1. State of the UK Climate 2022.
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Kendon, Mike, McCarthy, Mark, Jevrejeva, Svetlana, Matthews, Andrew, Williams, Joanne, Sparks, Tim, and West, Fritha
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SCIENCE journalism , *PHYSICAL sciences , *ATMOSPHERIC sciences , *METEOROLOGICAL stations , *EARTH sciences , *NORTH Atlantic oscillation , *WINTER - Abstract
At manually read rain gauges the observer will measure precipitation equivalent of fresh snow fallen at 0900 UTC, whereas at automatic rain gauges any snow collected will be recorded when it subsequently melts; quality control of these data may then re-apportion this precipitation to previous days. It may also influence any trend in overall UK rainfall if this varies spatially between climatologically wetter and drier parts of the UK. However, it means that climatologically wetter areas of the UK have a greater influence on the overall UK summary statistic than the drier areas, rather than all equal-sized areas having equal influence (as would be the case using an areal average of the rainfall anomaly field). This report provides a summary of the UK's weather and climate through the calendar year 2022, alongside the historical context for a number of essential climate variables. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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