Monthly Archives: June 2007
NOAA Cover Up Of US Historical Climate Network Surface Station Photographs
Since 2002 (see the AASC 2002 Annual Meeting minutes), we have been seeking to have photographs of the US Historical Climate Network (HCN) sites made available. The HCN sites are used as part of the diagnosis of the surface temperature … Continue reading
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Guest Weblog By Robert Maddox
Dr. Robert Maddox is internationally recognized as an expert on mesoscale cloud systems, who has worked at the National Severe Storms Lab in Norman Okalhoma, and is now at the University of Arizona in Tucson. His characterizations of mesoscale convective … Continue reading
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New Study On The Prediction Skill Of The Multi-Decadal Global Climate Models
On May 31, 2007 there was an article in Nature by Harvey Leifert that was titled “Warmer world gets wetter – Satellite observations suggest climate models are wrong on rainfall”. Excerpts from the article read “Global warming will increase worldwide … Continue reading
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New Scitizen Weblog On The Importance of Heterogeneous Human Climate Forcings Has Been Published
A new weblog has been published on Scitizen as part of my monthly column on that website. The title is The Importance of Heterogeneous Human Climate Forcings on Skillful Prediction of Regional Climate The abstract reads. “The role of heterogeneous … Continue reading
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Simulated And Observed Variability In Ocean Temperature And Heat Content by AchutaRao Et Al
There is a new paper on comparing ocean heat content changes with model simulations of this change, as well as an effective analysis of the role of the observation system on diagnosing this climate metric (thanks to Willie Soon and … Continue reading
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A New Excellent Paper- A Review Of Vegetation–Atmosphere Interactions And Their Influences On Mesoscale Phenomena
There is an excellent review paper that provides further documentation of the first-order role of land surface processes within the climate system. The paper is McPherson,Renee A., 2007: A review of vegetation–atmosphere interactions and their influences on mesoscale phenomena.Progress in … Continue reading
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Additional Evidence On The Bias In The IPCC WG1 Report On The Assessment Of Near-Surface Air Temperature Trends
As a further example of the selective use of papers by the IPCC WG1 Report, I summarize here the sequence of papers and comments on the role of land-use change on near-surface air temperature trends. The original paper Kalnay E., … Continue reading
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Error In The Economist On Their Coverage Of Climate Issues
The Economist is an excellent publication. However, as I have communicated before on Climate Science, it is occasionally inaccurate in its coverage. This occurs very clearly in the June 23rd-27th issue in an otherwise very good article. The article is … Continue reading
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More On The Suppresion Of Climate Change Views
There is an Online NewsHour interview entitled “Oregon Global Warming Skeptic Finds Controversy” with the header “Oregon state climatologist George Taylor does not believe that global warming is due to human activity. Now, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants him to … Continue reading
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Important New Paper On The Urban Effect On Temperature And Other Climate Metrics
There is an important new paper that has appeared which adds significantly to the understanding of the role of urban areas within the climate system.. The paper is Jin Menglin, J. Marshall Shepherd and Christa Peters-Lidard, 2007: Development of a … Continue reading
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