Category Archives: precipitation

How “weird” has UK weather been in 2012?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Ed Hawkins

A recent article on the BBC website said: The UK has experienced its “weirdest” weather on record in the past few months, scientists say. The question today is then, is this true?

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Projections of maize yields in France

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Ed Hawkins

A rather specific question today – what will happen to maize yields in France in 2016-2035?

Posted in crops, precipitation, projections, temperature, uncertainty, variability | 3 Comments

Visualising climate with 2d colour bars

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Ed Hawkins

A recent paper by Teuling et al. suggested the use of 2d colour bars for visualising climate fields. I thought I would give this a try – and Ryan Teuling was kind enough to provide the code to construct the … Continue reading →

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When to use uncertain climate forecasts

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Ed Hawkins

Climate models produce projections of changes in climate from the present day, but these projections have a range, or spread. A simple measure of the confidence in a forecast would be the signal-to-noise ratio, r, of the size of the … Continue reading →

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Consensus in precipitation projections

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Ed Hawkins

In the AR4, the IPCC presented this figure showing the consensus in precipitation projections for the 21st century, designed to be of use to planning for adaptation and mitigation. The coloured regions show where changes are likely to occur. My … Continue reading →

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