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Professor Geert Jan van Oldenborgh

Obituary: Professor van Oldenborgh

It is with great sadness that the Department of Physics shares the passing of Professor Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Visiting Professor at the Department of Physics and a highly regarded and warmly respected colleague.

15 October 2021

Professor Lesley Gray

Professor Lesley Gray elected President of RMetS

Currently vice-president, Professor Lesley Gray will take up the presidency of the Royal Meteorological Society for two years from October 2022

Professor Philip Stier and Karman vortices

Professor Philip Stier: climate and the clouds

A profile of leading climate scientist Professor Philip Stier

Dr Antje Weisheimer

Dr Antje Weisheimer awarded Buchan Prize

Dr Antje Weisheimer has been awarded the Buchan Prize by the Royal Meteorological Society

Coldest cloud temperature recorded

Coldest recorded cloud temperature measured by satellite

A new paper led by Dr Simon Proud at the Department of Physics, describes a unprecedentedly cold temperature measured atop a severe thunderstorm cloud in the Pacific by an Earth-orbiting satellite.