Monthly Archives: September 2009
Scientificially Absurd News Headline, Which, Unfortunately Prevades The Current Debate on Climate and Energy Policy
The news today includes an article by Richard Cowan of Reuters titled “US climate control debate heats up in Senate” . The article itself is informative. However, the claim in the header of the article that the government can design a program for … Continue reading
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New Paper Accepted “Urbanization Signature In The Observed Heavy Rainfall Climatology Over India” By Kishtawal Et Al 2009
We have a new paper accepted for publication which documents the important role of urbanization on precipitation. It is Kishtawal C., D. Niyogi, M. Tewari, R. A. Pielke Sr., and M. Shepherd, 2009, Urbanization Signature in the Observed Heavy Rainfall Climatology … Continue reading
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Further Support for Klotzbach et al. 2009 – Observational Evidence of a Change of Surface Radiative Forcing in a Paper: Philipona et al. 2004
Urs Neu has alerted us to an observationally-based paper that documents a change of surface radiative forcing that is consistent with our studies (as well as further refutes claims to the contrary; e.g., see). Pielke Sr., R.A., and T. Matsui, 2005: Should … Continue reading
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The IPCC Claim Regarding A Linear Relationship Between The Global Average Surface Temperature Trends And Global Average Radiative Forcing Is Quantitatively Inaccurate
In our paper Klotzbach, P.J., R.A. Pielke Sr., R.A. Pielke Jr., J.R. Christy, and R.T. McNider, 2009: An alternative explanation for differential temperature trends at the surface and in the lower troposphere. J. Geophys. Res., in press [with edits still … Continue reading
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Our Paper “Impact Of Land Surface Heterogeneity On Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion” By Wu Et Al 2009 Has Been Published
Our new paper Yuling Wu, Udaysankar S. Nair , Roger A. Pielke Sr., Richard T. McNider, Sundar A. Christopher and Valentine G. Anantharaj, 2009: Impact of Land Surface Heterogeneity on Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 10.1007/s10546-009-9415-1, has appeared in print [this … Continue reading
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Comment Submitted To Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society
I have submitted a formal Comment to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), which I originally commented on in my weblog on August 6 2009 (see). Pielke Sr., R.A., 2009: Comment on “James Hurrell, Gerald A. Meehl, David Bader, … Continue reading
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Comment On Andy Revkin’s August 3 2009 article “Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel”
There was an interesting article on August 3 2009 by Andy Revkin [thanks to Benny Peiser for alerting us to this] titled “Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel”. This article includes the following text: ”…… scientists who question the … Continue reading
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New Paper “Albedo Effect On Radiative Errors In Air Temperature Measurements” By Huwald Et Al 2009
There is a new paper which addresses the issue of surface albedo and how this affects surface air temperatures (thanks to Dev Niyogi for alerting us to it!). The article is Huwald, H., C. W. Higgins, M.-O. Boldi, E. Bou-Zeid, … Continue reading
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The Vulnerability Perspective
UPDATE: September 22 2009: There is a post on my son’s weblog titled “Incoherence Continues on Adaptation” which provides an excellent example of why we need a broad based, inclusive vulnerability perspective. I am working to encourage the adoption of the … Continue reading
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Recent Paper “Influence Of Cloud Condensation And Giant Cloud Condensation Nuclei” By Cheng Et Al 2009
Cheng, W. Y. Y., G. G. Carrió, W. R. Cotton, and S. M. Saleeby (2009), Influence of cloud condensation and giant cloud condensation nuclei on the development of precipitating trade wind cumuli in a large eddy simulation, J. Geophys. Res., … Continue reading
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