Monthly Archives: January 2008
Current Status of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Coverage
As we approach the time of year of the peak of areal coverage of Arctic sea ice and the minimum areal coverage in Antarctic sea ice, Climate Science is presenting a status report based on the excellent data analysis provided at the … Continue reading
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A Significant Warm Bias With The Diagnosis Of A Global Average Surface Temperature Anomaly To Diagnose Global Warming – Part II From Our JGR Paper
Part I of this series of weblogs (see), discussed the serious limited value of the use of a global average surface temperature anomaly to diagnose the global radiative imbalance (i.e., global climate heat system changes). In Part II, we discuss another … Continue reading
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Important New Research Paper Published – Reconstructed Historical Land Cover And Biophysical Parameters For Studies Of Land-Atmosphere Interactions Within The Eastern United States”
An important new research paper has appeared which documents how dynamic human land management has been in altering the landscape component of the climate system. This seminal paper is Steyaert, L.T., and R.G. Knox, 2008: Reconstructed historical land cover and … Continue reading
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Additional Research Articles On the 2003 European Heat Wave
In 2006 we published a paper on the 2003 European heat wave titled Chase, T.N., K. Wolter, R.A. Pielke Sr., and Ichtiaque Rasool, 2006: Was the 2003 European summer heat wave unusual in a global context? Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L23709, … Continue reading
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Comment By Chris Colose On Water Vapor Feedback
There is a posting on the weblog Climate Change An Analysis of Key Questions entitled “How not to discuss the Water Vapor feedback” by Chris Colose with respect to the Climate Science set of weblogs on the subject Climate Metric Reality … Continue reading
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Modeling the impact of historical land cover change on Australia’s regional climate
There is a very important new paper that highlights the role of land surface processes, including its human management, as an integral component of climate variability and change. The paper is McAlpine C. A., J. Syktus, R. C. Deo, P. J. Lawrence, … Continue reading
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Comment on Andy Revkin’s New York Times Weblog “Dot Earth”
Andy Revkin has started a dialog on the policy statements of professional organizations with respect to the role of humans within the climate system on his weblo Dot Earth. Please enter this discussion if you are a credentialed climate scientist. … Continue reading
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A Serious Problem With The Use Of A Global Average Surface Temperature Anomaly To Diagnose Global Warming – Part I
We recently published our paper Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, D. Niyogi, S. Fall, J. Steinweg-Woods, K. Hubbard, X. Lin, M. Cai, Y.-K. Lim, H. Li, J. Nielsen-Gammon, K. Gallo, R. Hale, R. Mahmood, S. Foster, R.T. McNider, and P. … Continue reading
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Political Advocacy By The University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
The University Coorporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) mission reads ”The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research promotes partnership in a collaborative community dedicated to understanding the atmosphere—the air around us—and the interconnected processes that make up the Earth system, from the … Continue reading
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Follow Up On Research On Ocean Heat Content Changes
Timo Hämeranta has graciously provided us with two new research papers that are relevant to today’s weblog on ocean heat content. They are Johnson, Gregory C., Sabine Mecking, Bernadette M. Sloyan, and Susan E. Wijffels, 2007. Recent Bottom Water Warming in … Continue reading
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