Daily Archives: August 27, 2009

When airplanes attack

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

My friend Jan Null from the Bay Area was lead forecaster for the NWS in Northern California for many years. He emailed me today with this interesting photo. – Anthony ======= Looking west from the South Bay this afternoon it looked … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 73 Comments

Spencer: NOAA’s official sea surface temperature product ERSST has spurious warming error, July 2009 SST likely not a record after all.

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

We should all thank AP’s Seth Borenstein for this, IMHO. Without his article on July SST’s being the hottest ever and it not making much sense, people such as Dr. Spencer may not have been immediately motivated to figure out … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Surface Temperature | 186 Comments

NCAR spots the “transistor effect” – Small solar activity fluctuations amplify to larger climate influences

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

Some months back, I mentioned that I felt the sun-earth connection was much like a transistor. This new NCAR study suggests this may be the case where small solar variances are amplified in the earth atmosphere-ocean system. From EurekAlert Small … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Science, solar | 186 Comments

Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

Cliff Ollier School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. Colin Pain Canberra City ACT 2601, Australia. Global warming alarmists have suggested that the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica may collapse, causing … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, earth, sea level | 103 Comments

Atlantic Tropical Update – TS Danny looks to follow in Bill’s “cold track” footsteps

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

Updated 8AM PST Thursday 8/27 Danny continues.  It now has 60 mph sustained winds. TS Danny is visible in the center of the image below. This satellite image will update every 30 minutes. Animate this image: >>> OR Switch to … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 43 Comments

Opportunity knocks

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

As many WUWT readers may have noticed, there’s a small advertising box on the sidebar for the journal “Energy & Environment”. This represents a first for WUWT, in that I’ve decided to accept a dedicated advertisement for a journal on … Continue reading →

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