model, Waves, Wind wave, Wind wave model | 4 Comments |
The Hadley Circulation, responsible for the tropical humid band across the equator and the...
Air, Life

Rainforests in the Sahara

Author Dilshad Shawki Date October 9, 2013
Dilshad Shawki
Tagged Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric circulation, Hadley, Hadley cell, Hadley Circulation, Ozone depletion, Sahara, Southern Hemisphere | 1 Comment |
Fridtjof Nansen sailed the Arctic and Nordic seas and measured the oceans for many...
People, Sea

Our lega-seas of data

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date October 6, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Benjamin Pfeil, CARINA, Data Management, Fridtjof Nansen, oceanographic observations, scientific legacy, SOCAT | Leave a comment |
In many ways, glaciers behave like ketchup. Once the layer of ketchup reaches a...
Ice

Ice can flow like ketchup

Author Clemens Spensberger Date October 4, 2013
Clemens Spensberger
Tagged ablation, accumulation, crevasse, glacier, ice flow, turspor | 5 Comments |
Precipitation is notoriously hard to forecast accurately. The formation of precipitation is a fine...
Air

To rain or not to rain: Precipitation in a changing climate

Author Rachel White Date September 30, 2013
Rachel White
Tagged Climate, Drought, Environment, Flood, Global warming, Rain, Uncertainty, Water cycle | 1 Comment |
From lab coat to laptop: making the switch from academia to science journalism is...
Culture

Becoming a climate change communicator

Author Marion Ferrat Date September 27, 2013
Marion Ferrat
Tagged Climate, science communication | Leave a comment |
Presentations are perhaps one of the most daunting ways that we have to communicate...
News

Presentation skills

Author ClimateSnack Date September 26, 2013
ClimateSnack
Tagged clear, concise, conference tips, good speaking, Presentation course, presentation skills, speech | 1 Comment |
Turspor is an exciting outreach project developed by researchers at the Bjerknes Center for...
News

Turspor trip tracking with ClimateSnack

Author ClimateSnack Date September 9, 2013
ClimateSnack
Tagged dnt, landscapes, scicomm, turspor, uib | 1 Comment |
The Sun is Earth’s largest source of energy. In addition to being essential for...
Air, Ice

Warm Winds of Change: Sporadic Heat Transport in the Atmosphere

Author Gabriele Messori Date September 2, 2013
Gabriele Messori
Tagged atmosphere, extreme events, heat transport, Sea-ice | Leave a comment |
In 1841 the American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe published a story entitled...
Sea

Can the “Maelstrom of the Lofoten Basin” swallow ships?

Author Alexander Korablev Date August 28, 2013
Alexander Korablev
Tagged Lofoten, Maelstrom, Swallow ships, Vortex, Whirlpool | 2 Comments |
In my first snack in this series, I wrote that we need clearly defined...
Air, People

Confusing the Definition (part 2): Unraveling the Confusion

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date July 19, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged applied v pure, confusing science, Monsoon, Monsoon definition, Rain, scientific objectives, Wind | Leave a comment |
What are ice edge jets and why should we care? The ice edge is...
Air, Ice, Sea

Low Level Jets at the Ice Edge

Author Stefan Keiderling Date July 3, 2013
Stefan Keiderling
Tagged Arctic, Atmospheric Jets | 1 Comment |
ClimateSnack held its inaugural London meeting in cooperation with the Climate-KIC summer school and...
News

ClimateSnack London

Author ClimateSnack Date July 2, 2013
ClimateSnack
Tagged climate-kic, climatesnack, grantham, london, writing workshop | Leave a comment |
Bergen is one of the wettest cities in northern Europe where normal winters are...
Life, People

Rhododendron City

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date June 18, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged aboretum, Bergen, Climate, colorful, Rhododendron, spring | 5 Comments |
The advent of satellite imagery opened our eyes to many unseen aspects of the...
Air, Physics

Atmospheric Rivers

Author Roohollah Azad Date June 14, 2013
Roohollah Azad
Tagged Atmospheric Rivers, Cyclone, Extremes, Flood, Precipitation, Rain | 6 Comments |
In climate science, uncertainties can hide in the brightest of places. We are just...
Air, Physics, Systems

Does the Sun influence climate regionally?

Author Will Ball Date June 11, 2013
Will Ball
Tagged solar cycle, specturm, Sun spots | Leave a comment |
This snack is hopefully the first in a series  discussing the uncertainties and errors...
Systems

Small talk – the model way

Author Aleksi Nummelin Date May 17, 2013
Aleksi Nummelin
Tagged Error, Modelling, Uncertainty | 1 Comment |
Before we can investigate the presence or absence of some attribute…. or before we...
Air, People, Systems

Confusing the Definition (part 1): Misunderstood Monsoons

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date May 16, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Monsoon definition, Perception, Rain, Wind | 3 Comments |
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