Patrick McGuire
@mcguirepatrick.bsky.social
Working on modeling land surface processes and climate mostly for the Earth but also for Mars. Working at the University of Reading. Views are my own.
I just saw #KateWinslet here in #ReadingUK! (She's from here.)
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I just saw #KateWinslet here in #ReadingUK! (She's from here.)
We're in #Guildford! This is #GuildfordCastle, which was probably built by #WilliamTheConqueror after 1066. #GuildfordVisits
September 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We're in #Guildford! This is #GuildfordCastle, which was probably built by #WilliamTheConqueror after 1066. #GuildfordVisits
From the #DuckRace in #ReadingUK on Saturday!
September 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From the #DuckRace in #ReadingUK on Saturday!
August 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
August 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I just found out that my supervisor (Prof. Roland Winston) at the University of Chicago (for my honors project (1988-1989) in solar-energy optics) passed away earlier this year. :( #UChicago #physics #SolarEnergy #Optics #RolandWInston
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_...
Roland Winston - Wikipedia
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August 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just found out that my supervisor (Prof. Roland Winston) at the University of Chicago (for my honors project (1988-1989) in solar-energy optics) passed away earlier this year. :( #UChicago #physics #SolarEnergy #Optics #RolandWInston
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_...
We just got back from the Kamera movie theater in #Bielefeld where we saw Prima Donna or Nothing. Hyejeong and I first met there by chance in the year 2000. #movies #BielefeldVisits #music
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We just got back from the Kamera movie theater in #Bielefeld where we saw Prima Donna or Nothing. Hyejeong and I first met there by chance in the year 2000. #movies #BielefeldVisits #music
Today, we're at a University of Reading meeting on "South American #Climate and Society"! #SouthAmerica #UofReading @uniofreading.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Today, we're at a University of Reading meeting on "South American #Climate and Society"! #SouthAmerica #UofReading @uniofreading.bsky.social
We just left the University of #Birmingham! #UofBirmingham #BirminghamVisits #NationalCentreForAtmosphericScience #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We just left the University of #Birmingham! #UofBirmingham #BirminghamVisits #NationalCentreForAtmosphericScience #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social
This interesting article about Benjamin Whisoh Lee was in the recent #PhysicsToday. #physics #history #historyofscience #korea #BenjaminWhisohLee pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Re-remembering Benjamin Whisoh Lee, promoter of gauge theories
The Korean American physicist made the framework underlying the standard model accessible to a generation of particle physicists.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This interesting article about Benjamin Whisoh Lee was in the recent #PhysicsToday. #physics #history #historyofscience #korea #BenjaminWhisohLee pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
June 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
May 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We have 4 #cygnets! This is yesterday on the lake at my workplace, the University of Reading. @uniofreading.bsky.social @swanwatchuk.bsky.social #uofreading #swans
May 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We have 4 #cygnets! This is yesterday on the lake at my workplace, the University of Reading. @uniofreading.bsky.social @swanwatchuk.bsky.social #uofreading #swans
I went to an event earlier this week at the #London campus of the University of Chicago #UChicago featuring a discussion about #politics between Christiane #Amanpour and David #Axelrod! #londonvisits @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I went to an event earlier this week at the #London campus of the University of Chicago #UChicago featuring a discussion about #politics between Christiane #Amanpour and David #Axelrod! #londonvisits @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social
I went to the #TowerOfLondon a few days ago! Pictured is the main tower (The #WhiteTower). #London #LondonVisits
April 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I went to the #TowerOfLondon a few days ago! Pictured is the main tower (The #WhiteTower). #London #LondonVisits
Today & tomorrow, we're having the annual #EXPECT (EXplaining and PrEdiCTing the #weather & #climate) General Assembly (GA). Today, I gave a talk at the EXPECT GA, entitled "Soil-moisture #DataAssimilation in Europe". #LandSurfaceModeling @expect-project.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today & tomorrow, we're having the annual #EXPECT (EXplaining and PrEdiCTing the #weather & #climate) General Assembly (GA). Today, I gave a talk at the EXPECT GA, entitled "Soil-moisture #DataAssimilation in Europe". #LandSurfaceModeling @expect-project.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social
I'm on the way to #London! #LondonVisits
April 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm on the way to #London! #LondonVisits
I just read this article in the paper version of the #Eos magazine (April). "Life's building blocks found in #Bennu samples". #astrobiology #PlanetaryScience eos.org/articles/lif...
Life’s Building Blocks Found in Bennu Samples - Eos
The discovery of amino acids, abundant ammonia, and the bases of DNA and RNA on asteroid Bennu suggest that materials essential to life might be widespread throughout the solar system.
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April 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I just read this article in the paper version of the #Eos magazine (April). "Life's building blocks found in #Bennu samples". #astrobiology #PlanetaryScience eos.org/articles/lif...
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Rainfall Rescue: 5 years on
A citizen science success story
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/rainfall-r...
A citizen science success story
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/rainfall-r...
Rainfall Rescue: 5 years on
A citizen science success story
climatelabbook.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Rainfall Rescue: 5 years on
A citizen science success story
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/rainfall-r...
A citizen science success story
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/rainfall-r...
I recently read this interesting article in the paper version of Physics Today... Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference #physics #ComputationalScience pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference
Scientists encompassing multiple disciplines and security clearance levels spent more than a month discussing how to efficiently capture both small- and large-s
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March 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I recently read this interesting article in the paper version of Physics Today... Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference #physics #ComputationalScience pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Today, I'm giving a talk at the University of Reading entitled "Data assimilation of soil properties for the region of Europe"! #DataAssimilation #SoilScience #ClimateScience #EXPECT @expect-project.bsky.social #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today, I'm giving a talk at the University of Reading entitled "Data assimilation of soil properties for the region of Europe"! #DataAssimilation #SoilScience #ClimateScience #EXPECT @expect-project.bsky.social #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social
I just finished reading this article on "Nobel Prize highlights neural networks' #physics roots" by Johanna Miller in the paper version of December's Physics Today. It's definitely worth reading. #NeuralNetworks #JohnHopfield #GeoffreyHinton pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Nobel Prize highlights neural networks’ physics roots
The road to the modern machine-learning marvels was paved with ideas from statistical mechanics and collective phenomena.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I just finished reading this article on "Nobel Prize highlights neural networks' #physics roots" by Johanna Miller in the paper version of December's Physics Today. It's definitely worth reading. #NeuralNetworks #JohnHopfield #GeoffreyHinton pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Reposted by Patrick McGuire
What does JULES stand for? Research scientist @mcguirepatrick.bsky.social at the University of Reading shares insights on how #DataAssimilation & #JULES are enhancing climate science!
Discover how his research improves soil moisture predictions in the European region 👉 bit.ly/3X6sNq2
Discover how his research improves soil moisture predictions in the European region 👉 bit.ly/3X6sNq2
February 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
What does JULES stand for? Research scientist @mcguirepatrick.bsky.social at the University of Reading shares insights on how #DataAssimilation & #JULES are enhancing climate science!
Discover how his research improves soil moisture predictions in the European region 👉 bit.ly/3X6sNq2
Discover how his research improves soil moisture predictions in the European region 👉 bit.ly/3X6sNq2
February 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM