Monthly Archives: October 2010
New Paper “Numerical Simulations Of The Impacts Of Land-Cover” By Kala Et Al 2010
There is an important, well written new paper that documents the role of land-cover on synoptic weather features; in this case cold fronts. The paper is J. Kala, T. J. Lyons, and U. S. Nair, 2010: Numerical Simulations of the Impacts … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Forcings & Feedbacks, Research Papers
Comments On An NSF Webcast On “Will Clouds – The Wild Card of Climate Change – Speed Or Slow Warming?” By David A. Randall
There is a webcast Thursday October 28 2010 titled “NSF Webcast for Reporters: Will Clouds–the Wild Card of Climate – Speed Or Slow Warming?” by David Randall of Colorado State University (h/t to Joe D’Aleo). Randall was one of the two convening lead authors … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Science Op-Eds, Climate Science Presentations, Climate Science Reporting
Paper ” Evidence Of Enhanced Precipitation Due To Irrigation Over The Great Plains Of The United States” By DeAngelis Et Al 2010
I mentioned this paper last week [h/t to Faisal Hossain] but want to discuss further today. The paper is DeAngelis, A., F. Dominguez, Y. Fan, A. Robock, M. D. Kustu, and D. Robinson (2010), Evidence of enhanced precipitation due to … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Forcings & Feedbacks, Research Papers
News Article “
There was a news article today in the Boulder Camera by Laura Snider titled Boulder scientists: Space tourism could contribute to climate change The article includes the text “The researchers found that the soot, or “black carbon,” created by 1,000 … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Forcings & Feedbacks, Climate Science Reporting
Comments On An ECMWF New Report On Surface Wind Trends
There is a recent study by ECMWF [the European Centre for Medium Range Forecasts] on long-term trends in surface winds - h/t to Paolo Mezzasalma. The news report on the study is titled Wind stilling over the continents of the Northern hemisphere in the last … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Metrics
Recommended Reading – A Repost Of “Heresy And The Creation Of Monsters” By Judy Curry
Kudos to Judy Curry for a very valuable post on the Scientific American article “Climate Heretic: Judith Curry Turns on Her Colleagues” and on the follow-up survey by Michael Lemonick. Judy’s post is titled Heresy and the creation of monsters One extract from her post … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Science Reporting
Misleading Text In A Scientific American Article That Judy Curry Is A “Climate Heretic”
I was very disappointed to read erroneous information, in an otherwise very informative article, in the Scientific American by Michael D. Lemonick titled Climate Heretic: Judith Curry Turns on Her Colleagues which seeks to isolate Judy Curry as being an outlier from her climate science … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Science Misconceptions, Climate Science Reporting
Very Important New Paper “A Comparison Of Local And Aggregated Climate Model Outputs With Observed Data” By Anagnostopoulos Et Al 2010
There is a very important new paper which has compared climate model results with observations. It is Anagnostopoulos, G. G., Koutsoyiannis, D., Christofides, A., Efstratiadis, A. & Mamassis, N. (2010) A comparison of local and aggregated climate model outputs with observed data. … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Models, Research Papers
The National Science Foundation Funds Multi-Decadal Climate Predictions Without An Ability To Verify Their Skill
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research [UCAR] has released a press statement titled Climate change: Drought may threaten much of globe within decades [h/t to Marcel Crok] The press release starts with the text [highlight added] The United States and many … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Models, Climate Science Reporting
New Paper “More Than CO2: A Broader Picture For Managing Climate Change And Variability To Avoid Ecosystem Collapse” By McAlpine Et Al 2010
We have a new paper, prepared under the leadership of Clive McAlpine of the University of Queensland, that has been accepted. It is McAlpine, C.A., W.F. Laurance, J.G. Ryan, L. Seabrook, J.I. Syktus, A.E. Etter, P.M. Fearnside, P. Dargusch, and R.A. Pielke Sr. … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Forcings & Feedbacks
