Monthly Archives: March 2007
A Seminar On the Importance of Land Surface Processes On the Global Climate System
I thank Jim Angel, the Illinois State Climatologist, for alerting me to this seminar. While most of us cannot attend, the topic is of considerable interest to us. ANNNOUNCEMENT The Illinois State Water Survey Presents Center for Atmospheric Sciences Seminar … Continue reading
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A New Paper Which Demonstrates The Importance of Land Surface Heat Storage Within The Climate System
I want to thank Jos de Laat of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI) for alerting me to a new peer reviewed paper on land surface heat storage. It is a very important research contribution as it adopts the appropriate … Continue reading
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Did The Oceans Really Cool Between mid-2003 and mid-2005?
Climate Science has reported numerous times on the paper Lyman, J. M., J. K. Willis, and G. C. Johnson (2006), Recent cooling of the upper ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18604, doi:10.1029/2006GL027033. We have been informed today, however, that a … Continue reading
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“Some Fresh Air in the Climate Debate” – An Op Ed by Hendrik Tennekes
On March 28, 2007 the #1 newspaper in Amsterdam De Volkskrant published the following op-ed by Hendrick Tennekes. It reads, “Recently, IPCC, the climate panel of the United Nations, issued a new report. It focuses on the relation between the … Continue reading
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Impacts Of Land Use/Cover Classification Accuracy On Regional Climate – Another Paper That Documents The Major Role Of The Land Surface Within The Climate System
Another paper has appeared which further demonstrates the first order role of land surface processes within the climate system (thanks to Dev Niyogi for letting us know of this paper; subscription required to obtain full paper). The paper is Ge, … Continue reading
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Guest Weblog By Syun-Ichi Akasofu – Global Warming And The Little Ice Age
Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu has been the Director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks since its establishment in 1998. He has been Professor of Geophysics since 1964. Dr. Akasofu has published more than 550 professional … Continue reading
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More Background Information On Diagnosing Global Warming and Cooling
The value of using the ocean heat budget to diagnose the radiative imbalance at the top of the atmosphere was originally presented in the seminal paper Ellis et al. 1978: The annual variation in the global heat balance of the … Continue reading
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A Fingerprint Of Human Effects On Weather And Climate: Literally! by Jos de Laat
A fingerprint of human effects on weather and climate: Literally! This blog frequently reports about human fingerprints on weather and climate. It is a topic that also has my attention as a scientist (see for example here). A few weeks … Continue reading
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New Paper On The Important Role Of Vegetation Within the Climate System
Jos de Laat of the Royal Dutch Meterological Institute (KNMI) has provided to us yet another very relevant new research paper. This article is on the role of vegetation processes within the climate center. The paper is Effects of Land … Continue reading
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An Excellent Summary Analysis Of Extreme Temperatures In the United States
Record high and low temperature records are of particular interest due to the major impacts they have on society and the environment. Bruce Hall has completed an analysis of record temperatures on his website Hall of Record that is a … Continue reading
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