Category Archives: RA Pielke Sr. Position Statements

A Mistaken Priority For The USA Space Program

I have had a very minor role in the use of models to improve our understanding of the Martian climate system; e.g. see Ye, Z., M. Segal, and R.A. Pielke, 1990: A comparative study of daytime  thermally induced upslope flow on … Continue reading

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Ignored Request For NSF To Respond On The Lack Of Value Of Regional Downscaling Of Climate Forecasts Decades From Now

I am posting below an e-mail I sent in late June to Jay Fein and Margaret Cavanaugh at the National Science Foundation regarding what I view as fatal problems with impact studies in the coming decades based on multi-decadal global climate predictions. These … Continue reading

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Congressional Testimony – June 26 2008

Judy Curry will be testifiying this week as she has reported on her weblog; see Uncertainty gets a seat at the “big table” Climate Etc. Skip to contentHomeAboutBlog Rules ← Older posts Uncertainty gets a seat at the “big table.” … Continue reading

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Summary Of Climate Science Issues

Today I want to summarize several major conclusions with respect to climate science.  I have provided examples of peer reviewed papers and reports that bolster these conclusions. Recently, I was asked by a senior program manager at the National Science Foundation to comment on the … Continue reading

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Post On Die Klimazwiebel “Roger Pielke Sr. Claims To Have Found Errors In WGI-Report Of IPCC AR4″

Hans von Storch invited me to submit a summary of the issues with the accuracy of the 2007 IPCC WG1 report. It has now appeared on his weblog Die Kkimazwiebel under the title Roger Pielke sr. claims to have found … Continue reading

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Climate Policy ≠ Energy Policy [At Least It Shouldn't!]

There continues to be confusion that controls on the emissions of CO2 and other human of greenhouse gases is the main response that is needed with respect to climate policy. That is, if we can control these emissions, we can … Continue reading

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Comments On Numerical Modeling As The New Climate Science Paradigm

UPDATE MAY 3 2010: I e-mailed each author of the Navarra et al 2010 paper and invited them to respond to my post; as of today’s date they have not replied to even acknowledge receipt of my e-mail. Dick Lindzen has presented a … Continue reading

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The Significance of the E-Mail Interchange with Kevin Trenberth and Josh Willis

On Friday of last week, and Monday and Tuesday of this week, I presented the following posts: Further Feedback From Kevin Trenberth And Feedback From Josh Willis On The UCAR Press Release Comments On Two Papers By Kevin Trenberth On The … Continue reading

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Roger A. Pielke Sr.’s Position On Climate Change

As a result of the New York Times article on December 6 2009 which I posted on yesterday (see), I have been e-mailed by several colleagues who are unclear of my perspective on the science of climate change. I am writing this … Continue reading

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Interview By Andy Revkin At Dot Earth Titled “Critic Of ‘Climate Oligarchy’ Defends Case For CO2-Driven Warming”

In addition to the excellent Pajamas Media interview,  I recommend the also well done interview by Andy Revkin titled Critic of ‘Climate Oligarchy’ Defends Case for CO2-Driven Warming at Dot Earth [although the more complete and accurate title would be “Critic of ‘Climate Oligarchy’ … Continue reading

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