Daily Archives: July 28, 2010

“The Greenhouse Effect – Part II”

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Guest post by Ben Herman and Roger Pielke Sr. We have received a further question on our post:“The Greenhouse Effect” by Ben Herman and Roger Pielke Sr. The question is summarized by the following text Anyway my question refers to the common … Continue reading →

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GISS Arctic -vs- DMI Arctic: differences in method

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We’ve all seen this graph below of Arctic Temperature above 80°N from DMI. But, there’s something surprising about how it is created. In this guest post by Harold Ambler, he finds that DMI actually goes to the trouble of applying … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, climate data, modeling | 75 Comments

Border Transgressions

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Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There is a new paper out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences called Linkages among climate change, crop yields and Mexico–US cross-border migration (hereinafter L2010). It has Supplementary Online Information (SOI) here. … Continue reading →

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HadCrut Is Hotting Up – adjustments over a few months

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By Steve Goddard During May I wrote about a growing discrepancy between HadCrut and GISTEMP. Dr. Hansen discusses it here. Excerpt and comparison below:

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GISS Polar Interpolation

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By Steve Goddard There has been an active discussion going on about the validity of GISS interpolations. This post compares GISS Arctic interpolation vs. DMI measured/modeled data. All data uses a baseline of 1958-2002. The first map shows GISS June … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Microburst

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From Mike Smith @ Meteorological Musings A central Oklahoma microburst descends from the parent cloud to the ground. Photo from National Severe Storms Lab At 6:46pm yesterday (Sunday) evening, a strong microburst (likely strong enough to bring down a commercial … Continue reading →

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Two-dimensional wetting technique gives room temperature ice

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Now if we can just apply this treatment to all the glaciers and the Arctic… Artificially controlling water condensation leads to ‘room-temperature ice’ Via Eurekalert. College Park, MD (July 27, 2010) — Earth’s climate is strongly influenced by the presence … Continue reading →

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