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Prof Peter Lynch awarded honourary membership of the Irish Meteorological Society.
Seminar, 3 April 2012:
Weather Forecasting Models in Met Éireann
Eoin Whelan, Met Éireann
12:00, Room 101, Agriculture Building, UCD
MCC/IOP Seminar:
Weather Radar: The Hows and the Whys
Kieran Commins of Met Éireann
14:15, Room 128, Physics Building, UCD
Irish Meteorological Society Lecture: The Challenges in Predicting the Weather and Climate. Prof Paul Hardaker, Chief Exec., Royal Meteorological Society. 6.30p.m., 22 March, 2012, Custom House, Dublin.
Weather Forecasting Course, 5-9 March, 2012. Gerry Fleming and Evelyn Cusack of Met Éireann help teach practical forecasting.
Irish Meteorological Society Meeting, 23 February, 2012: Interview of Dr Tony Scott 6.30p.m., Custom House, Dublin.
Clever computing for better wind forecasts Claire O’Connell interviews Dr Conor Sweeney about his research.
Irish Meteorological Society Meeting, 10 November, 2011: 75 Years of Met Éireann 7.00p.m., Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
Tyndall Conference , organized by RIA and EPA in Dublin Castle, 28-30 September 2011.
"What’s going on up there?" Article in the Irish Times, 28 July 2011, with contributions by Prof Peter Lynch.
Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 14 April, 2011: Weather Forecasting by Computer, Fedor Mesinger. 6:15p.m., Custom House Dublin.
Seminar, 10 February, 2011: Operational Weather Forecasting with MeteoGroup Aisling Creevey, 2:15p.m. Mathematics Seminar Room, University College Dublin.
Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 10 February, 2011: Lighthouses of Ireland Eoghan Lehane. 6:15p.m., Davis Theatre, Trinity College Dublin.
"What’s causing our cold winters?" Article in the Irish Times, 15 Jan. 2011, by Prof Ray Bates.
Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 20 January, 2011: Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Dr Kevin McGuigan. 7pm, Royal College of Surgeons
Snowy weather in Ireland, December 2010:
Image from NASA
Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 11 November 2010: An Evening with Dr Aidan Nulty
Up, up and away - Meteorology for Hot Air and Gas Balloons.. Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 30 September 2010.
The Tipping Point. Kevin O'Sullivan, News Editor, Irish Times, interviews Prof Peter Lynch. UCD Alumni magazine Connections (PDF). Distributed with IT, 15 Sept. 2010.
Royal Irish Academy Climate Change Sciences Committee issues its 9th Climate Change Statement on extreme weather events in 2009/10.
Irish Meteorological Society Photography Competition (closing date 30th September).
A Burning Question, a documentary on climate change, RTE1, Tuesday the 29th June 2010.
Presentations by UCD Met. & Climate Centre scientists at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, May 2010.
Dublin Coastal Flood Forecasting & Monitoring System. Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 4 March.
Science Spin. Peter Lynch interviewed by Sean Duke about Climate Change risks. Dublin City FM (103.2 MHz) Thursday 25 Feb. 2010.
ICHEC Class A Project Award for Climate Modelling.
Warm climates of the Deep Past and what they tell us about the Future. . Lecture by Dr Rodrigo Caballero to the Irish Meteorological Society, 11 February 2010.
Mace head: Atmospheric Composition and Climate Research . Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 21 January.
The Middle Atmosphere: Earth's Ignoresphere . Irish Meteorological Society Lecture, 26 November.
Final Report of the ENSEMBLES Project , in which UCD and Met Éireann played a collaborative role.
A Survey of Climate Change since IPCC 4. Report by Prof Ray Bates on the latest scientific understanding of climate change.
New feature Name that Cloud added to the UCD Meteorological Visualization System MetVue.
Weather Eye: The Final Year. New collection of Irish Times articles by Brendan McWilliams published by Gill & Macmillan.
New season for the Irish Meteorological Society.
Upgrade of the UCD Meteorological Visualization System MetVue Mark II.
Professor Keith Shine, University of Reading, elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
How real is the climate threat? Article by Prof Ray Bates in the Sunday Business Post, 23 August, 2009.
ZEPHYR: Project to generate accurate wind forecasts for wind energy applications. Click here.
Paul Nolan's PhD Thesis on Climate Change and Wind Energy now available. Click here.
"Global warming not over despite bad weather" Article in Irish Times, 9 Feb. 2009, by Prof Ray Bates.
Public Lectures given by Prof Peter Lynch and Dr Rodrigo Caballero as part of the UCD Earth Systems Institute Climate Change Seminar Series (video available!)
"Facing Down the Rising Rivers" Interview in Irish Times, 15 Jan. 2009 with Prof Peter Lynch.
UCD Earth Systems Institute to be established at University College Dublin.
"Computing the Weather" Talk to Transition year students by Prof Peter Lynch, 15 October, 2008.
"Blame summer on our bad weather cycle" Article in Irish Times, 26 Sept. 2008, by Prof Ray Bates.
MCC Major Report on Climate Change launched by Minister John Gormley
Inaugural Seminar of Distinguished Speaker Series presented by Prof Sir Brian Hoskins, 27 May, 2008.
Climate Change and Sea Levels: Letter from Prof Ray Bates, Irish Times, 27 May, 2008.
BSc Degree in Climate & Earth System Science Brochure (PDF)
MCC Forecasting by Numbers: Interview with Prof Lynch in UCD Connections, (May, 2008): PDF
MCC Climate Change: Interview with Prof Lynch in UCD Today, (February, 2008): PDF
Model of change: Ireland's vulnerable climate. Irish Examiner, (14 February, 2008): PDF
Irish Times article (7 January, 2008) on EC-Earth and Climate Change. PDF
Minister opens Climate Experts Meeting.
MCC Brochure available for printing
Meteorology & Climate Centre has a new logo
Met Éireann and ICHEC collaboration on production of computer weather forecasts
Presentations at EGU Meeting, April, 2007. Posters.
New undergraduate course Climate and Earth System Science starting in September, 2007.
Richardson's Dream, Peter Lynch's book on the development of numerical weather forecasting.