Hooper, Dr David A

NERC MST Radar Facility Project Scientist

Address

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Harwell Oxford

Didcot

OX11 0QX

 
email
+44 123 544 5705  
Website
http://mst.nerc.ac.uk  
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Radars

Publications

Engagements

  • What: Publication of "Atmospheric Science" education/outreach poster - http://cedadocs.badc.rl.ac.uk/1259/ Where: not applicable For whom: for whoever is interested , December 2015
  • What: I gave a presentation on atmospheric refractive index and a tour of the NERC MST Radar site Where: NERC MST Radar site near Aberystwyth For Whom: approximately 20 members of the Aberystwyth Amateur Radio Club , June 2016
  • What: I gave a talk on "Ice Crystals At The Edge of Space", i.e. about Noctilucent Clouds Where: RAL Space Visitor Centre For Whom: approximately 25 students (a mix of Work Experience, Vacation, and other) , July 2016
  • What: I have a talk on "Angels and Mirages", i.e. about atmospheric refractive index Where: RAL Space Visitor Centre For Whom: approximately 16 students (a mix of Work Experience, Vacation, and other) , August 2016
  • What: Supervising a Work Experience student Where: RAL Space When Monday 1st - Friday 5th August 2016 For Whom: a single (15 year old) student , July 2015
  • What: I gave a presentation on "Winds, Waves, and Turbulence" i.e. on atmospheric convection and waves Where: RAL Space Visitor Centre For Whom: approximately 10 school pupils of mixed ages , August 2016
  • What: Publication of the first atmospheric science education/outreach time-lapse video at http://cedadocs.badc.rl.ac.uk/1271/. Where: not applicable. For whom: for whoever is interested , December 2016
  • What. I gave a presentation on the different types of cumulus clouds to 11 members of the Abingdon Sea Cadets group. They had specifically requested a weather-related talk. , February 2017
  • During 2017 I published 6 openly-accessible time-lapse videos of interesting atmospheric phenomena observed by the NERC MST Radar Facility's Sky Camera. http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/1298/ - showing Cirrostratus clouds giving rise to a 22° Halo around the Sun. http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/1301/ - showing the development of Cumulus congestus clouds, leading to a Rain Shower and a Rainbow. http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/1308/ - showing Altocumulus clouds displaying both undulatus and lenticularis features http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/1309/ - showing Altocumulus lenticularis clouds revealing Mountain Wave activity http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/1310/ - showing widespread development of Cumulonimbus clouds, some of which have extensive Anvils http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/1311/ - showing Cumulonimbus cloud development at sunset, August 2017
  • What: I gave a presentation on "A beginner's guide to cloud spotting". Where: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory For Whom: approximately 18 school pupils of mixed ages, July 2017
  • What: I gave a presentation on "Ice Crystals at the Edge of Space", i.e. on Noctiluecnt Clouds. Where: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory For whom: approximately 18 school pupils of mixed ages, July 2017
  • What: I gave a presentation on "Angels and Mirages", i.e. about atmospheric refractive index Where: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory For whom: approximately 14 school pupils of mixed ages, August 2017
  • I gave a presentation entitled "Insect Autumn Watch" for approximately 22 year 6 primary school pupils on 10th September 2018. Although, admittedly, the talk was more about insects than about atmospheric science, it was focussed on how those insects adapt to the changing climate conditions of the autumn., September 2018