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Climate scientist. Computer geek. Prof of Weather & Climate Computing @UniofReading @AtmosScience. Concerned citizen. He/Him. Tweets my opinion, not employers.

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

Apologies to those who follow me for climate or comp sci, or my rare celebrations of kiwi sport, but the pomgolian political (covid+ brexit+ greenwashing+ corruption+ lying) situation is INFURIATING. I can't help tweeting and retweeting about it. I have to howl into the wind!

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

First flight on @virginatlantic tomorrow. I expect it will be our last. Charged 45 quid to sit a family of three together long haul! Rubbish.

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

@ClimateOfGavin The issue at hand is to what extent the "new things" we will learn by pushing towards the EVE vision (which is not just about resolution) need to be bigged up at the expense of the knowedge we have and still get at lower resolution. We need both.

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

@ClimateOfGavin But I am still comfortable that there is value in pushing in that direction, where I am uncomfortable is in the attempt to overstate the benefits of, say 1km, over, say 1000 member 10km models (for similar HPC expenditure).

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

@ClimateOfGavin Yes, and he made much of tipping points, despite the fact there is little chance of running enough years at 1km to target many (if any) of such phenomena.
I think that was a talk not really targeting a climate science audience per se, but given it was not us, I was not sure who!

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

You know you want to know about #eve4climate! You do, don't you? Well if you do, you'll have to head over to my mastodon feed to find out about the last couple of days here in Berlin (yes, it's [email protected])!

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

The ENES community has just published a public draft of their "infrastructure strategy for climate modelling", which covers everything from hpc, to software and people.

We're very keen on comments. Details on my blog here: https://t.co/qlVnwbToi9

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

#PhD opportunities at the Uni of Reading (UK) within our new “Advancing the Frontiers of Earth System Prediction” (AFESP) programme:

https://t.co/jNJjVe8EuS

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

Those of you escaping to Post may need to consider which is the frying pan and which is the fire.

Meanwhile all the BS about mastodon being difficult to use is just that. I’ve had more and better interaction on mastodon in a month than I had in the last year in twitter.

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

So this place is suspending journalist accounts, and blocking links to the other place. It’s apparently unsafe to link to the elephant site.

The walls on this walled garden are shrinking, and the stench is growing.

I have just about finished my great unfollowing here.

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

If you are still active on twitter you need to take a look at yourself. This is the man who you are propping up:

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

Im starting my cull of those who I follow on twitter, looking to see you on mastodon! (Im not following anyone here any more, this is just tidying up).

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

A little taster of life on mastodon for you, some numbers on years simulated for decadal prediction as part of CMIP6:
https://t.co/NqAxdBTwoH

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

For those of you who are still stuck in Elon's disaster area, but who care about ESGF: https://t.co/DJUE92XmZB

[Chiel van Heerwaarden @Chiel1982]

The spatial resolution of simulations of cumulus clouds has improved a lot from the first simulation in 1976 until now. Watch how the detail level increases with resolution. #microhh #cfd #clouds #fluiddynamics

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

@AshleighWrites It doesn’t feel like all academics, but it might depend how much effort you and your followers put into reconnecting. I certainly like the instance where I have landed … and can still follow all the academics (and others) elsewhere!

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

@Alan_Allport Not that much faff, so please do make the effort !

[🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 💙 @[email protected] @bnlawrence]

Yes, I'm still following people, but only to provide a breadcrumb to find you when you leave twitter!