Tag Archives: Journal of Geophysical Research

Antarctic summer effect confined to peninsula

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

From the British Antarctic Survey , at least they didn’t pull a Steig and try to claim the observed effect on the Peninsula affects the entire continent. The peninsula is essentially a different Koppen climate class than the main continent, … Continue reading →

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More on Black Carbon from Univ of Washington

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

International study: Where there’s smoke or smog, there’s climate change By Hannah Hickey In addition to causing smoggy skies and chronic coughs, soot – or black carbon – turns out to be the number two contributor to global warming. It’s … Continue reading →

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An explanation for ball lightning?

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

I wonder how long it will be before Al Gore tries to blame ball lightning on “dirty weather”? A neat video follows. From CSIRO: Goodness, gracious, great balls of lightning Sightings of balls of lightning have been made for centuries around … Continue reading →

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A new paper showing how UHI and energy consumption are linked to long-term temperature change in China

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. highlighted this major new paper in JGR yesterday, I consider it important as it relates to the works I’m doing on station siting. The key points of the paper are supportive of what I’ve  been saying … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, Temperature, UHI, Watts et al 2012, Weather_stations | Tagged , , , , | 33 Comments

Climate Models shown to be inaccurate less than 30 years out

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

From the University of Arizona (h/t to WUWT reader Miguel Rakiewicz): A new study has found that climate-prediction models are good at predicting long-term climate patterns on a global scale but lose their edge when applied to time frames shorter … Continue reading →

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Update on Watts et al. 2012

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

My sincere thanks to everyone who has provided widespread review of our draft paper. There have been hundreds of suggestions and corrections submitted in comments and in email, and for that I am very grateful.  That sort of input is … Continue reading →

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Why the BEST papers failed to pass peer review

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Whoa, this is heavy.  Ross McKitrick, who was a peer review referee for the BEST papers with the Journal of Geophysical Research got fed up with Muller’s media blitzing and  tells his story: excerpts: In October 2011, despite the papers … Continue reading →

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Important New Paper on the Nocturnal Boundary Layer, Mixing, and Radiative Forcing as it applies to GHCN weather stations

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

From Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. comes word of an important new paper that shows how the air near the ground (boundary layer) is highly affected by sensitive nighttime dynamics, which show up in the Tmin of weather station data (GHCN … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, Surfacestations paper, UHI, Weather_stations | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 65 Comments

New paper shows negative cloud feedback associated with SAM

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

A paper published Friday in the Journal of Geophysical Research (GRL) finds that a known and natural atmospheric oscillation, the Southern Annular Mode or SAM, is correlated with observed increases in cloud cover resulting in regional cooling of approximately -2.5C. … Continue reading →

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New study demonstrates the role of urban greenery in CO2 exchange

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

From the University of California – Santa Barbara In what might be the first study to report continuous measurements of net CO2 exchange of urban vegetation and soils over a full year or more, scientists from UC Santa Barbara and … Continue reading →

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James Hansen’s climate forecast of 1988: a whopping 150% wrong

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

From their Die kalte Sonne website, Professor Fritz Vahrenholt and Dr. Sebastian Lüning put up this guest Post by Prof. Jan-Erik Solheim (Oslo) on Hansen’s 1988 forecast, and show that Hansen was and is, way off the mark. h/t to … Continue reading →

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Another solar study: this one suggests no significant solar influence

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

On Saturday I posted about this study from Pierre Gosselin at No Tricks Zone: New Study Shows A Clear Millennial Solar Impact Throughout Holocene Now we have another that suggests little effect. and shows a business as usual projected warming … Continue reading →

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An example of a different ethos when you have access to private documents

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

While many websites are deriding me for my mentions in the Fakegate emails distributed by Dr. Peter Gleick, and many now (including Dr. Gavin Schmidt) are coming down on Dr. Gleick for his lack of ethics, I thought it might … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Fakegate | Tagged , , , , , , , | 80 Comments

Sea cucumbers: Dissolving coral reefs?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

From the Carnegie Institution  and Stanford University comes word of this paper in JGR. Washington, D.C. — Coral reefs are extremely diverse ecosystems that support enormous biodiversity. But they are at risk. Carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the ocean, threatening … Continue reading →

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Uh oh: It was the BEST of times, it was the worst of times

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Alternate title: Something wonky this way comes I try to get away to work on my paper and the climate world explodes, pulling me back in. Strange things are happening related to the BEST data and co-authors Richard Muller and … Continue reading →

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The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project puts PR before peer review

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

UPDATE: see this new story BEST: What I agree with and what I disagree with – plus a call for additional transparency to prevent “pal” review ======================================================= Readers may recall this post last week where I complained about being put in … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, Climate data, Peer review, Post-normal science | Tagged , , , , , , | 409 Comments

Greenland ice not responding as predicted

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

From C3 Headlines and The Hockey Schtick word that the whole Greenland ice loss issue and Atlasgate just got more complex. As a whole Greenland is not responding the same, which suggests regional weather variability as a cause. From C3 … Continue reading →

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The tides, they are a changin!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

From Oregon State University: Ancient tides different from today – some dramatically higher CORVALLIS, Ore. – The ebb and flow of the ocean tides, generally thought to be one of the most predictable forces on Earth, are actually quite variable … Continue reading →

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Trees show no rainfall pattern in last century

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

I’ve always said that trees are a better proxy for rainfall than temperature. Just looking at how trees cluster around water sources can tell you this. From the Hockeyschtick: New paper shows no increase in precipitation over past 105 years, … Continue reading →

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The long awaited surfacestations paper

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

This summary is from Dr. Pielke at the University of Colorado in his words. I’ll have my own post on some detail not covered here, with links to the SI – data code, etc we are preparing in a day … Continue reading →

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