Meteorology Library: Welcome

March 2025

The bound copies of the 2024 MSc dissertations are now on the shelves.  Please sign out in the book by the issue desk if you wish to borrow.

February 2025

The new display in the foyer in the Brian Hoskins building is a celebration of the life of James Milford - James Milford joined the Department of Meteorology upon its inception in 1966, being appointed the Department’s first lecturer.  He worked alongside Professor Reginald Sutcliffe (who founded the Department). James helped to build the Meteorology teaching aspects, especially the MSc in its early years. This included planning the layout of TOB 2 and campaigning for a ‘permanent instrumental enclosure’.  He was very keen on helping overseas development in the meteorological area and led on the initiation of teaching links with Ibadan, Nigeria and Bogor, Indonesia.  His dedication to research resulted in a rich publication history, particularly in the remote sensing of rain, and also bringing together collaborative work with the Department of Agriculture.  

Photo: James as co-pilot of the Red Queen glider courtesy of Meteorology at Reading - the first 40 years, Jackie Hoskins

James Milford had a great impact on the development of the remote sensing of rain.  He was leader of the TAMSAT (Tropical Applications of Meteorology using SATellite data and ground-based observations) research group, which, formed in the early 1980s, has been providing rainfall data from across the African continent. The project team and research group exist to this day, having provided decades of operational datasets helping to warn of rainfall related events such as drought and flooding. 

October 2024

Check out the new foyer display for Black History Month. It celebrates the work and careers of several of our alumni from the early days of the Meteorology department.

April 2024

The bound copies of the 2023 MSc dissertations are now on the shelves.  Please sign out in the book by the issue desk if you wish to borrow.

We now have charging points in all our single study spaces in Quiet Study.  

and if you are struggling to find study space in the library you can now use the newly refurbished computer room 1L34...

Items can be borrowed for 6 weeks.  Please renew online if asked to do so.  

Most of our resources can be accessed online as eBooks and eJournals through our library catalogue.  PhDs can be accessed through Ethos and details about accessing MSc dissertations and BSc Projects can be found on the corresponding tabs above.

Please let us know of any problems by emailing c.v.turner@reading.ac.uk