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 $2247.00, which is something I can’t cover completely myself. See a snip from the charge sheet.
If you are wondering why I blurred the number, it is simply that given what has transpired, with preemptive strikes by NCDC, and the recent BEST ambush before Congress, I’m simply being cautious. We are preparing an SI, and there will be the ability to replicate the work. The data and code will be made available on the surfacestations.org website. We are also preparing a press package.
Dr. Pielke “could” divert some public funds toward paying this printing charge from his other budgets, but in doing so, it would end the ability for us to claim the project was entirely privately financed from inception to publication.
So I’m asking readers for help in this matter. But please do not feel obligated in any way. Anything you can spare will help. If need be I’ll put anything not covered on a credit card, but I hope not to go into debt.
Donations accepted: Here
[UPDATE: Goal reached! Thank you everyone! The support of the WUWT readership is most encouraging.]
Thank you all for your consideration, and I especially want to thank everyone who has done surveys and offered help in the behind the scenes capacity.
Stay tuned for the official announcement this week. There are some things we already know from posts here, and there are some surprises too. I’ll have a complete writeup as will Dr. Pielke on his blog which I’ll carry here as well.
Congratulations Anthony. Look forward to reading your paper.
I’m in, wish it could have been more. Congratulations.
Done – a cheap investment with the A$ at a higher value than the US$ atm.
Donation sent!
I would only ask that any surplus over the $2247 be held in escrow for future “citizen science” funding ventures.
Donation done. thanks for the great work and keeping up the good fight.
Sent what I could. Thanks for all you’ve done!
Done – Thanks, Anthony!!
Me too! Your site is well worth it.
Done. Can’t wait to see it.
The best $100 I’ve spent in months. Take, take, take!
I am really looking forward to reading this – and the response from the various we-know-who’s. 🙂
I’m in with the rest.
Nice to be able to contribute to the cause even if in a small way.
Keep up the good work.
Glad to be able to help a little
My donation is a small amount compared to the value of the work you’ve done, Anthony. Best of luck on the next stage, and thank you!
Great news, Anthony, Congratulations!
Is this paper the same paper you have mentioned in previous posts with the following information?
Are there any other paper in the making based on the surfacestations.org project?
Glad to contribute to the cause.
Happy that you all have persevered to get this information to the public through the overrated “peer reviewed” literature.
Will AGU allow “commoners” to see the published results? Prob not
Nonetheless, we (skeptical scientists and interested folk) will pervail
Cheers
Thumbs up!
I have followed this project from the beginning, and have sent a small donation. Thanks for the great job!
A small donation has been sent. Thanks for the work.
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An aside: With a little help, the Cle Elum, WA (new) weather station was done last year. My spouse, the internet guru in the household, put the work up here:
http://www.elixant.com/~nancyh/CleElumWeatherStation.html
This during a year when she had several near-death health issues. She is much better now and looking forward to her 50th high school reunion. We will try to put the information (now on the elixant site) on to the surface station site in the next day or so. I did manage to send the donation without her help. I’m learning.
John
Congrats Anthony and your team too – donation made
Cheers
Douglas
Not much, but what I can do. Thanks for your work.
Done.
If (as seems not unlikely given the number of posts) you exceed your target, use my funds however you see fit – site costs, more research, a well earned round of drinks for the team…
You deserve it. Done.
Is the report for sale?
Count me in.
$10, from unemployed, heading towards house sale, MN Engineer!
Thanks to the State of MN for the Unemployment money.
Kinda poetic justice in some ways. Hope you can get 219 other folks to do the same.
Anthony, you don’t have to BELABOR the importance of this one.
Max
Done. Ahhh… the third scientific paper that I’ve contributed to, and by far the easiest 😉
pleased to be a sponsor. Best wishes.