I just finished participating in the press teleconference call in for reporters with NASA and their panel of solar experts today. There was a lot of interesting discussions and questions.…
Month: September 2008
ISO-8000 Data Quality – something climate science could benefit from
I received the following email in my inbox this morning, inviting me to attend the first ISO 8000 data quality conference. Looking at the membership directory for this group, I’m…
New Cycle 24 Sunspot and SSN wavelet analysis
Maybe there is some hope for SC24 ramping up this year yet. This appears to be the largest SC24 spot to date. Previous SC24 spots have faded quickly, we’ll see…
NSIDC' s Dr. Walt Meier Answers 10 Questions
Regular readers may recall some of the posts here, here, here, and here, where the sea ice data presented by NSIDC and by Cryosphere today were brought into question. We…
My first "something" attack
NOTE: The first title to this post was “my first DOS attack” which is what it appeared to be to me…now WordPress support has weighed in, so we don’t know…
Sounds familiar: “A friend of mine found one station where the temperature gauge was just outside the air conditioner…”
UAF professor emeritus continues to question sources of global warming By Chris Freiberg Published Friday, September 19, 2008 FAIRBANKS — A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus known for his…
NEWS: NASA to hold press conference on the state of the sun
This is unusual. A live media teleconference on the sun. Even more unusual is this statement: The sun’s current state could result in changing conditions in the solar system. As…
How the IPCC Portrayed a Net Positive Impact of Climate Change as a Negative
By Indur Goklany. Originally published at the Cato Institute, but published here also by invitation from the author. Arguably the most influential graphic from the latest IPCC report is Figure…
Global Warming to Shake Up Big Ten
Posted by John Goetz Jim Nichols of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote an article this past Tuesday (September 16) that has gotten the attention of Ohio State and Michigan fans…
New paper from Christy suggests atmosphere hit max CO2 forcing in 1998, feedback missing
This is an interesting paper from our good friend Dr. John Christy of UAH and D. H. Douglas. In it, a bold claim is made about the likelihood that the…
A Canadian's View: "the global warming brigade lost much of its sizzle in the past year"
Under-achieving B-team players fumbling on climate change too Wednesday, September 17, 2008 By john Martin, The Province As evidence to the contrary started rolling in and one prominent scientist after…
Spencer on AGW: "If you're paid to find something, you're going to find it,"
From the Raleigh News and Observer – Scientist: Warming is natural http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1221488.html Published: Sep 17, 2008 12:30 AM Modified: Sep 17, 2008 02:03 AM RALEIGH – Scientist Roy Spencer thinks…
Updated – Calling All Climate Sleuths
Posted by Dee Norris Can you figure out what happened at Mohonk Lake, NY? Get out your slip-sticks and put on your thinking caps, gentle readers. We need to solve…
Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Officially Over; ice up over 9% from last year
We have news from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). They say: The melt is over. And we’ve added 9.4% ice coverage from this time last year. Though…
NOAA Claims: Global Summer Temperature Was Ninth Warmest – Questionable
This just doesn’t seem to add up given what we’ve seen from anecdotal weather information and satellite data. For example the UAH global temperature for the lower troposphere shows that…
How not to measure temperature, part 71: NOAA neglect of volunteer observers
As we get more of the private observers in USHCN surveyed, we start hearing about stories like this one from Dufur Oregon, where the observers seem to have been pretty…
UPDATED: Guess what this is?
I’m back from my road trip today. It was a day of surprises, I visited 5 weather stations today, and each had a story to tell. The one that was…
Road Trip Today
I’m on a road trip today, to the wilderness area of NE California to do a follow up on something I started last year. I’ll be offline for at leat…
I am a Skeptic
Posted by Dee Norris skep·tic One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. from Greek Skeptikos, from skeptesthai, to examine. I have been…
More on the Santa Ana Rooftop Weather Station: comparison stations also problematic
You may recall a couple of weeks ago I did an investigation of a COOP weather station in Santa Ana, CA prompted by front page article in the Orange County…
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