Stephen Burt

Aug 15, 2024 | rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | R. Giles Harrison |Stephen Burt

1 INTRODUCTION Accurate air temperature measurements are essential for environmental and climate research, for which a thermometer is usually operated within a shield or screen. These protect against the effects of short-wave (solar) and long-wave (terrestrial) radiation, and precipitation.

Jul 3, 2023 | phys.org | Stephen Burt

Jun 30, 2023 | canadianinquirer.net | Stephen Burt

Jun 30, 2023 | tolerance.ca | Stephen Burt

By Stephen Burt, Visiting Fellow in Meteorology, University of Reading Warm or hot weather was persistent in the UK throughout most of June 2023, with temperatures peaking at 32°C in parts of south-east England. Although well short of last July’s record 40°C, for large parts of England the last time June was this hot was in 1846 – almost 180 years ago.

Jun 30, 2023 | tolerance.ca | Stephen Burt