Month: September 2023

Introduction

www.linkedin.com/in/sylvia-knight-rmets

www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-pinches-25356b125

http://wow.metoffice.gov.uk 

First Talk

http://earth.nullschool.net – current air flow and temperature

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4285  – current global precipitation

Can you see the Hadley, Polar and Ferrel cells on http://earth.nullschool.net ?

Global Atmospheric Circulation explained – https://youtu.be/fDs9MiHk3G8

Coriolis effect explainer:  https://youtu.be/zH4nrgozVGk 

http://earth.nullschool.net – current air flow

Nice video explanation from the Met Office https://youtu.be/Lg91eowtfbw

Practical 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ltM3GYNmtQ : a great introduction to air masses involving rugby teams. And a blog post https://www.metlink.org/blog/geography-blog/air-masses/

Current image https://zoom.earth/ and wind direction https://earth.nullschool.net/

Second Talk

Pop-up depression

Passage of a depression – animation

Find the trick in the plughole demonstration https://youtu.be/4IIVfoDuVIw 

Practical 2

Depressions – identifying features

Third Talk

https://youtu.be/NLcTSEcbg10?feature=shared   Storm surge explanation

Met Office Storm Centre

https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/jetstream

Current map of renewable energy generation https://renewables-map.robinhawkes.com/ 

Gridwatch https://gridwatch.co.uk/

Should I bake? https://shouldibake.com

Will it snow? Full information at https://www.metlink.org/blog/extreme-weather/when-will-it-snow 

Current satellite image https://en.sat24.com/en/eu

Current radar https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

Today’s forecast https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/maps-and-charts/surface-pressure

https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/gfs

Fourth Talk

Earth’s energy balance – the basics

Milankovitch Cycles – https://www.metlink.org/past-climate-changes-module-1/

Past Climate Teaching Resources 

Did the European Conquest of the Americas Contribute to the Little Ice Age? 

https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-climate-tipping-points-have-put-earth-on-disastrous-trajectory-says-new-report/ 

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-incoming-sunlight

Mauna Loa CO2 measurements

A year in the life of Earth’s CO2 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5110#media_group_372227

Is it hot in the UK right now?

World Weather Attribution

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/17/scientists-trial-cloud-brightening-equipment-to-shade-and-cool-great-barrier-reef

Rubber Ducks: an Unexpected Journey

20. Tropical Cyclones

https://www.metlink.org/tropical-cyclone-teaching-resources-for-ks3-age-11-14/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/cfpor50x14/Hurricanes

Category 6 hurricanes DME

Geog Trumps: https://www.metlink.org/resource/adaptation-in-sheffield/ 

Practical 3

Various contour drawing exercises on https://www.metlink.org/collections-depressions-anticyclones-and-fronts/  and https://www.metlink.org/fieldwork-resource/contour-drawing/

Final Slides

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/maps-and-charts/surface-pressure/ 

 https://www.wetter3.de/archiv_ukmet_dt.html or http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkfaxbraar.htm 

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

https://www.meteoradar.co.uk/en-gb/continent/eu

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4285

https://zoom.earth/ or windy.com 

Earth.nullschool.net 

https://www.metlink.org/teachers/top-10-ideas-teaching-weather

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/come-rain-or-shine 

https://www.metlink.org/weather-and-climate-teachers-guide/

Come Rain or Shine – on FutureLearn

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