Watts Up With That?

The data is out for both RSS and UAH, and I’m presenting them both here. Click for full sized graphs.

RSS from Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA. RSS data here (RSS Data Version 3.2)

UAH from Dr. Roy Spencer, University of Alabama, Huntsville. Reference: UAH lower troposphere data

Since Dr. Spencer released the April UAH data first on his own blog, I’ll give him the honor of explaining the data and possible reason for divergence of the two data sets. Read the rest of this entry »

We already have NCDC in Asheville, plus several regional climate centers

From Slashdot and Networkworld

I suppose it’s natural for Washington to try and wrap issues up in a tidy legislative package for bureaucratic purposes (or perhaps other things more nefarious). But one has to wonder if we really need another government-led group, especially when it comes to the climate and all the sometimes controversial information that entails. But that’s what is under way.

Today the House Science and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing on the need for a National Climate Service that could meet the increased demand for climate information, the committee said.

The NCS would provide a single point of contact of information climate forecasts and support for planning and management decisions by federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; and the private sector. Read the rest of this entry »