After months of work, I’m pleased to announce that the paper that I have jointly written with several co-authors, including Dr. Roger Pielke Senior (who acted in the capacity as corresponding author) has run the peer review gauntlet and has been accepted.
Expect a full press release this week. I’m holding details until the University of Colorado press office has issued the official press release. As you all know, this project was done entirely by volunteers, with no budget, and there were no grants asked for nor provided.
That is something I am proud of, because it shows what citizen scientists can do that NOAA/NCDC couldn’t or wouldn’t, and taxpayers didn’t have to foot the bill. However, there is one last hurdle….
According to Dr. Pielke’s executive assistant, Dallas Staley, who is handling the submission detail with the journal, we have page charges we have to pay for because unlike many papers, this has several color photographs and plots.
The bill for the print issuance of the paper in the journal is $2247.00, which is something I can’t cover completely myself. See a snip from the charge sheet.
If you are wondering why I blurred the number, it is simply that given what has transpired, with preemptive strikes by NCDC, and the recent BEST ambush before Congress, I’m simply being cautious. We are preparing an SI, and there will be the ability to replicate the work. The data and code will be made available on the surfacestations.org website. We are also preparing a press package.
Dr. Pielke “could” divert some public funds toward paying this printing charge from his other budgets, but in doing so, it would end the ability for us to claim the project was entirely privately financed from inception to publication.
So I’m asking readers for help in this matter. But please do not feel obligated in any way. Anything you can spare will help. If need be I’ll put anything not covered on a credit card, but I hope not to go into debt.
Donations accepted: Here
[UPDATE: Goal reached! Thank you everyone! The support of the WUWT readership is most encouraging.]
Thank you all for your consideration, and I especially want to thank everyone who has done surveys and offered help in the behind the scenes capacity.
Stay tuned for the official announcement this week. There are some things we already know from posts here, and there are some surprises too. I’ll have a complete writeup as will Dr. Pielke on his blog which I’ll carry here as well.
hey……! Does this make me a co-p.i.????
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Congrats on initiating this powerful volunteer exercise- my small amount sent
Congratulation Anthony and all involved. I hope all of the effort brings loads to the light of day.
I do not know how to handle this……. real data, and not a computer model. That, in and of itself is worthy of support. I hope it helps.
Congratulations of the paper.
$$$$ —–> WUWT ☺☺☺☺
You know, dyslexia can be a b$@ur momisugly$#, I meant on the paper.
Done, not as much as I would like, but what I can afford (no Government assistance taken or requested).
Congratulations on a job well done. Gee, I wonder what the reviews at the warmer sites will say?
There you go, hope it helps!
Great! I look forward to reading it, and referring to it. Congratulations.
The long journey reaches at least a temporary resting point. Yay. I dropped a little something in the jar.
Donation sent. Keep up the great work!
Done. On the question of the donation, can anyone else advise what I put this under on my monthly “big oil” payroll?
Done. Wow – I read this request and donated when there was one reply. Checking back now, it’s good to see people responding so quickly. Congratulations Anthony. A special thank you to you and all the others who donated time and resources to this research. Well done.
Congratulations Anthony. A small donation is done over the big basin.
Congrats! Just made my donation… “Come on boys, up & attem!”
Happy to make a donation. Congratulations Anthony. I use this site and your work often in my talks on global warming, disruption, whatever.
Pleased to be able to help.
I recall the early scientists like Faraday who self-funded their own research completely. My understanding is that they were driven by curiosity and a desire to UNDERSTAND the universe and how it works – not by greed or faith in some nebulous magical belief.
Happy to donate. Wish it could have been more but Uncle Sam got to me first.
Help needed, please. I’ve failed to find a blog that I thought was on WUWT. It dealt with lesser-known aspects of the physics of Infra Red in the region way beyond eyesight, say to 20 microns. It referred to some behaviours of tall buildings around weather instrument stations and how some things changed at night. Title like “Understanding Infra Red”.
In terms of Anthony’s paper (congrats!) I feel in hindsight it was one of the most relevant blogs to re-read as you read the paper. Maybe it’s in the paper’s references.
Whose memory can refresh mine?
Done – from the Great White North
Does anyone else have a problem making a donation from the UK?
“But but…. the paper was funded by sceptics!111!!!!!onetyone”
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Just donated $30USD. Money well spent, even without seeing the results as of yet.
Best regards, from Fukushima.
Kev.
Here’s to a future more hopeful than the (wrong) doomsayers. And the science is better here than many official government sites. Thanks, Anthony; I threw in a few bucks.
It’s not much, but I’m sure every little bit helps.
Obviously, but just for the record, should you exceed your goal please accept this as a donation to your site or to defray expenses should you present your study at a conference – or for a pitcher of beer.
Cheers.
Done. Thanks for carrying this through.