Monthly Archives: February 2009

Surfacestations now at 70% of the network surveyed

Posted on February 8, 2009 by

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

Posted on February 8, 2009 by

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

How not to measure temperature, part 81 – roofing the past in Columbia

Posted on February 7, 2009 by

Gary Boden sends word today of finding the weather station at the Colmbia, SC Weather Bureau Office, as shown below: Note the Stevenson Screen on the roof. This is where daily high and low temperatures were measured. It seems that … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 57 Comments

NOAA Unveils New Alert System for La Niña and El Niño

Posted on February 5, 2009 by

Can’t you just see this scrolling across your TV during an EAS alert?”…. If this had been an actual El Niño, you would have been instructed on where to complain to your nearest modeler turned forecaster….” I wonder what kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, ENSO | 175 Comments

Fear and Loathing For California

Posted on February 5, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard On the same day when President Obama and Prime Minister Brown separately warned of imminent economic catastrophe, the new US Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu issued a different catastrophe warning.   The LA Times quoted him saying ““I … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, PDO, weather | 304 Comments

Snow job in Antarctica – digging out the data source

Posted on February 4, 2009 by

UPDATE: the question has arisen about “occupied” aka “manned” weather stations in Antarctica (Stevenson Screens etc) versus the Automated Weather Stations. This picture on a postage stamp from Australia, celebrating the Australian Antarctic Territory in 1997, may help settle the … Continue reading →

Posted in snow, weather_stations | 278 Comments

RSS global temperature anomaly makes a significant jump in January

Posted on February 4, 2009 by

RSS Data Source is here The RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for January 2009 was published yesterday and has risen significantly. This is the new data version, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Science | 215 Comments

Arctic Sea Ice Increases at Record Rate

Posted on February 3, 2009 by

Arctic Sea Ice Increases at Record Rate Guest Post by Jeff Id on February 3, 2009 Something I’ve been interested in for the last several months is sea ice data. What makes it interesting is that as I understand it, models … Continue reading →

Posted in sea ice | 270 Comments

WaPo pundits the Goracle

Posted on February 2, 2009 by

This is not the sort of op-ed we are used to seeing in the Washington Post. But I found it funny nonetheless.  – Anthony With Al Due Respect, We’re Doomed By Dana Milbank, Washington Post Thursday, January 29, 2009; Page … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 248 Comments

Met Office Report Card at the 2/3 Mark

Posted on February 1, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard The UK Met Office forecast last Autumn “the coming winter suggests it is, once again, likely to be milder than average. ”  We have now passed the 2/3 mark of the meteorological winter, and it … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, weather | 259 Comments