Monthly Archives: November 2005
Is “Global Dimming” Really Global?
The answer according to a new paper is NO. This paper provides further evidence as to why we need to focus on local and regional scales if we are to better understand climate science. The new paper is Alpert, P., … Continue reading
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Why was my Comment on the David Parker’s article in Nature in November 18 2004 entitled “Large-scale warming is not urban� not published?
The answer is that this is another well-documented example of cherry picking. I have posted below my submission to Nature and the subsequent exchange of communications with Nature. David Parker requested that I not post his reply, which I will … Continue reading
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Is there a Warm Bias in the Nightime Land Surface Temperature Record?
The answer is YES. The paper Pielke Sr., R.A., and T. Matsui, 2005: Should light wind and windy nights have the same temperature trends at individual levels even if the boundary layer averaged heat content change is the same? Geophys. … Continue reading
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Coral as a Component of the Climate System.
I have been fortunate to become familiar with a lay-accessible summary of the World’s coral and want to share this excellent source of information with our weblog readers. As discussed frequently on the weblog, biological processes are as much a … Continue reading
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New Procedure for Climate Model Parameterizations
A new procedure to parameterize climate processes within climate models has been developed. It is described in a paper that is in press with the National Weather Digest entitled “A New Paradigm for Parameterizations in Numerical Weather Prediction and other … Continue reading
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Atmospheric Chemistry Within the Climate System
A recent seminar by Qinbin Li of NASA held at Colorado State University highlighted an important interaction between atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric transport, and weather. The talk was titled “Trapping of deep convective pollution by upper level anticyclones: Implications for global … Continue reading
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An Overview Book on Why Land-Surface Processes Are So Important in Climate Science
We have cited in the weblog the book Kabat, P., Claussen, M., Dirmeyer, P.A., J.H.C. Gash, L. Bravo de Guenni, M. Meybeck, R.A. Pielke Sr., C.J. Vorosmarty, R.W.A. Hutjes, and S. Lutkemeier, Editors, 2004: Vegetation, water, humans and the climate: … Continue reading
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More on the Limitations of Radiative Forcing as an Indicator of Climate Change
As discussed on this weblog (e.g., see the August 1, 2005 posting Is There a Human Effect on the Climate System? ) and documented in the 2005 National Research Council Report , we need to move beyond global radiative forcing … Continue reading
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More Evidence On The Spatial Complexity Of Climate Forcings
A new paper provides more evidence on the complexity of climate forcings. The paper, entitled “Radiative effect of surface albedo change from biomass burning” by Myhre et al. has the following abstract, “The radiative impact of burn scars from biomass … Continue reading
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Reponse to a November 4, 2005 post on RealClimate
RealClimate posted a comment today on Chaos and Climate. My response, which I also submitted to RealClimate, is as follows: James and William- your post, unfortunately, perpetuates the use of climate to refer to long term weather statistics. You state … Continue reading
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