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.
You’ve reached the target but here is a little donation anyway – congratulations all.
Sorry I missed the opportunity to kick in with some financial support. Looking forward to seeing the paper!
G.
Congratulations! Now we need to figure a way to get MSM newspapers to print a press release….
We probably won’t be on the title page, but we can still put the Nobel Price this wins on our resumes!
Tom Fuller says:
May 9, 2011 at 8:22 am
Wait a minnit. You raised two grand in less than half a day? To publish a scientific paper? That’s news.
In one sense “half a day” but the truth is several years in the making. Namely, several years of “puzzling things in life, nature, . . .” – read the rest at the top of the masthead.
Well Anthony, I had been thinking about buying one of your climate Teracomputers, so I could do my own phony climate modelling; but while I am thinking about that, I tossed a few sheckels into your violin case.
Spend them wisely young man, because I had to work my arse off to get them; and then doubly so to keep them from my greedy uncle.
Of course I expect to get a chance to download your paper for free, so I can keep a copy of it on dead tree.
George
What was the final surfacestations %audit you achieved? Seems to me this is a major limiting factor in the paper.
REPLY: We surveyed over 87%, with 82.5 % used (what we had quality controlled at the time we started analysis last year) – Anthony
It seems that you are getting donations form all over the world too. It would have been interesting if donors identified their country.
I am a Kiwi living in Australia.
This is a wonderful development, Anthony. Congrats to you, Dr Pilke, et al.
And what a fast turn-around for the need for contributions to support the cause.
Missed the initial solicitation, but added a modest donation for duty and humanity.
Congratulations and I look forward to reading the paper.
I’ve read your website for free for a long time. It’s my pleasure to make a small contribution.
Congrats
Just posted some bucks, but really Thank You Anthony!
Terry and Hyon
I know you have reached your target, but I wanted to be part of this wonderful occasion too. Use this small amount where best.
Regards and thank you
Hi Anthony,
Congrats on this accomplishment! I am just curious. Besides you and Dr. Pielke, who else co-authored this paper?
Congrats, Anthony. I can’t wait to see what those at Skeptical Science have to say… Since, you know, peer reviewed = perfect.
congrats Anthony!
peer reviewed paper isn’t easy–and you have achieved it well.
Just ask anytime you need help. I am always willing to help with this project. Been with you ever since painting the boxes with latex paint.
Awesome Job Anthony, and all of the Volunteers!!!!!
I hope your bill for personal security will not go through the roof now, you do live just a short distance from econut central.
I saw you already reached the target but I skipped buying the big oil bottle of Costco’s Extra Virgin today and sent you the money instead.
Congratulations to everyone involved in this.
Excellent news! Congratulations Anthony and co.
Congrats!!!
I look forward to reading it, and seeing how your analysis differs from other reviews of the data.
Wow, great and long-awaited news! I too missed the big announcement the ‘day of’ but also made a little donation to throw in some moral and material support. Congratulations!
Congratulations! Getting a paper published in a good journal takes a good amount of work, and requires painfully exquisite attention to details, probably much more so than non-scientists may realize.
Keep up the good work!