Monthly Archives: August 2011
Study Of Value-Added By Type 2 Dynamic Downscaling – “Regional Climate Models Add Value To Global Model Data” By Feser Et Al 2011
UPDATE #2 September 6 2011 I have corrected the journal where the Feser et al paper is in press. It will appear in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). UPDATE September 2 2011 I sent the e-mail below … Continue reading
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New Paper “Observed Changes In Surface Atmospheric Energy Over Land” By Peterson Et Al 2011
Several years ago, we proposed the use of surface moist enthalpy as the prefered metric to diagnose the heat of the near surface air; Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, and J. Morgan, 2004: Assessing “global warming” with surface heat content. … Continue reading
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Hurricanes And Nor’easters in the late Holecene – Evidence For Large Natural Variability
We have been alerted by Ken Haapala of the Science and Environmental Policy Project to an interestng paper on paleo-climate which documents a large natural variation in the occurrence of hurricanes and nor’easters along the coast of North Carolina. It is … Continue reading
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Follow On Comment To The Post – New Paper “Why Do Tornados And Hail Storms Rest On Weekends” By Rosenfeld and Bell 2011
I received an e-mail comment on the post New Paper “Why Do Tornados And Hail Storms Rest On Weekends” By Rosenfeld and Bell 2011 The very informative comment is Not all aerosols peak during the week. It appears that elemental (also … Continue reading
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An Example Of The Need For A Bottom-Up Resourse-Based Perspective Of Vulnerability With Respect To Electric Power
In our paper Pielke Sr., R.A., R. Wilby, D. Niyogi, F. Hossain, K. Dairuku, J. Adegoke, G. Kallos, T. Seastedt, and K. Suding, 2011: Dealing with complexity and extreme events using a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability perspective. AGU Monograph on … Continue reading
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Set #3 Of The Photographs Of Surface Climate Observing Sites
This post presents the next three photographs of surface climate observing sites that I introduced in my post on August 11 2011 Quality Of Global Climate Surface Observing Sites Some of these sites are reasonably well-sited while others are not. There … Continue reading
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Kudos To The National Weather Service And The National Hurricane Center For An Excellent Forecast Of Hurricane Irene!
The successful forecast of Hurricane Irene from its travels across the Bahamas and up and along the east coast of the United States needs to be widely appreciated and applauded! This forecast was based on a suite of numerical weather prediction … Continue reading
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Another Climate Forecast Paper Masquerading As A Robust Scientific Result
Readers of my weblog know I have been very critical of peer-reviewed papers and research projects that present multi-decadal global climate model predictions as robust science; e.g. see A New AGU EOS Article Titled “Guidelines For Constructing Climate Scenarios” By Mote … Continue reading
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An Independent Way To Assess The Fossil Fuel Input Of Gases, Including CO2, Into The Atmosphere
The post on Watts Up With That titled The Emily Litella moment for climate science and CO2 ? starts with the text “There is quite a bit of buzz surrounding a talk and pending paper from Prof. Murry Salby the Chair … Continue reading
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More Complexity Found In The Climate System
It is clear that as we further study the climate system, it becoming finally recognized that it is more complex than concluded by the 2007 IPCC assessment. Today an article by Geoff Brumfiel appeared in Nature titled (h/t to Don Bishop) Cloud … Continue reading
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