Tag Archives: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Your tax dollars at work: an NCAR cartoon on steroid use in baseball and compared to climate change

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

From the video description: AtmosNews takes a lighthearted look at an unexpected analogy, explaining why some people call carbon dioxide (and the other greenhouse gases) the steroids of the climate system. Statistics and extreme behavior are involved, whether we’re talking … Continue reading →

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New paper speculates on volcanoes during the Little Ice Age

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

From NCAR/UCAR, they’re still trying to stamp out solar influence as a potential cause of the Little Ice Age. One of the things I wonder about is that during low sunspot activity, does the reduced solar-magnetic influence have any effect … Continue reading →

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Polar bears and sulfates

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

From the University of Washington  some apparent confusion about what sulfates look like. Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere won’t fully offset climate change IMAGE:A polar bear walks along an expanse of open water at the edge of Hudson Bay near … Continue reading →

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Gore, Hansen, Trenberth to make Antarctic PR expedition

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

From the you’ve got to be effin kidding me department comes news of the epic journey to Antarctica. What do they hope to prove? I don’t know, it seems like nothing but a publicity stunt, especially since the sea ice … Continue reading →

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UCAR on Blocking Highs, heat waves, and modeling limits

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. writes: Candid Admission By UCAR – “Blocking The Way – Predicting The Atmospheric Detours That Lead To Weather Troubles” There was an interesting article in the Fall issue of the UCAR Magazine titled by Bob Henson titled Blocking The … Continue reading →

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Tisdale schools the website “Skeptical Science” on CO2 obsession

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

On the SkepticalScience Post “Pielke Sr. Misinforms High School Students” By Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW I rarely visit the website SkepticalScience, which is run by proponents of anthropogenic global warming, because most of their posts are the simple parroting of the findings … Continue reading →

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Hockey stick falsification – so easy a caveman kid can do it

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

With apologies to the Geico caveman, paleoclimatology isn’t just for grant enabled scientists anymore. Priceless Climategate email 682: Tom Wigley tells Michael Mann that his son did a tree ring science fair project (using trees behind NCAR) that invalidated the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 103 Comments

Senior NCAR scientist admits: “Quantifying climate sensitivity from real world data cannot even be done using present-day data…”

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Whoo boy… just a few days ago it was argued in a new peer reviewed paper published in Science that climate sensitivity might be lower than the IPCC stated in AR4. Now we have this damning admission from Dr. Tom … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Trenberth on Nobel and religion at Christmas

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

0462.txt (h/t to Rog Tallbloke) date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:58:09 -0700 from: Kevin Trenberth subject: The first Nobel and other Christmas greetings to: IPCC-group Seasons greetings to you all, my fellow Nobel Laureates (even if we did not get … Continue reading →

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Climategate 2.0 emails – They’re real and they’re spectacular!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

A link to where to download the new FOIA2011.zip file is posted below the fold – This will be a top post for a few days -NEW STORIES APPEAR BELOW THIS ONE -I’ve also reversed the order of the updates … Continue reading →

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Ben Santer’s 17 year itch

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Ben Santer issues a press release on Eurekalert today to “smack down” the non warming we’ve experienced over the last 10-12 years, as I pointed out here for the USA. But the issue goes back further than that. Phil Jones … Continue reading →

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ENSO, a bigger climate driver than once thought

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

From the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami study rethinks the ocean’s role in Pacific climate The new study can aid scientists in better understanding regional and global effects of climate change in … Continue reading →

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An Initial Look At The Hindcasts Of The NCAR CCSM4 Coupled Climate Model

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW This post compares the instrument observations of three global temperature anomaly datasets (NINO3, Global, and North Atlantic “Plus”) to the hindcasts of the NCAR couple climate model CCSM4, which was used in a couple … Continue reading →

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Trenberth: null and void

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Via Eurekalert and Wiley-Blackwell The human cause of climate change: Where does the burden of proof lie? Dr. Kevin Trenberth advocates reversing the ‘null hypothesis’ The debate may largely be drawn along political lines, but the human role in climate … Continue reading →

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Skeptics are invited to a public meeting with Dr. Kevin Trenberth

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

UPDATE: this meeting is canceled, I will not be attending – Anthony I’m pleased to announce that I and the entire WUWT community have been invited to a meeting and demonstration of computer modeling skills with Dr. Kevin Trenberth on … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, presentations | Tagged , | 295 Comments

“…somebody had to say it”

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Dr. Judith Curry writes about the UCAR meeting she attended: Some insight into the dynamics that resulted in a substantial change in emphasis in climate research is provided by a meeting that I attended earlier this week in Boulder:  the … Continue reading →

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Pielke Sr. on that hide and seek ocean heat

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Torpedoing Of The Use Of The Global Average Surface Temperature Trend As The Diagnostic For Global Warming By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior There is a new paper by Gerald Meehl of NCAR and other collaborators  that has been announced in the media; i.e. … Continue reading →

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Trenberth’s missing heat? Look to the deep

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

From the National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research  an explanation for Global Ocean Heat Content Is Still Flat. Key point from the press release: Observations from a global network of buoys showed some warming in the upper ocean, … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling, oceans, Trenberth's missing heats | Tagged , , | 205 Comments

Quote of the Week – Wuebbles Weather World

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Serially warm reporter Dan Vergano of USA today wrote an article on the “Current Extreme Weather and Climate Change” report, released this week that says it’s all our fault. With a peer review team like this one, what other conclusion … Continue reading →

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Aircraft measurements show surprisingly high levels of black carbon particles in the global atmosphere – Asia blamed

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

From NCAR/UCAR: First global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights BOULDER—A three-year series of research flights from the Arctic to the Antarctic has successfully produced an unprecedented portrait of greenhouse gases and particles in the atmosphere, scientists announced … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon soot | Tagged | 60 Comments

The rain in Spain is mostly from the planes

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

OK, bad pun, but I could not resist. From the National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research  something related to what we have always said, airports are not a representative environment for climate measurement. Takeoffs and landings cause … Continue reading →

Posted in rainfall, weather | Tagged , , | 32 Comments

Oh Noes! Climatic monetary disruption seen in US economy

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Weather affects business, and “It’s clear that our economy isn’t weatherproof,”. Gosh, who knew? For some monetary perspective on this issue, please note that Obama’s economic stimulus package was $787 billion (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Obvious science, politics, satire | Tagged | 83 Comments

One more reason to say asphalt affects local weather

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Paved surfaces can foster build-up of polluted air From the National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER—New research focusing on the Houston area suggests that widespread urban development alters weather patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants … Continue reading →

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The folly of linking tornado outbreaks to “climate change”

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

In times of tragedy, there always seems to be hucksters about trying to use that tragedy to sell a position, a product, or a belief. In ancient times, tragedy was the impetus used to appease the gods and to embrace … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Current News, Disaster, Opinion, thunderstorms, tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , , , , | 69 Comments

Now it’s Wolverines threatened by global warming

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

  Wolverines make their home mainly in the boreal forests and tundra regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. (Photo by Vince Maidens, Creative Commons License.) No mention though of the “adopt a wolverine” program that has proven so popular … Continue reading →

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