Daily Archives: February 8, 2009

New Google Earth tools let us explore the land use changes around climate stations over time

This past week Google introduced the latest iteration of their popular earth visualization program – Google Earth Version 5.0 In it was something I had been hoping for for months: a way to display historical aerial imagery and thus land … Continue reading

Posted in UHI, weather_stations | 48 Comments

Surfacestations now at 70% of the network surveyed

See also the related story on the new Google Earth historical imagery tool here. I’m pleased to announce that due to the help of many volunteer surveyors, the surfacestations.org project has now reached the 70% mark for stations that have … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements, weather_stations | 57 Comments

Vacationing on Venus Basic Geology Series Part 1

Vacationing on Venus Basic Geology Series Part 1 Guest post by Steven Goddard Magellan radar imaged Venus – NASA Image In some ways, Venus is similar to earth.  It is about the same size as the earth, has a nickel-iron … Continue reading

Posted in Carbon dioxide, earth | 152 Comments