Monthly Archives: June 2011
An Interesting 1973 Paper “A Preliminary Study On The Climatic Flucuations During The Last 5000 years In China” By Chu Ko-Chen
Chu Ko-Chen (Co-Ching Chu), 1973: A Preliminary Study on the Climatic Flucuations during the last 5000 Years in China. cnki:ISSN:1006-9283.0.1973-02-005. pages 243-261. This paper is interesting because of its politcal perspective as it was published while Mao was still leading China, but … Continue reading
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Continued Bias Reporting On The Climate System By Tom Karl and Peter Thorne
Update: June 30 2011 The complete BAMS paper is available from Blunden, J., D. S. Arndt, and M. O. Baringer, Eds., 2011: State of the Climate in 2010. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 (6), S1-S266. ************************************************* Today (6/29/2011), there were … Continue reading
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Tim Curtin’s Response to Jos De Laat’s Comments
On June 22, 2011 the post Guest post by Dr. Jos de Laat, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute [KNMI] was presented which commented on an earlier post by Tim Curtin titled New Paper “Econometrics And The Science Of Climate Change” By … Continue reading
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Comments By Marcia Wyatt on CMIP Data
The CMIP3 data led by the World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP’s) Working Group on Coupled Modelling is used extensively for climate model studies. Very recently Marcia Wyatt, as part of her contining studies building on her paper Wyatt, Marcia Glaze , Sergey Kravtsov, … Continue reading
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My Comments On “NSB/NSF Seeks Input on Proposed Merit Review Criteria Revision and Principles”
I have reproduced below my comments to the National Science Board and National Science Foundation on the merit review process. I am writing this e-mail to comment on “NSB/NSF Seeks Input on Proposed Merit Review Criteria Revision and Principles” … Continue reading
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NSB/NSF Seeks Input on Proposed Merit Review Criteria Revision and Principles
The National Science Board has sent out a notice requesting input on the NSF review process. Their request is reproduced in this post. One glaring issue that is missing is accountability. I discussed this subject in my posts My Experiences With … Continue reading
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Uncertainty in Utah: Part 3 on The Hydrologic Model Data Set by Randall P. Julander
Uncertainty in Utah Hydrologic Data: Part 3 - The Hydrologic Model Data Set A three part series that examines some of the systematic bias in Snow Course, SNOTEL, Streamflow Data and Hydrologic Models Randall P. Julander Snow Survey, NRCS, USDA Abstract Hydrologic … Continue reading
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Uncertainty in Utah Hydrologic Data: Part 2 On Streamflow Data by Randall P. Julander
Uncertainty in Utah Hydrologic Data – Part 2 – Streamflow Data A three part series that examines some of the systematic bias in Snow Course, SNOTEL, Streamflow data and Hydrologic Models Randall P. Julander Snow Survey, NRCS, USDA Abstract Hydrologic … Continue reading
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Guest post by Dr. Jos de Laat, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute [KNMI]
Recently, Roger’s ClimateSci posted a blog entitled “Science Of Climate Change By Tim Curtin” which introduces a recent paper by Curtin [2011]. http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/new-paper-econometrics-and-the-science-of-climate-change-by-tim-curtin/ <http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/new-paper-econometrics-and-the-science-of-climate-change-by-tim-curtin/> The Curtin [2011] paper discusses - amongst other topics - the potential impact of “anthropogenic water vapor” on … Continue reading
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New Paper “Recent Wind Driven High Sea Ice Export In The Fram Strait Contributes To Arctic Sea Ice Decline” By Smedsrud Et Al 2011
In response to the post New Paper Under Review “Changes In Seasonal Snow Cover In Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region” By Gurung Et Al 2011 Peter Williamson alerted us to a related paper that highlights the major role of regional circulation patterns … Continue reading
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