Dr Ben Pickering

Chief Meteorological Officer for Making wxUAS (weather drones) reality. Chaser:@VOLATILITY_wx. Tweeting science. M♂ pronouns. 🏳️‍🌈🐻

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

Made this #trippy #plotagraph with images taken by @Astro_Alex of #TyphoonTrami. @Plotaverse #cinemagraph @StormHour

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

@theapplehub Bring back the burglar emoji!

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

The astonishing Jensen Huang of Nvidia talks about the future of AI.

Sovereign AI is the future and more valuable than oil or gold.

An important listen.

[Jeremy KD8TUO 🇺🇸⏦⎓⎎⎍⏚ @ElectronicsbyJH]

Good looking board 👀

[National Centre for Atmospheric Science @AtmosScience]

In July, we shared how a weather-sensing drone was used to measure atmospheric processes over southern England.

@wx_uas @EnvLeeds @MetOffice_Sci

https://t.co/8V1tK02JCn

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

Particularly helpful for individuals with light-sensitive BVI—brightness can significantly impact comfort and navigation.

Hopefully this work leads to greater understanding of weather conditions on this demographic.

@RNIB #accessibility
https://t.co/qrydgIOGDV

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

Just hearing the news about the EF3 #tornado in #Jersey last month. Significant damage occurred—a car was moved 25 m and concrete debris penetrated through walls!
Hopefully nobody was harmed, the midnight timing may have saved lives...
https://t.co/5zqtpuX2N5 #severewx

[Sarah @Sarah_Hants]

One month ago today, Jersey, Channel Islands was hit by its strongest ever recorded tornado. It was provisionally rated a T6 by @TorroUK

I can't help but think and reflect today on that awful night for so many islanders.

Read the preliminary report: https://t.co/DhdAop0GeP

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

Lovely to have the old gang back together to celebrate @STEMwithFreya's successful viva defence 🎉🍾 well done Freya!👏

Context—me, Freya and Joshua shared and an awesome supportive supervisor (Dr. R.R.Neely III, stood behind) in the majestic @AtmosScience building w/ @ICASLeeds

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

@DopplerChase I will never tire of ice crystal structure macro photography 😍❄️

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s hot-stage separation was the first time this technique has been done successfully with a vehicle of this size

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship preparing to launch as early as November 17, pending final regulatory approval → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK

[C Lloyd @clloyd3003]

@metoffice Not a great image as the train I'm on is going 125 but does this look a little tornado like above Maidenhead?

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

Prospective graduate students— do not miss this opportunity to work with the legendary Prof. Chipilski on a topic vital to our field 🙌

#findaphd #gradstudent @MetJobs #metjobs @AtmosScience #meteorology

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

@PTrascasaCastro @mat_collins @IanMBrooks @acmaycock @yohan_R_R Well done Dr. Paloma 🎉✨🥳 and good luck in your next adventure!

[Paloma @PTrascasaCastro]

Yuhuuuu I'm a doctor!! Thanks a lot to my examiners @mat_collins and @IanMBrooks for an enjoyable and constructive viva, and to my supervisors @acmaycock and @yohan_R_R for guiding me through this exciting ENSO journey

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A few subway lines in Madrid were closed this morning as torrential rain swept across Spain.

This is a flood on one of the metro lines.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

A heat index of 158°F (70°C) was recorded in southern Iran today.

Even the healthiest and youngest individuals could not survive this heat for more than 6 hours.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A drastic attempt to get rid of annoying insects infesting a back yard using flammable substances

[source: https://t.co/8ePdIdYKT7]
https://t.co/oPY9NnBLwn

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

Using a non-IOP day of #WesCon2023 campaign to fly #MetSprite for surface layer diurnal cycle evolution 🌤️

One #wxUAS @ #Chilbolton observatory 📡 one at a nearby forest🌳 The synced flights will inform land type #NWP #parameterisations

@AtmosScience @MetOffice_Sci @UKRI_News

[Dr Ben Pickering @wx_uas]

@DecFinney @opticsinspace @aravindEO @Element84 @STACspec @langchain @Panel_org @HoloViz_org @ivanziogeo @MarcSkovMadsen Just seen this! Is there a cloud fraction product from SEVIRI? Meteosat products? I’m sure I saw it when I was a SWIFT PostDoc. But how does one access these without my own receiving dish / license?