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.
Congratulations Anthony. He who endures, conquers.
$$ happily sent.
Very good job, Anthony! My donation is on its way. I have learned more on this website than any other!
Anthony,
It’s sorta fun paying with the Aussies dollar, first the time in my life I feel some power in the currency that used to be called the ‘Pacific Peso’. I can understand you wanting this to be sponsored by private donations and I am proud to have played my part.
Keith.
Well done Anthony and crew. No doubt the paper will be given prominence by the MSM?
Donation made.
Who here wants to bet that the temperature data that emerges will not be statistically different from NASA, NOAA and HarCUT?
Donation made. I was also very happy to participate hands-on in the project and am glad I was able to finish up the rest of the Illinois station surveys. It was a lot of fun and I’m really looking forward to the report!
Great news, congrats.
Well done Anthony. Donation done
Donation made.
I even saved a few cents on the currency exchange. 🙂
Also, I would add a 2011 copyright to your donation page.
Congratulations and great job to everybody who worked on this!
Done.
Congratulations on your paper.
Donation sent. I hope Chevron dividends are okay. 🙂
I’m in, congratulations.
(Willard?)
Look forward to seeing some straight science for a change. The response from the “in” crowd will be interesting.
Congratulations to all those who helped. Will the result prompt the scrapping of the surface record and concentrating on the satellite record?
OT How is the Canadian wheat planting going? Delayed by late snows I hear. Is that another sign of AGW?
Congratulations to all involved, an amazing achievement. Donation sent from the Great North Strong and Free.
Donation made. Thanks for all you do. I’m looking forward to reading the paper.
My pleasure to help. I don’t post often but I read your site daily
Done. Glad to be able to pitch in.
Contributed what I hope is a meaningful amount. But anything is trivial compared to the work that you and your team and Pielke do.
Congrats Anthony! Sending a donation in the morning. Will look forward to reading it.
Did it. Congrats to all!
Done. Glad to help.
Congratulations on getting the paper published. I’m pleasantly surprised.
Done. And glad to help.
All right everyone, chip in. Don’t be lazy. Click on the button and donate some bucks. Not much to ask for all the work done in defence of our liberty these men have done for us.
Done.
And I don’t have any connection to evil fossil fuel companies.