Monthly Archives: November 2008

Klosed in Kalamazoo

Posted on November 30, 2008 by

Kalamazoo State Hospital In an effort to add to the surfacestation.org survey coverage, I’ve been looking at a number of stations from the aerial vantage points available in Google Earth and Microsoft Live Maps. I particularly look for the stations … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 46 Comments

Using the Dead to Fight AGW

Posted on November 29, 2008 by

by John Goetz In what seems to be a script straight from a Monty Python classic, the good folks of Santa Coloma de Gramenet in Spain seem to have found a rather novel use for the dead: as a tool … Continue reading →

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Statistician debunks Gore’s climate linkage to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation

Posted on November 29, 2008 by

Mayan ruins in Guatemala. This is an email I recently received from statistician Dr. Richard Mackey who writes: The following appeared on Gore’s blog of Nov 19, 2008: Looking Back to Look Forward Looking Back to Look Forward November 19, … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, climate_change, Science | 271 Comments

Al Gore does Oprah – was anybody watching?

Posted on November 29, 2008 by

A guest post by: Russ Steele from NCWatch We can only hope the most people in the US are shopping on Black Friday and not watching the Oprah Winfrey Show today.  Al Gore has brought his global warming propaganda machine … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, media, ridiculae | 142 Comments

Black Friday Humor

Posted on November 28, 2008 by

ASOS station in Greenville, Alabama, Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport Photo by: Howard Wiseman You’d think either the FAA or NOAA would get this cleaned up before surfcaestations.org volunteers have the opportunity to get such pictures. So, in the spirit of … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, weather_stations | 23 Comments

Glaciers in Norway, Alaska, growing again

Posted on November 27, 2008 by

A glacial region in Norway (Source: NRK) Reposted from the DailyTech By: Mike Asher Scandinavian nation reverses trend, mirrors results in Alaska, elsewhere. After years of decline, glaciers in Norway are again growing, reports the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 81 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 78 – teach the children well

Posted on November 27, 2008 by

Title with apologies to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. In my last post, part 77 of “How not to measure temperature” I pointed out that the National Weather Service in Upton NY has a weather station that is way out … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, weather_stations | 52 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 77: Surveying a weather station by watching JEOPARDY!

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

Yes, you read the title correctly. Sometimes I feel like a strange attractor for weather station chaos. Here I am at home tonight minding my own business, in my home office and I have the TV on. JEOPARDY comes on. … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 56 Comments

Atlantic Hurricane Season Sets Records

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

This NOAA press release just showed up in my inbox, it seems to be a completely different take on the Hurricane season than that of Florida State’s COAPS and Ryan Maue who says: Record inactivity continues: Past 24-months of Northern … Continue reading →

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Adjusting Temperatures for the ENSO and the AMO

Posted on November 25, 2008 by

NOTE: Zip file downloads of models with data have been fixed, see end of this post – Anthony Source: Mantua, 2000 The essay below has been part of a back and forth email exchange for about a week. Bill has … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 297 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 76

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

Click for the Oberlin image gallery This is the USHCN station of record for Oberlin KS. COOP # 145906 It was installed at this location in March 2008. The idea behind the surface network is to measure the near surface … Continue reading →

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A note to WUWT readers

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

As you may have noted, the rate at which I have posted new stories in the last couple of days has tapered off, and likely will remain at a lowered rate in the immediate future. The reason is twofold: 1) … Continue reading →

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UK brought to standstill as five inches of snow falls in an hour

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

Mike Ronanye writes: Photo from Sky News Story from UK Telegraph: UK brought to standstill as five inches of snow falls in an hour The press still can’t convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit. The lowest weekend temperature was reported in … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 71 Comments

Litigious Lunacy

Posted on November 22, 2008 by

This is quite something. Darn those Canucks. As we saw with his defense of eco-vandals in England, I wonder if Dr. James Hansen will rush to The Hague to testify for this one? And if by some furthest stretch of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, ridiculae | 296 Comments

Weather Channel nixes “Forecast Earth”, including Cullen

Posted on November 21, 2008 by

UPDATE: 11/25 I now have word from a reputable source close to TWC that Cullen was indeed part of the layoff. – Anthony I’ve been following this story since yesterday, but the details kept being somewhat nebulous. Since WaPo has … Continue reading →

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How not to measure temperature, part 75

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

Like tornados and trailer parks, USHCN temperature sensors and barbecues seem to have mutual attraction. This is the official NOAA USHCN climate station of record in Fairbury Nebraska. Click for a larger image Photo taken by surfacestations.org volunteer Eric Gamberg … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 74 Comments

Weather Channel axes staff

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

If you’re working for the Weather Channel, look out for the falling ax. Kristi Swartz at the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Weather Channel lays off staff The Weather Channel, which NBC Universal bought in September, has laid off some of … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook Calls for “Variability”

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

I don’t know about you but I’m relieved that the weather won’t be “static”. – Anthony Contact:          Carmeyia Gillis                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 301-763-8000, ext 7163          Nov. 20, 2008                                                                       NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook Calls for Variability In announcing the … Continue reading →

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Climate models missing black carbon and resultant CO2 emission

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

Here’s a look at what black carbon does to radiation flux according to GISS, so it appears they are aware, but maybe not using the right numbers This is for Asia, I’d really like to see Russia. Also see below … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 98 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 74

Posted on November 19, 2008 by

Sometimes, words fail me in describing the absolute disregard of the placement of NOAA official climate monitoring sites. For example, this one in Clarinda, Iowa submitted by surfacestations volunteer Eric Gamberg: Click for larger image The MMTS temperature sensor is … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae, weather_stations | 96 Comments

Update on the Verhojansk Russia Meteo station and data

Posted on November 18, 2008 by

There’s been a lot of interest in this station from my post on “pipes”. Finding it from Google Earth has been a challenge since the lat/lon provided by meteorological agencies is rather coarse. A number of commenters, especially Jeff C. … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 93 Comments

Nevada USHCN Station Surveys are done

Posted on November 16, 2008 by

Thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers, we continue to complete surveys of the 1221 USHCN climate stations in the USA. Last week thanks to a business trip, I was able to complete the final two stations in Nevada:  Wells, … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, weather_stations | 72 Comments

GISS, NOAA, GHCN and the odd Russian temperature anomaly – “It’s all pipes!”

Posted on November 15, 2008 by

UPDATE: A good photo of one of the Russian stations has been found, see below after the “read more” link. As most readers know by now, the problematic GISTEMP global temperature anomaly plot for October is heavily weighted by temperatures … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather_stations | 305 Comments

Questions on the evolution of the GISS temperature product

Posted on November 14, 2008 by

Blink comparator of GISS USA temperature anomaly – h/t to Zapruder The last time I checked, the earth does not retroactively change it’s near surface temperature.

Posted in climate_change, Science | 552 Comments

Weblog Awards

Posted on November 14, 2008 by

Last year there was a crazy Florida style hanging chads-keep-voting-after-the deadline event pitting Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy and their legions of readers against one another. The judges declared a tie, after being unable to sort out the post deadline … Continue reading →

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