Paul Rampling
@RamplingDrP
M1187, D90, F169, FNO, PhD and lecturer in Metoc, retired. F1 and rugby. Weather: both a threat and an opportunity.
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Ralph Bagnold of “The Physics of Blown Sand” and excellent memoir of his: “Sand, Wind & War”.
1/6 Happy Birthday Long Range Desert Group! On this day, June 19, in 1940 Ralph Bagnold wrote in his diary: ‘Put forward Libya scheme for the third time’.
WOW!!!!! This was the view of the #BA492 flight with intense turbulence during approach #Gibraltar airport this morning 25th February! video via; FlightAlerts #aviationlovers #severeweather #ExtremeWeather
This was the view on-board of #BA492 flight with intense turbulence after go-around at #Gibraltar airport this morning 25th February! video via; FlightAlerts #aviationlovers #severeweather #ExtremeWeather
Horrific plastic pollution of the marine food chain in my plankton sample. Fish like herrings and sardines that feed upon plankton now have microplastics in their food and so will the animals that eat them such as dolphins, seals, polar bears and seabirds. @zeiss_micro
WOW!!! This was Setif, #Algeria, Africa yes Africa yesterday afternoon 24th January! Photo: Ãbdø BK Habirech via cycloneorhodes #severeweather #snowfall #extremeweather
The shocking extent of our microplastic pollution in the sea. An arrow worm in my plankton sample has died after trying to eat a blue, plastic microfibre that is just 8µm in diameter (0.008mm). @zeiss_micro
MetOc students take note.
Hope he doesn’t get stuck in an eddy... for too long.
Nice plume showing on Sat24 vis: en.sat24.com/en/it
Mt Etna eruption cloud visible from Palermo, 150 km WNW of the volcano.
I think @hmsprotector has just taken the fleet flagship and unceremoniously burned it big time. BZ :-)
Mt Etna eruption cloud visible from Palermo, 150 km WNW of the volcano.
Proud to have been a signatory on this letter in today's @thetimes
Mt Etna eruption cloud visible from Palermo, 150 km WNW of the volcano.
Good phot, nice colour - have to add that to the other one.
Mt Etna eruption cloud visible from Palermo, 150 km WNW of the volcano.
Got it. Having just read @TobyVintcent “The Ringmaster”, looking forward to reading Driven.
Mt Etna eruption cloud visible from Palermo, 150 km WNW of the volcano.
Very much agree. See also: thegallery-yroriel.com/portfolio/item…
Science blog: Louise Arnal, a scientist with a lifelong love of art, explores the relationship between art and science and talks about her involvement in a number of #SciArt projects. @ArnalLouise @UniRdg_water @IMPREX_eu ecmwf.int/en/about/media…
Why one should always leave harbour and seek deeper water in the face of a tropical cyclone: navyhistory.org.au/the-epic-of-hm…
SMS Adler, a Habicht class gunboat of the Imperial German Navy, seen here after she was wrecked by a typhoon on the coast of Samoa in March 1889. Twenty German sailors perished. #GermanNavy #Maritime
Reading the excellent 'Where the Wild Winds Are' at the moment by Nick Hunt @underscrutiny. 4/5 of the way through and now reading it slower to make it last longer.
NEW! MAYDAY in Magallen! Leadership lessons from a Flooded HMS Endurance. bit.ly/2BsBnEO
Enjoying “Churchill” by @aroberts_andrew To paraphrase a Churchill quote (see p.86) for weather forecasting: “The mark of a good forecaster is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, etc., and .... to explain why it didn’t happen.”
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