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Tristan Quaife

@tquaife.bsky.social
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Professor of Earth System Science, University of Reading and UK National Centre for Earth Observation.

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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If you're planning on attending EGU26, consider submitting an abstract to our session: Constraining models of the terrestrial biosphere with Earth Observation data - convened by me, Tea Thum and Luke Smallman. meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Natasha MacBean @nmacbean.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Out today in JAMES!! Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning doi.org/10.1029/2024... led by Nina Raoult, Natalie Douglas, @janasknits.bsky.social, @tquaife.bsky.social, me, and an awesome team of folks in the community 1/2
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Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning
Data assimilation (DA) has been shown to be a powerful tool for reducing land surface model (LSM) parametric uncertainty Machine learning can facilitate parameter estimation by enhancing computat...
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Amazing images of ESAs Biomass satellite mission opening its 12m antenna in orbit. Looking forward to seeing the first data. @esaearth.esa.int @nceoscience.bsky.social www.esa.int/Applications...
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Forest satellite’s big antenna opens up
Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass mission has reached another critical milestone on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their vital role in Earth’s car...
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Thorwald Stein @thmstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A fantastic opportunity for early-mid career scientists to carry out research at the forefront of weather and climate modelling, open to international candidates too! #postdoc #meteorology #climate #research
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New Open Access paper from the NERC SPLICE project, which examines how modelled predictions of photosynthesis change as the 3D description of the canopy becomes more complex. Led by Meg Stretton, with @kungphil.bsky.social and @matdisney.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The influence of 3D canopy structure on modelled photosynthesis
Vegetation is one of the largest terrestrial sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide, driven by the balance between photosynthesis and respiration. Unders…
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Same plot as before but with the SSP CO2 concentration data. This doesn't feel quite so dramatic given that we are mostly under the curve, but obviously what's not great is the extent to which we have closed that gap in the last 3 years.
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Every so often, over on the other site, I used to post a plot of CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa against the old RCP data. I haven't done that for probably 3 years, so thought I'd quickly re-run my scripts. Looks like we're slowly drifting away from 2.6 & 4.5. Will add SSP data when I get a moment.
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My thoughts are with colleagues at Cardiff University, but this is just the tip of the iceberg for UK HE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 27/11/2024
You can now share the Warming Stripes directly to BlueSky, such as these for my town of Reading: showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni... (Find the graphic you want to share, click the blue options button - the one with three horizontal lines - and select the butterfly!)
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Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
University of Reading will have a lot funded PhD places in climate related areas over the next five years. Applications will open soon for some schemes. Watch the university website for details. Please pass on to anyone who might be interested. www.reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Re...
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New PhD centres support environmental sustainability studies - University of Reading
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Tristan Quaife @tquaife.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
So this is where everyone went! :-)
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