Simon King
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 61 |
Date of birth | December 27,1962 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Nairobi |
Kenya | |
Spouse | Marguerite Smits van Oyen |
Parents | John King |
Eve King | |
Job | Actor |
Cinematographer | |
Naturalist | |
Presenter | |
Books | Nature Watch: How To Track and Observe Wildlife |
Shetland Diaries | |
Wild Life | |
Springwatch and Autumnwatch | |
Springwatch: Accompanies the BBC 2 TV Series | |
Insect Nations: Visions of the Ant World from Kropotkin to Bergson | |
Simon King's Wildguide | |
Movies/Shows | Earth |
Deep Blue | |
Springwatch with Bill Oddie | |
Simon King's Shetland Diaries | |
Autumnwatch | |
Groupie Girl | |
Awards | British Academy Television Craft Award for Photography - Factual |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming | |
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | |
Listen artist | www.deezer.com |
Groups | Hawkwind |
Opal Butterfly | |
Hawklords | |
Songs | SongsSilver MachineIn Search of Space · 1971 Urban GuerillaDoremi Fasol Latido · 1972 Hurry on SundownHawkwind · 1970 View 25+ more |
List | Silver MachineIn Search of Space · 1971 |
Height | 183 (cm) |
Weight | 78 (kg) |
Career start | 2000 |
Number | Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. |
Position | Defender |
Education | Blaise High School |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 427028 |
Simon King Life story
Simon Henry King OBE HonFRPS is a British naturalist, author, conservationist, television presenter and cameraman, specialising in nature documentaries. King received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2011. King has been working in the field of natural history film making for over 30 years.
UK weather: Snow forecast and warnings in place as temperatures plummet
...By Simon King & Marita MoloneyBBC WeatherTemperatures could drop to as low as -10C (14F) in parts of the UK on Friday with snow also forecast as the current cold snap continues...
UK cold snap persists with sub-zero nights to come
...By Simon King & Marie JacksonBBC Weather and BBC NewsMore bitterly cold nights are on the way for much of the UK, with temperatures set to drop well below zero...
Snow and ice warnings issued for large parts of UK
...By Simon King & George WrightBBC Weather and BBC NewsSnow and ice are set to sweep across large parts of the UK in a series of wintry showers...
UK braces for snow as cold weather takes a grip
... Lead BBC Weather presenter and meterologist Simon King said: " It s going to be a cold week with temperatures only around 2 to 7 degrees Celsius - which is below the average for the time of year...
Steve lights up UK skies alongside Northern Lights - but what's the difference?
...By Simon King & James GregoryBBC Weather and BBC NewsA message to everyone called Steve - your name was quite literally up in lights on Sunday night...
Northern Lights: England's skies glow in aurora spectacle
... " Aurora borealisBy BBC weather forecaster Simon King The aurora can happen any time of the year but a major factor to seeing it of course is having dark skies...
Temperatures reach 30C for first time this year in UK
... The BBC s lead weather presenter Simon King said temperatures hit 30...
China balloon: Could it have been blown off course as Beijing claims?
... BBC Weather s Simon King says that in the north Pacific between China and North America, the prevailing winds are westerlies (that is, from west towards the east)...
China balloon: Could it have been blown off course as Beijing claims?
The Chinese authorities say a surveillance balloon sighted over sensitive US territory is theirs, but insist its purpose is for weather research and that it was blown Off Course by unexpected winds.
We've looked at the prevailing wind patterns and data modelling to track its possible path.
Where has the balloon been seen?It was monitored travelling across Canadian territory before appearing over The City of Billings in Montana on Wednesday, where it was spotted in the sky by city residents.
US authorities say they've been tracking the balloon across US airspace using manned aircraft, and that it's been flying over sensitive military areas.
Blown Off Course , says ChinaChina says strong " westerlies" blew The Device " with limited self-steering capability" off its planned course.
BBC Weather's Simon King says that in the north Pacific between China and North America , the prevailing winds are westerlies (that is, from west towards The East ).
" In recent days, The Wind speeds above an altitude of 30,000 to 40,000ft (9,000 to 12,000m) were 150mph (240km/h) or above in this area of The Pacific , " he says. " There is nothing unusual about wind speeds this high in this area. "
The Wind patterns in the north Pacific in The Past few days would have blown the balloon north-west to Alaska And Then south-west through Canada to Montana, he says.
" Most weather balloons rise to about 100,000ft And Then blow apart after a few hours, with the equipment falling to Earth by parachute. It is unusual for a weather balloon to Last Days like this. "
Dr Marina Miron, researcher in defence studies at Kings College London says the balloon might have been more sophisticated than China claims.
" The balloon could be controlled remotely by An Operator on the ground, " she says. " They'd be able to raise or lower the altitude of the balloon so that it could Pick Up different wind currents which are going in different directions.
" You would want to be able to make it linger over a spot to collect data. This is something you can do with balloon which you cannot do with a satellite. "
Can we track its route?Not with any certainty. We don't have flight tracking data that we would for commercial airliner, for example, so we need to look to other sources of information.
One technique used to estimate The Path of high-altitude, particles or objects is to use a model based on wind speeds and direction.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric US department (NOAA) has developed such a model (known as HYSPLIT) based on winds at altitudes over 14,000m (46,000ft).
" Its primary use, " says Simon King from BBC Weather, " is for working out The Transport and dispersion of things such as pollutants and hazardous material in the atmosphere.
" The model also works Backwards - called back Trajectory - where we can see where anything carried in the air such as pollutants, ash or other material has come from.
" In the case of the balloon over the US, this back Trajectory can show where the air carrying the balloon originated from and by analysing wind direction and speed, where it'll go in The Future . "
US meteorologist Dan Satterfield has used this model to calculate a possible route the surveillance balloon has taken, and has.
Starting from The Position sighted in Montana on 1 February, he has estimated a possible back Trajectory for the balloon, based on wind data, originating in central China.
It must be stressed that this is not the actual path the surveillance balloon has taken, but an analysis based on the model developed by NOAA, a US Government Agency .
Source of news: bbc.com