In a statement to Polifact today, NCDC made the following statement: “… our algorithm is working as designed” One wonders though, about these sorts of things that have been found wrong in their data file for USHCN, which is represented to the public as “high quality”. Here are few other things that worked as designed:
The NCDC press office sent an official response to Politifact, which is below. The NCDC has not responded to me personally, I only got this by asking around. I’ve provided it without comment.
As we mentioned yesterday, Tropical Storm Arthur is likely to become hurricane Arthur and threaten the Outer Banks of North Carolina on the Fourth of July, one of the busiest holidays there. A potential nightmare scenario. NASA’s Earth Data page is great resource to get hi resolution satellite imagery from. This one shows how Arthur,…
UAH Global Temperature Update for June, 2014: +0.30 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The Version 5.6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for June, 2014 is +0.30 deg. C, down slightly from May (click for full size version):
Guest essay by Jim Steele, Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Two recent press releases concerning the Emperor Penguin’s fate illustrate contrasting forces that will either advance or suppress trustworthy conservation science. The first study reminds me of Mark…
Because warm weather isn’t deadly enough Submitted by Eric Worrall The Federalist has a hilarious article, which discusses Hollywood’s big problem portraying Global Warming; its hard to make a nice day look deadly. Citing several recent films as examples, they make a really good point. I mean, can anyone think of a Hollywood global warming…
Yesterday, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) published a post about a number of mistaken beliefs about El Niño and La Niña events. Misconceptions discussed: