Monthly Archives: April 2008
Another Paper On Antarctic Climate Trends By Monoghan et al.
Thanks to Tobias Rothenberger at the University of St. Gallen (where he is studying economics), he has referred us to another important paper on Antarctic climate trends (Tobias has a website also; Climate Review). The article is Monaghan, A. J., … Continue reading
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The Real Butterfly Effect
There has been a renewed discussion of the relevance of the “butterfly effect” to describe the actual effect of the flapping of a butterfly wing on large-scale weather (on Real Climate see and on Climate Science see and see). There is an … Continue reading
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Comments on the NOAA Press Release “NOAA Employing New Tools to Accurately Measure Climate Change”
NCDC has released the following press release [see Watts Up With That for more information on NCDC's plans and NOAA Employing New Tools to Accurately Measure Climate Change] NOAA has announced the completion of the new Climate Reference Network which is … Continue reading
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Continued Discussion With Real Climate On The Butterfly Effect
The discussion with Real Climate continues. The updated comments as of Saturday April 26 are at Comment On Real Climate’s Post On The Relevance Of The Sensitivity Of Initial Conditions In The IPCC Models
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More Evidence of LULCC Impact by Dr. Matt Georgescu Of Rutgers University
Guest Weblog by Dr. Matt Georgescu Of Rutgers University More Evidence of LULCC Impact Assessment of anthropogenic influences on climate has primarily focused on changes in globally-averaged metrics (e.g., temperature, tropospheric radiation balance) resulting from emissions of well-mixed greenhouse gases. … Continue reading
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Teleconnections In The Earth System By Chase, Pielke and Avissar
We have a new article published which has not been reported on Climate Science. It is Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke Sr., and R. Avissar, 2007: Teleconnections in the Earth system. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, M. Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, John Wiley and … Continue reading
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Comment On Real Climate’s Post On The Relevance Of The Sensitivity Of Initial Conditions In The IPCC Models
Follow Up (April 27 2008) Ray – In searching for what Professor Lorenz has said on this issue, please see Chaos Avant-Garde: Memories of the Early Days of Chaos Theory In this essay he writes, “Returning now to the question as … Continue reading
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Comments On The Testimony Of Senator Dick Lugar On Climate Change and Deforestation On April 22 2008
There was a Hearing on Climate Change and Deforestation in the U.S. Senate yesterday (April 22 2008) [Thanks to Dev Niyogi of Purdue for alerting me to this Hearing]. There will be a presentation of the results so far on … Continue reading
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Internal Radiative Forcing And The Illusion Of A Sensitive Climate System By Roy Spencer
Guest Weblog By Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama at Huntsville titled “Internal Radiative Forcing And The Illusion Of A Sensitive Climate System“ 1. Background Many of us, especially those who were trained as meteorologists, have long questioned the … Continue reading
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Roger A. Pielke Sr.’s Perspective On Adaptation and Mitigation
There is considerable discussion on the relative roles of adaption and mitigation with respect to the findings in the 2007 IPCC report (e.g., see). Thus, I have concluded that it is worthwhile to specifically define my views on this subject, … Continue reading
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