Clouds and Climate

The science behind clouds and climate!

Also known as Ed Gryspeerdt, researcher studying clouds in the physics department at Imperial College London

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Are newer aircraft worse for the climate? ✈️

By tracking contrails with satellites, we see newer aircraft form detectable contrails with longer lifetimes more often (a warming effect) - but not because of their design, it is how they are used!

More at https://t.co/xK3g0PkbHV

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We also see some exciting evidence that aircraft emitting less soot create shorter lived contrails - but this effect is hidden behind the changes in meteorology.

Reducing particulate emissions from aircraft can help air quality and the climate!

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Are newer aircraft worse for the climate? ✈️

By tracking contrails with satellites, we see newer aircraft form detectable contrails with longer lifetimes more often (a warming effect) - but not because of their design, it is how they are used!

More at https://t.co/xK3g0PkbHV

[Clouds and Climate @CloudsClimate]

It gets lots of things right, but not only is Europe is north of the Arctic circle in Oppenheimer, the clouds almost stretch into space!

A film about nuclear weapons might be dark, but this is a little too dark for Europe.

Find out more here:
https://t.co/w2Tc8JCDZt

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It is @TheAcademy #Oscars today and #Oppenheimer is up for a lot of awards - but what about the clouds?
Why does the dark ending mean it only gets 5/10?

https://t.co/w2Tc8JCDZt

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Here is one from a similar location above the Earth but created from real satellite data from the @eumetsat SEVIRI instrument and processed by @NOAASatellites

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There are more articles in this series on https://t.co/XnPYqJqtpE

but if you have a request or idea for an article (are there some clouds on screen you thought were great - or not so great) - get in touch!

My services are also available as a cloud consultant 😀(17/17)

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One of the best sci-fi shows ever made, Battlestar Galactica gets an 8.7/10 on imdb!

Unfortunately, the clouds in BSG are not the best aspect, scoring only 2/10. 🙁

Find out more https://t.co/VgUe5HjoGY (1/17)

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Third - if you can, use real data!

There are load of great pictures of the Earth from space - it is difficult to go wrong using a real picture.

For good measure, here is the blue marble again 😀 (16/17)