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Ian Brown

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Scientist in Stockholm. Mostly Earth observation. Snow, radar, climate, plants. Rugby ref and Scotland supporter.

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Snow, reindeer and radar ❤️
New paper alert 🚨
doi.org/10.3390/rs16...

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The rain in Sthlm is gods disapproval at our 4hr long årsstämma last night.

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Brilliant, witty speech by Fredrik Backman on creativity, procrastination and being Scandinavian.
youtu.be/NSuSyZ92Cjg?...

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First rugby match of the new season. Almost no one had to go to hospital.

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Äntligen vår!

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Where does it rain? Total rainfall in ERA5 for 1950-2023 Range: 69mm (Sahara) to 2km (Papua)

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Aaand that's why I need to refill the feeder so often. We live on the fifth floor btw.

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Would be nice but I had to head back to Sthlm. Was only at UU for a couple of hours.

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There's one at Årsta Gårds Kvarn if you're in the neighborhood.

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Saw a blackbird with lecuism yesterday. Thought it was a new species :-D

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you sent the coordinates for the data proposal!!

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2 1/2 hours on zoom ✅ Biodiversa+ data proposal submitted ✅ Antarctic logistics proposal accepted ✅ 🎉 Paper submitted ✅ Just a regular Friday.

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Paper accepted! InSAR & hydrology. "Distinctive Patterns of Water Level Change in Swedish Lakes Driven by Climate and Human Regulation" Saied Aminjafari et al. Water Resources Research.

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It's Sweden. My colleague in Tanzania was sitting in lovely sunshine.

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Btw. What a Muppet I must seem cause I still #tag
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We're adapting. I find this place hard but Mastodon was, for me, 1D.

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May I just say that the FT has some excellent reporting. Their data science, for example, is beyond compare.

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When you have an online meeting with someone in Tanzania and your weather is 👇 😒

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I tried to find a PhD thesis at Helsinki university and now google thinks I'm planning a trip 😒

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It's starting to get a little tedious up here IMO.

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The Economist discussing whether Taylor Swift is a deep state agent and if Travis Kelce is a shape-shifting lizard whilst politely referring to them as Ms Swift and Mr Kelce 😆

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Yay! More snow. Yetis of the World unite! ✊

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In Finland, there have been now four consecutive months with a nationwide temperature anomaly < -2°C (Oct-Jan). The last such streak of cold months occurred in the winter of 2009-2010. Will February be the fifth such month?

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On a personal note... Thanks icy road!

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🚀 Tag der guten Nachrichten aus der #Raumfahrt! 🛰 +++ LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) Observatorium wird mit maßgeblichem deutschem Anteil entwickelt & gebaut! +++
#LISA wird das bei weitem größte je von Menschen gebaute Observatorium sein.

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When a government agency is represented at the meeting by one of your former students 😀😎

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😒 Fast hur ofta höra man England när i äntligen det är Storbritannien som menas?

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In the end it added ~63 Gt of new snow so there was a happy ending of sorts.

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I went to school not far from Iwerne Minster, Donhead St Mary, and the very landlocked Port Regis

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