Monthly Archives: January 2012
Candid Admission On The Limitations In Multi-Decadal Climate Model Predictions In A BBC News Article On The UK Climate Impact Plan
On January 26 2012, David Shukman of the BBC published the news article First report on UK climate impact The article contains climate predictions decades from now, which as discussed in our new article Pielke Sr., R.A., and R.L. Wilby, 2012: … Continue reading
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Comment On Gavin Schmidt’s Post On His Weblog Real Climate Regarding The Dominate Role Of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Concentrations On The Global Average Temperature Trends
Gavin Schmidt has presented information in his weblog post on Real Climate titled The AR4 attribution statement which is incomplete and misleading. His post starts with the text [highlight added] Back in 2007, the IPCC AR4 SPM stated that: “Most … Continue reading
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Seminar Announcement – On The Reliability Of Climate Models: How Well Do They Describe Observed Trends? By Geert Jan van Oldenborgh Of KMNI
By coincidence, after I posted New Paper “Skill In The Trend And Internal Variability In A Multi-Model Decadal Prediction Ensemble” By Oldenborgh El Al 2012 the seminar scheduled in Boulder, Colorado titled On the reliability of climate models: How well do … Continue reading
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New Paper “Improved Constraints On 21st-Century Warming Derived Using 160 Years Of Temperature Observations” By Gillet Et Al 2012
Dan Hughes alerted us to this new paper. It is Gillett, N. P., V. K. Arora, G. M. Flato, J. F. Scinocca, and K. von Salzen (2012), Improved constraints on 21st-century warming derived using 160 years of temperature observations, Geophys. Res. Lett.,39, … Continue reading
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Response From George Taylor On The Oregon Debate On Climate Science
In response to the post Inadequate Poll Of Views On Climate Science By Scott Learn Of The Oregonian – But At Least An Opportunity To Debate The Climate Issue George Taylor and I exchanged the e-mails below. George was in … Continue reading
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New Paper “Skill In The Trend And Internal Variability In A Multi-Model Decadal Prediction Ensemble” By Oldenborgh El Al 2012
In my posts, I have urged that the focus of climate modeling research change from focusing on providing multi-decadal climate predictions to the assessment of predictability; e.g. see The Difference Between Prediction and Predictability – Recommendations For Research Funding Related … Continue reading
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Comment On The Scientific American Interview By David Biello Titled “Michael Mann Defends Climate Computer Models”
I learned about this interview with Michael Mann Michael Mann Defends Climate Computer Models from Judy Curry’s post Week in review 1/13/12 The text is below with highlights added and my comments inserted at several places in the text. As I … Continue reading
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Inadequate Poll Of Views On Climate Science By Scott Learn Of The Oregonian – But At Least An Opportunity To Debate The Climate Issue
UPDATE JANUARY 26 2012: An update to the meeting is given at [h/t to Marc Morano] Presentation by global warming skeptics draws big crowd in Portland Don Bishop has alerted us to an article by Scott Learn of The Oregonian … Continue reading
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Indian Ocean Heating – More Evidence Of The Dominate Role Of Regional Circulation Patterns
Suryachandra A. Rao, Ashish R. Dhakate, Subodh K. Saha, Somnath Mahapatra, Hemantkumar S. Chaudhari, Samir Pokhrel and Sobhan K. Sahu, 2012, Why is Indian Ocean warming consistently? Climatic Change Volume 110, Numbers 3-4, 709-719, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0121-x The abstract reads [highlight added] “Observations have shown that the Indian Ocean is … Continue reading
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Debate On Issac Held’s Blog Titled “Temperature Trends: MSU Vs. An Atmospheric Model”
There is an interesting debate on Issac Held’s welog titled Temperature trends: MSU vs. an atmospheric model There is a healthy debate on this post (of which we need much more of!) that includes an insightful response which was just posted from John Christy of the University … Continue reading
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