Monthly Archives: July 2009
The Importance Of Regonal Climate Forcings
This post provides a brief overview of why regional climate forcings are first order in terms of affecting atmospheric circulation patterns which are the reason for such weather events as droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and so forth. A global average radiative forcing, such as emphasized … Continue reading
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Announcement Of American Geophysical Union Sessions On Natural Hazards At The December 2009 Annual Meeting
As emphasized on my weblog (e.g.see), we need to focus more on reducing societal and environmental vulnerability to environmental variability and change of all types, including, but not limited to climate variability and change. The American Geophysical Union is having … Continue reading
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Madhav Khandekar Has Reviewed The Book “The Asian Monsoon: Causes, History & Effects By Peter D Clift And R Allan Plumb
The following is a review of a book on the Asian monsoon by Madhav Khandekar. Since my weblog has recently posted an announcement on a very important new paper on this subject (see) and we have also published on the … Continue reading
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New Paper “Effects Of Global Irrigation On The Near-Surface Climate” by Sacks Et Al 2009
There is another paper in a continuing long stream of peer reviewed contibutions that document the role of the human management of the landscape on the climate system. This new paper is Sacks, W.J., B.I. Cook, N. Buenning, S. Levis, and … Continue reading
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What Does A Global Average 2 Degrees C Increase Mean With Respect To Upper Ocean Heat Content Change? Part II
As was discussed in Part I (see), there are major biases and uncertainties with using a global average surface temperature, T’, to monitor and predict global warming. This weblog explores ways to relate upper ocean heat content change to a temperature trend. We could, perhaps, obtain T’ from the … Continue reading
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What Does A Global Average 2 Degrees C Increase Mean With Respect To Upper Ocean Heat Content Change? Part I
In the media, there is considerable discussion as to the serious consequences to the environment and society, if the global average surface temperature increases to and beyond 2C from its pre-industrial value; for example, see Times Online on July 9 … Continue reading
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A New Paper “A Case Study on Wintertime Inversions in Interior Alaska with WRF” by Mölders and Kramm 2009
There is a new paper which is directly related to the ability of models to skillfully simulate temperatures in the lowest levels of the atmosphere. This includes, of course, the 2m level which was discussed in several recent Climate Science weblogs (see, see … Continue reading
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New Paper “Surface Temperature Variations In East Africa And Possible Causes” By Christy Et Al. 2009
As posted on Watts Up With That, ICECAP and Climate Audit, there is an excellent new paper on the issue of surface temperature trends. The paper is Christy, J.R., W.B. Norris, and R.T. McNider, 2009: Surface Temperature Variations in East Africa … Continue reading
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New Paper “How Will Earth’s Surface Temperature Change in Future Decades?” By Lean and Rind 2009
There is a new paper that examines (and forecasts) the role of solar forcing in climate system warming and cooling. It is Lean, J. L., and D. H. Rind (2009): How Will Earth’s Surface Temperature Change in Future Decades?, Geophys. … Continue reading
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Biased Criticism of Anthony Watts For His Report “Is The U.S. Surface Temperature Record Reliable?”
There is a You Tube video by Peter Sinclar titled “Climate Denial Crock of the Week” which ridicules the important contribution of Anthony Watts in identifying poor siting issues with the US Historical Climate Network (see his report). The video is … Continue reading
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