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Tag Archives: Rain

When I ask my friends in Bergen why they don’t ride their bikes more...
Air, Climate, Culture, Health, People, Society

Do Bergen cyclists care about rain?

Author Kristine Flacké Haualand Date May 22, 2018
Kristine Flacké Haualand
Tagged Bergen, cycling, habits, Rain, Weather | Leave a comment |
Locals observe large differences in precipitation on short distances, and people have done for...
Air, Climate, Earth, People, Systems

Terrain and climate models

Author Marie Pontoppidan Date April 24, 2017
Marie Pontoppidan
Tagged Climate, Climate Models, climatesnack, Precipitation, Rain, Weather | Leave a comment |
Slippery sloppy slushy slopes, slimy slimy silvery soaps. Fluttering fluffy frosty froth, Does indoor...
Air, Climate, Culture

The Isobar Czar (of Bergen)

Author Ashley Braunthal Date March 7, 2016
Ashley Braunthal
Tagged Bergen, Cyclone, Rain, slush, snow | 1 Comment |
As everyone living in Bergen knows, it can rain a lot. Most people have...
Air, Life, People, Physics

The Famous ”Person-Running-Through-Rain-Problem”

Author Patrik Bohlinger Date May 26, 2015
Patrik Bohlinger
Tagged drier, dry, person, Precipitation, Rain, run, running, walk, wet, wetter | Leave a comment |
To celebrate both the Christmas period and the variety of nationalities within the UEA...
Air, Culture, People

Worldwide weird weather words

Author ClimateSnack UEA Date December 17, 2014
ClimateSnack UEA
Tagged idioms, meteorology, Rain, science communication, Weather, Wind | Leave a comment |
The African Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate variability. It...
Air, Sea

The effect of ENSO on Sahelian Sudan rainfall

Author Abubakr A. M. Salih Date November 13, 2014
Abubakr A. M. Salih
Tagged atmosphere, El Nino, ENSO, Monsoon, Precipitation, Rain, Sahara | Leave a comment |
It is summer, my favorite time of the year, and I’m in Munich, my...
Air, Culture, Society

Beer, climate and culture

Author Hella Wittmeier Date October 26, 2014
Hella Wittmeier
Tagged beer, beer garden, Foehn wind, Munich, Rain, Rain shadow | Leave a comment |
You might expect that a term like “monsoon” has an agreed definition and that...
People, Society, Systems

The People’s Monsoon

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date August 26, 2014
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Bangladesh, Monsoon, Perception, Rain | Leave a comment |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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