John Dee's Climate Normal

A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 8)

Today I boil the monthly values for the CRU TS4.08 and corrected ICOADS v3 datasets down into annual means and have a look-see at variance about those…

Sep 12 • 

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August 2025

A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 7)

Today I boil the monthly values for the CRU TS4.08 and corrected ICOADS v3 datasets down into annual means and have a look-see at these

Aug 22 • 

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A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 6)

Today I look at trends in seasonality within the CRU TS4.08 and ICOADS v3 cloud cover monthly datasets for the UK & Ireland over the period January 1901…

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 5)

Today I ramp up use of indicator variables to further improve my modelling of the ICOADS v3 monthly cloud cover dataset

Jul 11 • 

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June 2025

A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 4)

Today I dial-in the CRU TS4.08 data set as an independent variable in order to improve my ICOADS v3 cloud cover ARIMA model for the period 1901 - 1960

Jun 20 • 

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May 2025

A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 3)

Today I have a stab at modelling the ICOADS v3 cloud cover dataset using the spanner that is ARIMA

May 30 • 

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A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 2)

Today I compare the CRU TS4.08 (0.50°), CLARA-A2 (0.25°) and ICOADS 3 (2°) cloud cover gridded datasets for the UK region

May 16 • 

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A Modest Cloud Cover Study (part 1)

I analyse not one, not two, but three datasets to get a feel for what clouds have been doing over the UK

May 2 • 

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April 2025

Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 10)

I continue turning the handle on wind speed data as gathered by 26 Irish weather stations since WWII. Today I settle on a modest model for predicting UK…

Apr 18 • 

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Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 9)

I continue turning the handle on wind speed data as gathered by 26 Irish weather stations since WWII. Today I devise an Irish stations windy day…

Apr 4 • 

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March 2025

Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 8)

I continue turning the handle on wind speed data as gathered by 26 Irish weather stations since WWII. Today I amalgamate records from 7 long-series…

Mar 21 • 

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Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 7)

Today I start turning the handle on daily wind speed data as gathered by 26 Irish weather stations since WWII.

Mar 7 • 

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