Monthly Archives: May 2011
Guest Post In “The Beginning Was The Confusion” By Angelo Rubino
Today we are fortunate to have a post by Angelo Rubino of the University of Venice. His publications can be viewed here. In The Beginning Was The Confusion By Angelo Rubino In the paper Angelo Rubino, 2011: What will a … Continue reading
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Fall, Winter, And Spring Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent From The Rutgers University Global Snow Lab
There is an excellent, very informative presentation of Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent and long term trends and variability up to 2010 (Spring and Fall) and 2011 (Winter) from the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab. As concluded in the 2007 IPCC WG1 report … Continue reading
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Interesting Late Season 2011 Ski Conditions At Aspen Colorado
Courtesy Photo/Aspen Daily News A group of travelers dig out a wet slide blocking the road on Independence Pass, east of the summit. The road was blocked for about 20 minutes. It was the second slide encountered in a quarter … Continue reading
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Comment And Recommendation On Bill Ruddiman’s View Of Early Human Effects On Climate
Real Climate had an interesting post by Bill Rudiman on April 15 2011 titled An Emerging View on Early Land Use Excerpts from his post include [highlight added] “Historical data on land use extending back some 2000 years exists for two regions — … Continue reading
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My Experiences With A Lack Of Proper Diligence And Bias In The NSF Review Process For Climate Proposals
Recently, I requested information from NSF under the Freedom of Information Act regarding how my recent proposals on the effect of landscape processes on climate were handled. The reason for this request is given below. My experiences, however, may be of more … Continue reading
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New Paper “Econometrics And The Science Of Climate Change” By Tim Curtin
Tim Curtin has shared with us a new paper that has been accepted. It is Econometrics and the Science of Climate Change This has been accepted by the Economic Society of Australia for its annual conference, which this year will … Continue reading
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New Paper “A Model Investigation Of Aerosol-Induced Changes In Boreal Winter Extratropical Circulation” By Ming Et Al 2011
This is the second paper in Yi Ming’s study of the role of aerosols in altering major atmospheric circulation features. The first paper is discussed in my post New Paper “A Model Investigation Of Aerosol-Induced Changes In Tropical Circulation” By … Continue reading
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The Selective Bias Of NOAA’s National Climate Data Center (NCDC) With Respect To The Analysis And Interpretation Of Multi-Decadal Land Surface Temperature Trends Under The Leadership Of Tom Karl and Tom Peterson
I have posted on the science of our paper Fall, S., A. Watts, J. Nielsen-Gammon, E. Jones, D. Niyogi, J. Christy, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2011: Analysis of the impacts of station exposure on the U.S. Historical Climatology Network temperatures … Continue reading
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Intriguing New Paper “Climate Sensitivity To Changes In Ocean Heat Transport” By Barreiro Et Al 2011
We have been alerted to an intriguing new paper that further illustrates the complexity of the climate system (h/t to Geoff Smith). It is Marcelo Barreiro, Annalisa Cherchi and Simona Masina, 2011: Climate sensitivity to changes in ocean heat transport. … Continue reading
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New Paper “A Model Investigation Of Aerosol-Induced Changes In Tropical Circulation” By Ming and Ramaswamy 2011
In our paper Matsui, T., and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2006: Measurement-based estimation of the spatial gradient of aerosol radiative forcing. Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L11813, doi:10.1029/2006GL025974 we reported that the heterogeneous character of aerosol forcing (in terms of the horizontal … Continue reading
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