Monthly Archives: August 2010
Another Paper That Documents The Complexity Of The Climate System – Vautard Et Al 2009
We have been alerted to yet another research paper that documents the complexity of the human role in the climate system (h/t to Erik). It is Robert Vautard, Pascal Yiou and Geert Jan van Oldenborgh: 2010: Decline of fog, mist and … Continue reading
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Release Of The Report “Climate Change Assessments, Review of the Processes & Procedures of the IPCC”
The report “Climate Change Assessments, Review of the Processes & Procedures of the IPCC“ has been released today. An initial discussion of the report is posted at Report of the IAC Review of the IPCC The news media are reporting on … Continue reading
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New Paper On Climate Variability and Trends In The Southwest USA By McCabe Et Al 2010
There is a very interesting new paper with respect to climate trends in the southwestern United States (h/t to ICECAP and World Climate Report ). It is McCabe, G. J., D. R. Legates, and H. F. Lins. 2010. Variability and trends … Continue reading
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Article In Nature “Cold Empties Bolivian Rivers Of Fish” By Anna Petherick
Nature has published an excellent news article by Anna Petherick [h/t to Dan Hughes for alerting us!] Cold empties Bolivian rivers of fish which illustrates that even when the global average surface temperature is above average (for whatever reason) regional cold … Continue reading
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A Western Governer’s Association Meeting – “Drought, Water, and Climate: Using Today’s Information To Design Tomorrow’s Services”
I have been alerted to a meeting on climate in mid-September. It is Drought, Water, and Climate: Using today’s information to design tomorrow’s services. Washington DC September 14‐15, 2010 [registration is at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2VCLY2M] The meeting is sponsored by the Western Governor’s … Continue reading
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Another Human And Natural Climate Forcing – Pyrocumulonimbus Storms
As we learn more about the climate system, we continue to discover additional humans and natural climate forcings occur. The August 17 2010 issue of EOS has an excellent article by Randy Showstack titled Researchers Focus on Fire Clouds That … Continue reading
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Comments On The Economist Article “Green View: Could Temperature Be Less Intemperate?”
I was queried on Monday of this week by the Economist regarding the September Exeter meeting regarding the project surfacetemperatures.org which I posted on in Meeting September 7-9 2010 “Surface Temperature Datasets For The 21st Century” Chaired By Peter Thorne My comment to the Economist … Continue reading
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New Paper On The Role Of The Long Range Transport Of Mineral Dust And Other Aerosols By Ben-Ami Et Al 2010
In our paper Pielke Sr., R., K. Beven, G. Brasseur, J. Calvert, M. Chahine, R. Dickerson, D. Entekhabi, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, H. Gupta, V. Gupta, W. Krajewski, E. Philip Krider, W. K.M. Lau, J. McDonnell, W. Rossow, J. Schaake, J. Smith, S. Sorooshian, and E. … Continue reading
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Futher Information On Tree Ring Proxy Data – A Research Paper García-Suárez Et Al 2009
In response to the post Comment On Tree Ring Proxy Data and Thermometer Type Surface Temperature Anomalies And Trends we have been alerted to an interesting paper on tree ring proxy data (h/t to Erik W!). The paper is García-Suárez et … Continue reading
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Comments On A Seminar “Modeling Watershed-Scale Distributions Of Snow For Present-Day And Future Climate” By Anne Nolin
There is a seminar today [August 23 2010] by Anne Nolin of the Department of Geosciences, at Oregon State University, Corvallis The seminar is titled “Modeling Watershed-Scale Distributions of Snow for Present-day and Future Climate in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Monday, 23 August … Continue reading
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