Daily Archives: May 12, 2009

Snow in Saudi Arabia in May?

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From the Saudi Gazette In one of the rare occasions, Saudis enjoy the snowfall in Al-Baha city south-west of Riyadh, Tuesday. Torrential rains pouring down on Al-Baha accompanied by gusty winds were accompanied by snow capping the mountains and covering … Continue reading →

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NCDC’s USHCN2 paper: some progress, some duck and cover

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The fact that my work is mentioned by NCDC at all is a small miracle, even if it is “muted”, as Roger says. However, I’m pleased to get a mention and I express my thanks to Matt Menne for doing … Continue reading →

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Caption this photo

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WUWT reader David Summers sends this photo along taken a few days ago in 2007 in Australia from a colleague that “returned there for the summer”. I thought it might make a fun photo caption exercise.

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Spencer on an alternate view of CO2 increases

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This interesting essay by Dr. Spencer is reposted from his blog, link here: Global Warming Causing Carbon Dioxide Increases: A Simple Model May 11th, 2009 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Global warming theory assumes that the increasing carbon dioxide … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, modeling, oceans | 282 Comments

PDO — ENSO, Aleutian Low, or some of each?

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PDO — ENSO, Aleutian Low, or some of each? Guest Post by Basil Copeland Introduction In a recent post here at WUWT, as well as on his own blog, Bob Tisdale challenged the popular view that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation … Continue reading →

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