Monthly Archives: January 2011
An Article On The Skill Of Seasonal Predictions of Arctic Sea By Ron Lindsay
There is an excellent article in the November 2010 issue of U.S. CLIVAR VARIATIONS by Ron Lindsay of the University of Washington titled Seasonal Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice Coverage. It is an informative article on the ability to produce seasonal … Continue reading
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The Westerlies Explain The Recent Extreme Winter Weather, Not “Global Warming”
There have been a number of news articles that claim that a global average surface temperature trend (i.e. “global warming) explains the extreme cold weather and snow that has occurred recently; e.g. see Comment On The CBS News Article “Is Extreme Weather a … Continue reading
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Filed under Climate Science Misconceptions, Climate Science Reporting, Extreme Weather
James Annan Misses The Point (Again!)
There is a post on James Empty Blog titled Pielkes all the way down, revisited that continues to misrepresent the scientific findings we have published on with respect to the science of multi-decadal surface and lower tropospheric temperature trends. Moreover, … Continue reading
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Excellent Interview Of Peter S. Eagleston By C. Schultz On The EOS AGU Bookshelf “On Range And Richness Of Vascular Land Plants: The Role Of Variable Light”
The AGU Bookshelf which appears on EOS is an excellent source of perspective on climate and other geophysical issues. In the December 21 2010 issue there is an interview of Peter S. Eagleston By C. Schultz titlled Schultz, C. (2010), Range and … Continue reading
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Article “Mesoscale Climate Change Due To Lowland Deforestation In The Maritime Tropics” By van der Molen Et Al 2011
An article that we worked on several years ago has finally appeared in a publication from Cambridge University Press. It is van der Molen, M.K., H.F. Vugts, L.A. Bruijnzeel, F.N. Scatena, R.A. Pielke Sr, and L.J.M. Kroon, 2011: Mesoscale climate … Continue reading
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Comment On The CBS News Article “Is Extreme Weather a Result of Global Warming?”
Update: January 27 2011 – Mike Smith also has an excellent discussion of media misinformation regarding recent extreme weather in his post on his weblog Meterological Musings NBC Global Warming Nonsense ************************** There is a news article by CBS titled … Continue reading
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Comment On Gavin Schmidt’s Statement of Jan 21 On Real Climate Regarding Upper Ocean Heat Content
In the Real Climate post 2010 updates to model-data comparisons in answer to the question by Dan H. “……any comment as to why the ocean heat content has appeared to level off during the post 2003 period?” Gavin replies “As … Continue reading
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Publication Of “Comments on ‘A Unified Modeling Approach to Climate System” By R. A. Pielke Sr And “Reply” By Hurrell Et Al 2010
After a year and a half (- since September 24 2009 – see), the Bullein of the American Meterological Society has finally published my Comment on the article James Hurrell, Gerald A. Meehl, David Bader, Thomas L. Delworth, Ben Kirtman, Bruce … Continue reading
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Confessions In The News On The “Predictability” Of The Climate System
I was alerted to a post on Climate Progress (h/t to Dan Hughes) titled Another terrific ABC News story — on the role global warming is playing in extreme winter weather where it is written “ABC news contacted 10 climate scientists to … Continue reading
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Guest Post “Global Floods – Why Were They Not Predicted?” By Will Alexander
Will Alexander has provided us with another excellent guest post which is presented below. WJR (Will) Alexander is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Honorary Fellow of the South African Institution … Continue reading
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