Daily Archives: August 11, 2009

Ocean heat content and Earth’s radiation imbalance

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This paper is to be published on-line on Friday in Physics Letters A Dr. Douglas graciously sent me an advance copy, of which I’m printing some excerpts. Douglas and Knox show some correlations between Top-of-atmosphere radiation imbalance and the Pacific … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, earth, PDO, Science | 436 Comments

NOAA: More tropical storms counted due to better observational tools, wider reporting. Greenhouse warming not involved.

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As I’ve been saying for some time when it comes to the imagined link between AGW and  more tornadoes – there is none. I blame Super Mega Doppler StormTracker 7000 HD. It seems the lead scientist at NHC agrees that … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, tornadoes, weather | 57 Comments

“Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I’m flying”

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From Planet Gore: Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Energy Leader [Henry Payne] from http://stabenow.senate.gov/ Detroit, Mich. — Michigan just experienced its coldest July on record; global temperatures haven’t risen in more than a decade; Great Lakes water levels have resumed their 30-year … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, ridiculae | 152 Comments

SOHO and Solar update

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A couple of interesting tidbits from NASA’s Spaceweather.com First: Spotless Days Current Stretch: 31 days 2009 total: 173 days (78%) Since 2004: 684 days Typical Solar Min: 485 days Second: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is passing through a telemetry … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar, space | 50 Comments

NHC gets work

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BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER   2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022009 1100 AM AST TUE AUG 11 2009 …DEPRESSION MOVING WESTWARD…NO CHANGE IN INTENSITY… AT 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS LOCATED NEAR … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 27 Comments