Monthly Archives: July 2006
Is the Tropical Cyclone Data Adequate to Assess Multi-decadal Trends in Intensity?
A July 28 2006 Science Perspective article entitled “Can We Detect Trends in Extreme Tropical Cyclones?” (subscription required) by Christopher W. Landsea, Bruce A. Harper, Karl Hoarau and John A. Knaff has appeared. It raises the very real issue of … Continue reading
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Another Peer Reviewed Paper That Raises Questions On The Robustness of Multi-decadal Land Surface Temperature Trend Assessments
A March 2006 paper in the Journal of Climate by K.E. Runnalls and T.R. Oke entitled “A Technique to Detect Microclimatic Inhomogeneities in Historical Records of Screen-Level Air Temperature” further demonstrates significant problems with the accurate quantification of multi-decadal land … Continue reading
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What If Global Cooling Occurs?
There has been general conclusion that the global climate will warm more-or-less monotonically in the coming decades. This forecast is based on the predictions of the multi-decadal global climate models, such as summarized in the IPCC reports. As concluded on … Continue reading
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New Paper on the Role of Land Use on Climate
A July 2006 Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) paper has appeared entitled “Changes in moisture and energy fluxes due to agricultural land use and irrigation in the Indian Monsoon Belt” by Douglas, Ellen M.; Niyogi, Dev; Frolking, S.; Yeluripati, J. B.; … Continue reading
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Erroneous Presentation of My Views on Climate In the Media
A press release by Paradise Post reported on an important problem with the lack of a balanced presentation of climate science in the media. However, there are several falsehoods that are included with respect to my views. A correction is … Continue reading
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Complete News Article On the Santa Fe Conference “Global Warming and the Next Ice Age�
The complete version of the news report on the Santa Fe meeting, form which the Associated Press article was extracted, was published in the Albuquerque Journal on July 23, 2006. This excellent, balanced article is entitled “Is It All Just … Continue reading
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Press Release On The Santa Fe Conference on “Global Warming and the Next Ice Age”
“The Associated Press carried a very good news report on the Santa Fe Conference on “Global Warming and the Next Ice Age” (see). I want to make a comment in response to a quote by Chick Keller. The news article … Continue reading
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Kudos to Tom Karl and NOAA For Recognizing That Climate Involves an Integrated Earth System Perspective and the Consequences to NCDC As A Result
The mission of the National Climate Data Center is given as, “The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the world’s largest active archive of weather data. NCDC’s mission is to manage the Nation’s resource of global climatological in-situ and remotely … Continue reading
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The Weblog, Media and Press Releases
It has been brought to my attention that excerpts from the Climate Science weblog are quoted in the media and press releases. This has almost always been done in the context of a broader article, often with a particular political … Continue reading
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Presentation at the Santa Fe Meeting entitled ” Unresolved Issues with the Assessment of Multi-Decadal Global Land-Surface Temperature Trends”
Our powerpoint presentation from the July 17-19, 2006 ” Santa Fe Conference on Global Warming and the Next Ice Age” is available, Pielke, R.A. Sr., C. Davey, D. Niyogi, K. Hubbard, X. Lin, M. Cai, S. Fall, Y.-K. Lim, H. … Continue reading
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