Monthly Archives: September 2011
My 1995 Resignation Letter From The IPCC
In 1995 I was invited to serve as a contributing author to their Chapter which dealt with regional climate modeling. I sent in recommended text and papers. All of this material was ignored (as it was in 1992 when I was … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Science Reporting
Can Climate Model Predictions Be Tested And Rejected As Providing Skillful Predictions? Of Course!
As usual Judy Curry has a very informative weblog post Climate models as ink blots In it, she writes the following “What exactly does falsification of a prediction mean? For an ensemble prediction, the prediction is said to have no skill … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Models
Set #6 Of The Photographs Of Surface Climate Observing Sites
This post presents the final two 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 is, … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Metrics
Photographs Of Cap Madeleine on the Gaspesie In Quebec, Canada in 2008 By Russell Steele
Russell Steele, host of the weblog The Next Grand Minimum sent me photographs of a GHCN site in Canada. They are reproduced below. I asked Russ to introduce himself, and I have provided this below. I was one of Anthony’s … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Metrics
Alan Robock On Geoengineering
There is an interesting seminar scheduled for September 27 2011. The announcement is reproduced below. Alan Robock and I differ on a number of climate issues, but he and I seem to agree on the risks of geoengineering. Alan told … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Forcings & Feedbacks
September 23 2011 Update On The Real Climate Post “More Bubkes” Of July 1 2009
Today, I want to update the information regarding three climate metrics that Real Climate presented in response to my post Real Climate’s Misinformation on July 1 2009 in their post More Bubkes (h/t to Skeptical Science). For those not familiar with … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Metrics
NSF’s Narrow View Of The Climate Issue – Climate Is Much More Than “Climate Change”
I received a notice of opportunity from the National Science Foundation. There is much in there that could fit with the bott0m-up, resource-based perspective that we present in our paper Pielke Sr., R.A., R. Wilby, D. Niyogi, F. Hossain, K. Dairuku, J. … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Academic Departments, Climate Science Misconceptions, Uncategorized, Vulnerability Paradigm
Final Comments On My Interaction With Skeptical Science
I have been commenting for the last several days on Skeptical Science in their post SkS Responses to Pielke Sr. Questions While there have a few constructive interactions, many of the comments are not only not constructive, but demeaning. I … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Science Reporting
New Paper “Climatic Trends In Major U.S. Urban Areas, 1950–2009″ By Mishra and Lettenmaier
There is a new paper Mishra, V., and D. P. Lettenmaier (2011), Climatic trends in major U.S. urban areas, 1950–2009, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L16401, doi:10.1029/ 2011GL048255 which reports on the effect of urban areas on multi-decadal surface temperature trends. … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Climate Change Metrics
Skeptical Science Responses To My Questions And My Reply
I have reposted a blog post from Skeptical Science along with my responses below. SkS Responses to Pielke Sr. Questions Posted on 21 September 2011 by dana1981 On his blog in response to our post One-Sided ‘Skepticism, Roger Pielke Sr. … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Q & A on Climate Science
