Monthly Archives: December 2005
What is the Uncertainty in the Climate Observations from Heterogeneous Data Sources?
This question is important in order to assess the robustness of the trends and variability in the surface temperature records. A new paper was recently accepted by the AMS Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Technology that addresses this issue. It … Continue reading
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More on Sudden Climate Transitions – A Book by John D. Cox
A book published in 2005 by the National Academy Press by John D. Cox entitled “Climate Crash: Abrupt Climate Change and What It Means for Our Future (2005)”? raises a critically important issue regarding the ability of global climate models … Continue reading
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Added Significance of the Climate Forcing of Aerosols and Ignored Consequences of Their Study with Respect to Human-caused Climate Change
A new article on the direct radiative forcing effect of aerosols has appeared in Nature on December 22. Its title is âGlobal estimate of aerosol direct radiative forcing from satellite measurementsâ? authored by Nicolas Bellouin, Olivier Boucher, Jim Haywood and … Continue reading
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Science Questions on the Global Surface Temperature Trends
Our research has raised several issues on the robustness of the global surface temperature trend analyses. I am summarizing the questions raised over the last several months in this weblog, along with brief peer reviewed background material where available. Other … Continue reading
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The Role of Human Intervention in the Mediterranean Region on the Earth System including Climate
An important new paper provides valuable insights into the role of land surface and air pollution processes in the Mediterranean region; Millán, M. M., Mª. J. Estrela, M. J. Sanz, E. Mantilla, M. Martín, F. Pastor, R. Salvador, R. Vallejo, … Continue reading
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Is Soil an Important Component of the Climate System?
The answer is a definitive YES. A letter to Science (which was unfortunately not accepted) by Professor Dan Yaalon of the Institute of Earth Sciences of Hebrew University Givat Ram Cam is reproduced below with his permission. The letter was … Continue reading
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Comments on the Media Report that 2005 is (or is nearly so) a Record Hot Year.
The media reports today that 2005 is among the hottest years on record. This claim is based on the global average surface temperature record, which as discussed several times on this weblog is fraught with serious data quality issues. Our … Continue reading
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New Paper On the Importance of Diagnosing Moist Enthalpy In Addition to Temperature Trends As a Metric of Surface Atmospheric Global Warming
A new paper entitled âDifferences between near-surface equivalent temperature and temperature trends for the eastern United States – Equivalent temperature as an alternative measure of heat contentâ? by Christopher A. Davey, Roger A. Pielke Sr and. Kevin.P. Gallo has been … Continue reading
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Is Carbon Sequestration More Complicated than Presented in the Kyoto Protocol?
The answer is YES. Several years ago, I published a short note on this in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Pielke Sr., R.A., 2001: Carbon sequestration — The need for an integrated climate system approach. Bull. Amer. Meteor. … Continue reading
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Comments on the UCAR Press Release on the Feddema et al. (2005) Science article
NCAR released a press statement on the Feddema et al. (2005) paper that included the following text “Taken together, the impacts of greenhouse gases around the globe should far outweigh the regional effects of land-cover change, according to Feddema. However, … Continue reading
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