Category Archives: measurement

Quick, ban local citizen owned thermometers

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Yes that’s it, the locals are just too stupid to notice global warming because they are conflating it to local temperatures. Let’s remind everyone bloviating about AGW the next time we have a heat wave and record setting local temperatures … Continue reading →

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Posted in measurement, Ridiculae | 102 Comments

Little Ice Age thermometers – History and Reliability

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

This is an excerpt of a larger document by Tony Brown (Tony B on WUWT and other blogs) that he will be happy to make available. He writes: Some months ago I passed you a preliminary study of mine into … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, GHCN, measurement, Weather_stations | 51 Comments

Introducing the WUWT Atmospheric Oscillation (Teleconnection) Reference Page

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Our newest addition is the WUWT Atmospheric Oscillation Page, which includes graphs, graphics and animations of the Arctic Oscillation (AO), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), the Madden / Julian Oscillation (MJO), Southern Oscillation (SO) … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Climate data, ENSO, measurement | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Visualizing the “Greenhouse Effect” – Light and Heat

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein Solar “light” radiation in = Earth “heat” radiation to Space out! That’s old news to those of us who understand all energy is fungible (may be converted to different forms of energy) and energy/mass is … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Climate sensitivity, Earth, measurement, Modeling, Radiation, Science, Solar, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 958 Comments

United States Climatic History in Graphs

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

We are pleased to introduce the new WUWT US Climatic History Reference Page The graphs within offer a reasonable overview of climatic conditions in the United States during our brief historical record. I don’t see any indications of catastrophically rapid … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Announcements, measurement | Tagged , , , , , | 54 Comments

Why are we so bad at long range weather forecasting?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

By WUWT regular “justthefacts” In researching the use of tidal forces in long range weather forecasting, I came across an interesting August 30th, 2010 Associated Press/ MSNBC article based on interviews with Farmer’s Almanac Editors Sandi Duncan and Peter Geiger, … Continue reading →

Posted in Forecasting, measurement, Modeling, NOAA, Uncategorized, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 84 Comments

Visualizing the “Greenhouse Effect” – Emission Spectra

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein The Atmospheric “greenhouse effect” has been analogized to a blanket that insulates the Sun-warmed Earth and slows the rate of heat transmission, thus increasing mean temperatures above what they would be absent “greenhouse gases” (GHGs). … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Carbon dioxide, Climate sensitivity, Earth, measurement | Tagged , | 476 Comments

Visualizing the “Greenhouse Effect” – A Physical Analogy

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein Albert Einstein was a great theoretical physicist, with all the requisite mathematical tools. However, he rejected purely mathematical abstraction and resorted to physical analogy for his most basic insights. For example, he imagined a man … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Climate_change, Earth, measurement | Tagged , , , | 340 Comments

Global Warming is a Pussy Cat

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein Thanks to WUWT readers who posted estimates of how much of the supposed 0.8ºC Global Warming since 1880 was due to Data Bias, Natural Cycles, and AGW (human-caused warming). I am happy with the results … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Climate data, clouds, measurement, NASA GISS, NOAA, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 36 Comments

The approach of Cyclone Yasi as told by the data

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

In our previous post, we highlighted the BoM weather station on Willis Island, and wondered what would happen to it and to the staff who worked there. Fortunately the staff has been evacuated prior to Yasi hitting the island. They … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, measurement, Weather | Tagged , , | 95 Comments

Some People Claim There’s a Human to Blame (GW Tiger)

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, But I know, it’s my own damn fault.. The original Jimmy Buffet lyrics say “woman to blame” but I changed it to “human” in the title … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Climate data, IPCC, Land use land cover change, measurement | Tagged , | 95 Comments

Metrology crisis – the grand kilo loses mass

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

From the Wall Street Journal – By JEANNE WHALEN In a vault beneath a 17th-century pavilion on the outskirts of Paris sits a platinum cylinder known as Le Grand K. Since 1889 it has been the international prototype for the … Continue reading →

Posted in measurement | Tagged , , | 140 Comments

The Metrology of Thermometers

Posted on January 22, 2011 by

For those that don’t notice, this is about metrology, not meteorology, though meteorology uses the final product. Metrology is the science of measurement. Since we had this recent paper from Pat Frank that deals with the inherent uncertainty of temperature … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, measurement, Weather_stations | Tagged , , , , , , , | 240 Comments

The PAST is Not What it Used to Be (GW Tiger Tale)

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein. Time machines are a staple of sci-fi. Someone travels back to the past and changes some momentous historical event, expecting his or her heroic action will improve the present and future, usually with disastrous results! … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Climate data, Climategate, measurement, Modeling, NASA GISS | Tagged , , | 87 Comments

Tale of the Global Warming Tiger

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein. Once upon a time, long ago and far away, three brave warriors decided to do something about the tiger that was terrorizing their village. The first approached the tiger’s head and whacked it with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, measurement, NASA GISS | Tagged , , , , , | 52 Comments

Things we don’t know – about climate

Posted on December 26, 2010 by

This is a guest post by Paul Murphy – and I’d like to thank Mr. Watts for giving me this opportunity to present it here. This is a very long post by WUWT standards – nearly 3,000 words all driving … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Climate data, measurement, Obvious science | 139 Comments

Nov. 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.38 deg. C

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

from drroyspencer.com December 3rd, 2010 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. YR MON GLOBE NH SH TROPICS 2010 1 0.648 0.860 0.436 0.681 2010 2 0.603 0.720 0.486 0.791 2010 3 0.653 0.850 0.455 0.726 2010 4 0.501 0.799 0.203 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, measurement, Sea Surface Temperature | 112 Comments

Errors in global precipitation measurement

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

Mother Jones news has an “alarming” article called “Our Coming Mega-Drought” in which they say “…virtually all of the world except for China and Russia will experience increased drought by 2030 and severe drought by 2060” and they cite these … Continue reading →

Posted in measurement, Modeling, Weather_stations | 70 Comments

In Search of Cooling Trends

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

by Verity Jones and Tony Brown (Tonyb) Back in October Tony asked me to help with a big idea. Searching Norwegian climate site Rimfrost (www.rimfrost.no) Tony had found many climate stations all over the world with a cooling trend in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, Climate_change, measurement | 122 Comments

Final Instruments on NASA Climate/Weather Satellite Integrated

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

From the “weather is not climate department” a tool that will measure both. GREENBELT, Md. – The last of five instruments slated to fly on the upcoming NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) climate and weather satellite have been successfully integrated, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, measurement, Space, Technology | 42 Comments