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.
Well Done. I am proud to sponsor this. I think of it as a leading light against the abused and corrupt taxpayer funded scientific research process. I hope that modern unethical agenda driven science will falter and that one day my faith in unbiased peer reviewed scientific research will be restored. Currently I find myself unable to trust anything coming out of any academic institution or taxpayer funded research center. No doubt some scientific work is actually bona fide but how can one judge anymore?
Congratulations!
Thank you, Anthony, for this project and making those of us who could participate a part of it. There is something very Americana about the way it was done. There is a great docudrama movie waiting to be done someday about this time and the efforts of so many scientific and lay scientific people who changed the course of political and science research history
A special thanks to Evan Jones who also committed a great deal of indispensible time in the early going on this project.
Thanks again,
Ron Horvath,
Coarl Springs, FL
Sorry not to have seen this earlier. Congratulations to all: excellent work – real citizen science, conceived and led by Anthony.
I’ll send a modest contrib (to general funds) shortly – have to renew expired card details for Paypal!
A big regret,
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Donation made despite Your having met the requirement. I expect you’ll have some speaker travel expenses ahead of you. Wish I could give more.
congratulations! And indeed it is big a step forward for citizen science!
By the time I read this, the page charge total had been reached, but I’ve still sent a donation to help keep the good work going.
Congratulations to Anthony and all the authors for their work and persistence!
Congratulations to Anthony and all involved. I’m anxious to read it.
Wait a minnit. You raised two grand in less than half a day? To publish a scientific paper? That’s news.
Congratulations Anthony, Roger, and all of the folks who contributed.
Congratulations Anthony, I am looking forward to the release and getting to see the full paper.
Larry
Are donations still needed?
Congratulations and well done, Anthony, co-authors, and all the volunteer citizen scientists on the project. I have come late to the post and already the publication cost has been covered. Another bright moment.
As usual I have sent my quarterly subscription. Real science checked by experimental evidence plus investigative journalism plus a good time with the WUWT community. Doesn’t get much better than this.
Wow – what a delightful surprise at scrolling down to see the target has been reached already! I’m always happy to make a small contribution in these cases – and clearly I’m far from alone in that and so my contribution in this instance is not required. Best wishes anyway, for what they are worth! 🙂
Anthony:
Congratulaltions to you, your co-authors and all the myriad of volunteers. I gladly added something to the pot.
I still remember your earlier foray – the impact of different conditions and paint for Stevenson Screens. You (and we) have come a long way in a very short period of time.
Donation made. If not needed for the printing put it to the running costs.
Well Done.
Well done, real scientists do it for the science!
Not the bursaries, grants and titles.
Heather Brown (AKA Dartmoor Resident) says:
May 9, 2011 at 8:08 am
By the time I read this, the page charge total had been reached, but I’ve still sent a donation to help keep the good work going.
Congratulations to Anthony and all the authors for their work and persistence!
“Dartmoor Resident” could have a double meaning!!
Congratulations Anthony and friends!!!
I’m sending a donation even though the goal has been met.
dT
Anthony, I’m a little late to the party, but congrats and I’m happy to support your efforts.
If there is any leftover get your wife more flowers. They are on sale now that Mother’s day is over 🙂
and yourself a coffee.
Congratulations! hard won fight….
Gave my donation to the very good cause.
Gotta throw in my congratulations too! It’s a huge accomplishment. Can’t wait to see the paper.