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Water and Climate - VUB @hydr-vub.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This software enables unlocking of valuable archived weather observations to support more robust climate trend analysis and modelling efforts, especially in data-sparse regions🌍. @derrickmuheki.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @vub @Ughent

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Water and Climate - VUB @hydr-vub.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New Paper Alert 🚨! We present MeteoSaver, an open-source machine-learning-based software for transcribing historical weather data! This software enables unlocking of valuable archived weather observations. #DataRescue #ClimateData #OpenScience 🔗: gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

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MeteoSaver v1.0: a machine-learning based software for the transcription of historical weather data

Abstract. Archives of observed weather data present unique opportunities for scientists to obtain long time series of the historical climate for many regions of the world. Unfortunately, most of these...

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 11/03/2026

Certainly not the most important issue with the current situation in the Middle East, but there is a new Iran shaped hole in our surface weather observation network. In this example, measurements of surface pressure fed into operational weather forecasts: 9th Feb (left) and 9th Mar (right)

Map showing surface weather station observations on 9th Feb 2026

Map showing surface weather station observations on 9th Mar 2026

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 11/03/2026

>1 Million observations from 37 stations across DRC were recently rescued by @derrickmuheki.bsky.social using MeteoSaver. The data has been uploaded to the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social CDS and will be released from there in the next months. Derrick will present the data and its analysis at @egu.eu

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 11/10/2025

@vubrussel.bsky.social press release: "VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives TIME recognition among world’s top-400 Best Inventions of 2025" www.vub.be/en/news/vub-...

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VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives T

Brussels, 10 October 2025 — A groundbreaking tool developed at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been recognised by TIME as one of the Best...

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 11/10/2025

"Time prijst de ‘revolutionaire’ toepassing MeteoSaver, een uitvinding van VUB-wetenschappers, als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025. ‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’, zegt onderzoeker Derrick Muheki." www.demorgen.be/nieuws/we-vu...

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‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’: VUB-tool MeteoSaver door ‘Time’ geprezen als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025

Time prijst de ‘revolutionaire’ toepassing MeteoSaver, een uitvinding van VUB-wetenschappers, als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025. ‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’, zegt onderzoe...

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 10/10/2025

Honored to see our MeteoSaver software featured among the @time.com top-400 best inventions of 2025. MeteoSaver is a open-source weather data rescue software developed by @derrickmuheki.bsky.social working @hydr-vub.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social time.com/collections/...

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MeteoSaver: The Best Inventions of 2025: Special Mentions

Find out why MeteoSaver earned a special mention on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 11/10/2025

“With MeteoSaver, we can digitise and rescue meteorological archives worldwide” Interview with MeteoSaver lead developer @derrickmuheki.bsky.social www.vub.be/en/news/mete...

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MeteoSaver: VUB tool rescues historic climate data worldwide

Transcription tool by VUB researcher Derrick Muheki earns special mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 17/09/2025

AI tools are starting to help scientists fill gaps in our knowledge of how weather and climate has varied in the past, with a focus on instrumental weather observations stored in paper archives worldwide www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models

Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 17/09/2025

"Revolutionary AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models": News article @nature.com describing efforts of @hydr-vub.bsky.social Researcher @derrickmuheki.bsky.social to rescue weather records from DR Congo using the MeteoSaver software he developed: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models

Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 13/06/2025

In the absence of global climate mitigation, we project a regime shift to a world dominated by compound hazards or impacts. In our new paper by Gabriele Messori, we find that compound hazard occurrences will become the norm in many regions under RCP6.0 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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