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Statistics of drought in eastern Thuringia: How does 2022 fare?
Was the recent July 2022 exceptionally dry? Here’s a graph of the monthly cumulative rainfall recorded at the weather station in Jena (“Sternwarte”). The data are available from the CDC archive of the DWD. Measurements are available since 1827; there … Continue reading
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Tonga volcano shockwave signature in air pressure records in Germany
The explosive eruption of the Tonga volcano on Jan 15, 2022, 04:15 (UTC) created a shockwave which travelled around the world. E.g. it is seen nicely in the air pressure record from Unkeroda (50.934N, 10.269E) in Thuringia. Below is a … Continue reading
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Exceptional recent atmospheric CO2 growth rate?
The New York Times of June 26, 2017 contains an article entitled “Carbon in Atmosphere Is Rising, Even as Emissions Stabilize”, discussing the recent atmospheric CO2 growth rate. It contains statements such as “The excess carbon dioxide scorching the planet rose at … Continue reading
Summer prediction challenge 2016 – results
How was the summer 2016? Here are the results. Note: This post update contains additional information regarding the temperature offsets between Jena city (Schillergässchen) and the institute weather station. Temperature maxima are 1.66°C higher in the city than at the institute; … Continue reading
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Summer Prediction Challenge 2016
How will the summer 2016 be in Jena? What is your forecast? Submit your forecast and you can win a bottle of good wine! Below are the two metrics described for which you can submit your forecasts. Both are related … Continue reading
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Winter prediction challenge 2015/16
How will the winter 2015/2016 be? Can you predict it accurately? For those of you who did not attended my brief introduction talk in the colloquium on October 8, 2015, here are the talk slides: Winter Challenge Slides If you … Continue reading
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A little blog for science discussions
This is still a beta test – ultimately I hope this blog will be hosted by our own institute in order to get all ads to disappear… Use this blog for science discussions. For a new topic, please contact me … Continue reading
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