Tag: meteorology
Presenting a case for molecular scales in atmospheric models
Modelling Earth’s atmosphere is a monumentally difficult task, and atmospheric scientists have long faced challenges in accurately recreating the large-scale processes they observe in real life. Dr Adrian Tuck, a retired former visiting professor at Imperial College London, proposes that models could be improved by accounting for processes which take place on molecular scales. Through a better explanation of the […]
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On human thermal perception of weather and climate
Human thermal perception of weather and climate is deeply subjective, and this was already recognised by Alexander von Humboldt in the early 1800s. He wrote the following in his book Cosmos: ‘In its most general sense the expression climate denotes all changes in the atmosphere that noticeably affect our organs: temperature, humidity, the serenity of the sky, which is […]
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