How Not To Measure Temperature, part 65

17 06 2008

Mike Smith, a meteorologist for Weatherdata Services Inc. surveyed Tuttle Creek Lake near Manhattan, KS. It is COOP-A station (#148259) at the US Army Corp of Engineers Office for the reservoir there. He had a little trouble getting photos:


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He writes:

“There was a silly level of security. Required to be escorted even though it is public land with a museum on site. Required that I show two ID’s.”

Funny thing though, you can see the MMTS Temperature Sensor from US Highway 24 on the Google Maps Street View that just happened to scan the entire front of the Corp of Engineers facility:


Click to see the live Google Maps Street View

So much for government photo security. Read the rest of this entry »


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Categories : weather_stations

Giant Sucking Sound

17 06 2008

 

For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008
For Further Information, Contact:
Adam King, 615.383.6431
adam@tennesseepolicy.org

Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month

(Above is not my stat, could also be: ”19 homes for one year” – Anthony)

Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations

NASHVILLE -

In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.”A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.”

In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.

Read the entire press release here:

http://tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=764


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Categories : ridiculae

How Not To Measure Temperature, Part 64 – Estimating biases and comparing to GISS Homogeneity Adjustments

17 06 2008

If you had the task of choosing where to put a climate monitoring thermometer here at the USHCN Climate station of record #469683 in Winfield, WV where would you choose to put it?

Winfield_MMTS_Site_View_South

Certainly the parking lot would not be a good choice. Maybe up in the grassy area behind the security fence? That would be my choice. Winfield is classified as a “rural” station so the grassy area would be a bit closer to the representivity for the area. It would also remove the sensor from the heat sinks of the parking lot and the building.

But then there’s that cabling issue with the MMTS sensor which this station has, it is a bit tough to trench through the parking lot up to the grass. So that leaves only one “logical” choice for placement.

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Categories : Science, climate_change, weather_stations