Monthly Archives: March 2008

A note from Richard Lindzen on statistically significant warming

Posted on March 11, 2008 by

Yesterday, in response to the thread on “3 of 4 global metrics show nearly flat temperature anomaly in the last decade” I got a short note from MIT’s Richard Lindzen along with a graph. I asked if I could post … Continue reading →

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Feb 2008 RSS global temperature anomaly near zero and in good agreement with UAH

Posted on March 10, 2008 by

Last week I posted the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) global temperature anomaly data for February 2008 with a note that it showed only a marginal increase from January 2008 data, and remained near zero. The February 2008 global … Continue reading →

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Who Decides?

Posted on March 8, 2008 by

Who Decides? A Guest post by Evan Jones. We are currently in the midst of a serious policy debate on the highly technical subject of world climate change. What is it happening? Why is it happening? What are we to … Continue reading →

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Putting myths about UAH and RSS satellite data to rest

Posted on March 8, 2008 by

The NOAA-N Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite There have been some questions posed recently about how the satellite global temperature record is created by UAH and RSS from the MSU (Microwave Sounder Unit) on weather satellites. For example, Andrew recently posted … Continue reading →

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3 of 4 global metrics show nearly flat temperature anomaly in the last decade

Posted on March 8, 2008 by

It has been 10 years since the super El Niño of 1998 helped to spike global temperatures dramatically. Now since it appears we are in the opposite phase, I thought it would be interesting to look at the 10 year … Continue reading →

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My Glenn Beck Interview

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

Here is a link to the audio and the transcript of the radio interview I did with Glenn Beck on Monday at the International Conference on Climate Change in New York. http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/6727/?ck=1 For those that would like to see my … Continue reading →

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Weather Stations Disappearing Worldwide

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

I know, this sounds like “save the whales”. Amazing as this sounds, weather stations used to monitor near surface temperature for the global climate record are disappearing worldwide at and alarming rate. There are two things going on here: 1) Stations … Continue reading →

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UAH Global temperature data for Feb08: near zero anomaly

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

Last month I posted the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) data for January 2008 with a note that it showed a sharp drop from January 2007 data. The February data from UAH is out. You can … Continue reading →

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Twelve Months of Cooling Doesn’t Make A Climate Trend

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

NOTE: This was posted on ICECAP today, and I’m copying it here. See my further notes below. By Dr. John R. Christy.  I have been flooded this week with calls and e-mail messages concerning a story that has appeared on various … Continue reading →

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Back home again

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

I’ve been traveling, doing presentations, giving interviews, and attending seminars for the last 5 days. Yesterday, thanks to JFK and Delta airlines I spent 16 hours traveling from NYC back to California in what should have be about 8-10 hours.  … Continue reading →

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Day3 of the International Climate Change Conference

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

This is just a quick note, since I have to check out in a few minutes. Bill Gray delivered a wonderful presentation today at breakfast. Afterwards I was able to meet him and I had a 4 way conversation with … Continue reading →

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Day2 of the International Climate Change Conference

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

Yesterday was a busy day for me. I had a radio interview in the morning that generated so much traffic to my website that it overloaded the server, and I had to defer traffic from it. I spent much of … Continue reading →

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Link to weather station photos

Posted on March 3, 2008 by

Due to extensive traffic today on my main website, which is being deluged and will be taken offline for awhile, I am offering visitors this link to writeups of some USHCN weather stations that have been surveyed around the USA. Above: official … Continue reading →

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Day1 of the International Climate Change Conference

Posted on March 3, 2008 by

I have been invited to give a presentation at the International Climate Change Conference in New York City today. My presentation is titled: A Hands-On Study of Station Siting and Data Quality Issues for the United States Historical Climatology Network It … Continue reading →

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