Monthly Archives: February 2011
Clear Evidence Of A Human-Caused Forcing Of Local Climate
I was alerted by Marshall Shepherd and Phil Mote to this news from the Dodge City Kansas Weather Service Office; Unusual Snowfall in Dodge City – Jan 19, 2011 An unusual weather setup produced a very narrow and isolated band of … Continue reading
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Missing The Major Point Of “What Is Climate Sensitivity”
There is a post by Zeke on Blackboard titled Agreeing [See also the post on Climate Etc Agreeing(?)]. Zeke starts the post with the text “My personal pet peeve in the climate debate is how much time is wasted on arguments that are … Continue reading
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News Article Regarding Madhav Khandekar’s Perspective On The Issue Of “Global Warming”
Madhav Khandekar sent me the news article with his viewpoint that appeared in the Hindustan Times. It is titled Global Warming no Threat to Humanity Madhav has presented several informative guest posts previously; e.g. see http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/guest-post-by-madhav-khandekar-from-india/ http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/madhav-khandekar-guest-post-on-his-paper-weather-extremes-of-summer-2010-global-warming-or-natural-variability/ http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/2010-pakistan-floods-climate-change-or-natural-variability-by-madhav-l-khandekar/ and the article … Continue reading
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New Paper “Deep Ocean Warming Assessed From Altimeters, Gravity Recovery And Climate” By Song and Colberg (2011).
There is a new paper that adds to the understanding the global warming. It is [h/t to Skeptical Science] Song, Y. T., and F. Colberg (2011), Deep ocean warming assessed from altimeters, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, in situ measurements, and … Continue reading
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New Study “Land Use Change Impacts On Regional Climate Over Kilimanjaro” By Fairman Jr. Et Al 2011
There is a new paper which addresses an interesting question on the role of land use/land cover change in the vicinity of Mount Kilimanjaro on the climate in this region. The paper is Fairman, J. G., Jr., U. S. Nair, … Continue reading
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Daily Camera News Article By Laura Snider “Reservoirs Can Change Regional Rainfall Patterns- Research Highlights Ways Humans Inadvertently Affect Local Weather”
There is a well written news article in the Boulder Daily Camera based on our paper Degu, A. M., F. Hossain, D. Niyogi, R. Pielke Sr., J. M. Shepherd, N. Voisin, and T. Chronis, 2011: The influence of large dams … Continue reading
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Mesoscale Associations Between Midwest Land Surface Properties And Convective Cloud Development in the Warm Season” By Allard and Carleton
There is an excellent article on the role of landscape within the climate system. It is Allard, J. and Carleton, A.M. (2010) Mesoscale Associations between Midwest Land Surface Properties and Convective Cloud Development in the Warm Season. Physical Geography, Vol. … Continue reading
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New Paper “Physical And Economic Bias In Climate Change Research: A Scientometric Study Of IPCC Third Assessment Report” By Andreas Bjurström and Merritt Polk
Update: corrected particular IPCC report that the authors studied in my comments [h/t to Sven Titz] I have been alerted to a new paper [h/t Jos de Laat] Andreas Bjurström and Merritt Polk, 2011: Physical and economic bias in climate … Continue reading
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Should Reviewer’s Names Be Kept Confidential?
There has been considerable, often heated, debate on weblogs regarding whether or not a reviewer’s name should be made public or not; e.g. see Are Review Comments Confidential? at Climate Audit O’Donnellgate at Real Climate I have served as Chief Editor of … Continue reading
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Comment On The Nature Paper “Human Contribution To More-Intense Precipitation” By Min Et Al 2011
There has been quite a bit of discussion on weblogs of the Nature paper [h/t to Marcel Crok for alerting me to the paper] Seung-Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis W. Zwiers and Gabriele C. Hegerl: 2011: Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes. … Continue reading
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