Monthly Archives: June 2008
The Effect Of Landscape Change Within The Climate System – A New Workshop
Our workshop report on the role of humans in the climate system appeared in late 2007; Mahmood, R., K. G. Hubbard, R. Pielke Sr. (2007), Effect of Human Activities on the Atmosphere,Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), 580, 10.1029/2007EO520007 The abstract reads, … Continue reading
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House Testimony of Roger A. Pielke Sr. “A Broader View of the Role of Humans in the Climate System is Required In the Assessment of Costs and Benefits Effective Climate Policy”
This morning I testified to a House Subcommittee on the climate issue to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Committee on Energy and Commerce – Honorable Rick Boucher, Chairman. The title of my presentation is “A Broader … Continue reading
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Comments On The Article By Palmer et al. 2008 “Toward Seamless Prediction: Calibration of Climate Change Projections Using Seasonal Forecasts”
UPDATE: JULY 10 2008: Unfortunately, Tim Palmer elected not to consider writing a guest weblog in response to the weblogs on his paper until possibly the Fall. This is yet another example of how, when science issues are raised regarding papers or assessments, … Continue reading
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Seamless Prediction Systems by Hendrik Tennekes
Guest Weblog by Henrick Tennekes June 24 2008 Roger Pielke gracefully invited me to write a brief essay on an interesting technical detail in the World Summit document issued by WCRP. According to the document, all time scales, from hours … Continue reading
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World Modelling Summit For Climate Prediction – Comments By Climate Science -Part II
Part I of the Climate Science weblog on the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction was presented on June 17, 2008 (see). The specific recommendatons in their Statement are discussed here. following are their conclusions, followed by a Climate Science comment. … Continue reading
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Another Example Of CCSP Bias In The Report “Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate”
I was alerted to another example of a bias in the CCSP report Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate which Climate Science weblogged on earlier today (see). It from the comments on the CCSP report December 20, 2007 COMPILATION … Continue reading
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New CCSP Report Appears “Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate” – Unfortunately, Another Biased Assessment
There is another CCSP report that was made available yesterday. It is CCSP, 2008: Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate. Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science … Continue reading
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Diagnosis Of Global Sea Level and Upper Ocean Heat Content On Seasonal To Interannual Timescales Paper Willis et al 2008 Published
The paper Willis J. K., D. P. Chambers, R. S. Nerem (2008), Assessing the globally averaged sea level budget on seasonal to interannual timescales, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004517. has been published [thanks to Richard Hanson for alerting us]. … Continue reading
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Guest Weblog by Hendrik Tennekes: A Revolution in Climate Prediction?
A Revolution in Climate Prediction? by Hendrik Tennekes The World Climate Research Program (WCRP), a program run by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) organized The World Modeling Summit for Climate Prediction at the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) … Continue reading
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World Modelling Summit For Climate Prediction – Comments By Climate Science -Part I
There was a meeting among a set of modellers from May 6 -9 2008 which was hosted by the European Centre for Medium Range Forecasting (ECMWF) entitled “World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction”. The goal of the meeting was to provide “society … Continue reading
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