Monthly Archives: June 2009

Nansen Corrects Sea Ice Data – Sea Ice Extent Now Greater, Near Normal for Most of April/May

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

By Steven Goddard and Anthony Watts From Steve: In May, WUWT reported on an apparent error in the Nansen ice extent data. It appears that we were correct, as Nansen has adjusted their 2009 extent data upwards. The (light red) … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Science, sea ice | 116 Comments

Steig’s Antarctic Peninsula Pac-mann

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

WUWT readers may recall a couple of weeks ago that I suggested that the weather stations with different climatic influences of the Antarctic peninsula, which might very well merit its own separate climate designation from the Antarctic mainland, was heavily … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, climate data, climate_change, space | 73 Comments

A new study on predicting maximum hurricane intensity using lightning

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

David L. Hagen writes in with an interesting new paper, Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency (PDF). I find it fascinating. It was published in Nature Geoscience on April 6th, 2009 by Colin Price, Mustafa Asfur, and … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Science | 30 Comments

Dickinson ND sees first June snowfall in 60 years

Posted on June 6, 2009 by

Updated with a photo, Daryl Ritchison writes: If you want pictures of the Dickinson snow, here are a couple of  pictures sent from a viewer of mine.  They reported 1.5″ as these pictures were being taken. The one with the … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 198 Comments

Pielke Senior: Comment on Joe Romm’s weblog on El Nino and global warming

Posted on June 6, 2009 by

Reposted from Dr. Roger Pielke Sr’s Climate Science Climate Progress has a weblog by Joesph Romm titled “Breaking: NOAA puts out “El Niño Watch,” so record temperatures are coming and this will be the hottest decade on record“. This is an … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, forecasting, oceans | 144 Comments

Another Look At Polar Amplification

Posted on June 6, 2009 by

Posted by invitation, from Bob Tisdale’s website – original here. Photo/caption below added by Anthony. Guest post by Bob Tisdale On two occasions I’ve attempted to leave a comment at Joe Romm’s Climate Progress. I discussed the first try back … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Science | 89 Comments

An update on the NSIDC satellite sensor issue

Posted on June 6, 2009 by

I missed this June 2nd NSIDC announcement while traveling this week, but here it is now, just a few days late. For those of you that have been inquiring about the status of the NSIDC sea ice plot, this should … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Science, sea ice | 27 Comments

A significant editorial on weather stations and data quality

Posted on June 5, 2009 by

I was surprised to learn today, that one of the most prominent newspapers in the USA, the Orange County Register in the Los Angeles area, carried an editorial of which my work was the subject. It is quite a turnaround … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 147 Comments

RSS Global Temperature Anomaly also down in May, halving the April value

Posted on June 5, 2009 by

Click for a larger image The RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for March 2009 was published yesterday and has dropped after peaking in January.   The change from … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 152 Comments

UAH global temperature anomaly for May – down again, near zero

Posted on June 5, 2009 by

Graph by Anthony (click for larger image) text by Dr. Roy Spencer from his blog here May 2009 Global Temperature Update +0.04 deg. C June 4th, 2009 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. YR MON GLOBE   NH   SH … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 139 Comments

George Will: The Green Bubble Has Burst

Posted on June 4, 2009 by

From the Mt. Pleasant, MI Morning Sun. Graphic by Anthony WASHINGTON – There once was an Indianapolis concert featuring 50 pianos. Splendid instruments, pianos. Still, 50 might have been excessive. As is today’s chorus summoning us to save the planet. … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 138 Comments

NASA Goddard study suggests solar variation plays a role in our current climate

Posted on June 4, 2009 by

NASA Study Acknowledges Solar Cycle, Not Man, Responsible for Past Warming Report indicates solar cycle has been impacting Earth since the Industrial Revolution From the Daily Tech, Michael Andrews. (h/t to Joe D’Aleo) Some researchers believe that the solar cycle … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 287 Comments

Gavin Schmidt’s new climate picture book: Anti-Science?

Posted on June 4, 2009 by

Reprinted here by request from Harold Ambler – Anthony What follows is an open letter to the Salon writer Peter Dizikes, who recently published an article about a new book by NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt on climate change. The water … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, weather | 157 Comments

Sunspot Minimum May Be at Hand

Posted on June 3, 2009 by

By Joseph D’Aleo ICECAP The sun has become more active in recent days with cycle 24 spots in middle latitudes. See sunspot group number 11019 for group of red spots. This is slightly diminished since yesterday. The dark green areas … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 121 Comments

A response to the IPCC

Posted on June 3, 2009 by

I spoke at this conference in Washington DC yesterday, and presented preliminary findings of my surfacestations.org report which you can see here. I was also privileged to hear MIT’s Dr. Richard Lindzen give a presentation on the state of climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, climate_change | 87 Comments

Air France Flight 447: A detailed meteorological analysis

Posted on June 3, 2009 by

NOTE: This writeup is from an acquaintance of mine who wrote some powerful meteorological software, Digital Atmosphere, that I use in my office. He used that software (and others) to analyze the Air France 447 crash from the meteorological perspective.  … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 160 Comments

The Interplanetary Magnetic Field: lowest point since 1913?

Posted on June 3, 2009 by

David Archibald writes to tell me that the IMF has hit “rock bottom” and may go lower still. Watching the IMF is a good indicator of the activity of the Sun’s internal magnetic dynamo. Looking at this graph from Archibald, … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 127 Comments

Anomalous Spike in Ocean Heat Content

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

Guest Post by: Craig Loehle In the paper Levitus S., J. I. Antonov, T. P. Boyer, R. A. Locarnini, H. E. Garcia, A. V. Mishonov (2009), Global ocean heat content 1955–2008 in light of recently revealed instrumentation problems,Geophys. Res. Lett., … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | 88 Comments

Lindzen’s Climate Sensitivity Talk: ICCC June 2, 2009

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

Quick post, I’m in between sessions here in Washington DC. Dr. Richard Lindzen just gave a keynote talk on climate sensitivity and the state of climate science. Here is the powerpoint below:

Posted in climate_change, Science | 210 Comments