An analysis of the U.S. Historical Climatological Network (USHCN) shows that only about 8%-1% (depending on the stage of processing) of the data survives in the climate record as unaltered/estimated data.…
Category: Climate data
Winners and losers in the GHCN estimation derby
Guest essay by John Goetz As noted in an earlier post here, approximately 66% of the GHCN record is estimated after processing by the GHCN adjustment models. In the current…
Approximately 66% of global surface temperature data consists of estimated values
Summary of GHCN Adjustment-Model Effects on Temperature Data Guest essay by John Goetz As the debate over whether or not this year will be the hottest year ever burns on,…
How fast is the Earth warming?
This article presents a method for calculating the Earth’s rate of warming, using the existing global temperature series. Guest essay by Sheldon Walker It can be difficult to work out…
UAH Global Temperature Report: July 2015 – the pause continues
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade July temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.18 C (about 0.32 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for July. Northern Hemisphere: +0.33…
An analysis of BEST data for the question: Is Earth Warming or Cooling?
Guest essay by Clyde Spencer The answer to the question is, “Yes!” Those who believe that Earth is going to Hell in a hand basket, because of anthropogenic carbon dioxide,…
HadCRUT4 joins the terrestrial temperature tamperers
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In the carefully-planned build-up to the Paris “climate” conference whose true purpose is to establish an unelected and all-powerful global “governing body” (they’re no longer…
Thanks partly to NOAA's new adjusted dataset, tommorrow they'll claim to reporters that May (and possibly June) was the 'hottest ever'
However, satellite data don’t agree with that finding People send me stuff. Today I got an email with an advance link to the NOAA/NCDC “state of the climate” briefing- that…
El Niño begins to curtail the Pause
Global temperature update: no warming for 18 years 6 months By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley For 222 months, since January 1997, there has been no global warming at all (Fig.…
Progress on the problems with Australia's ACORN-SAT surface air temperature records
Dr David R.B. Stockwell writes, Progress on the surface temperature front as follows: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment Bob Baldwin established a Technical Advisory Forum comprised of leading scientists…
The journalistic self-immolation of Newsweek's Zoë Schlanger
Every once in a while a new reporter arrives onto the climate scene that immediately thinks they know everything there is to know about climate, and therefore doesn’t need to…
Despite attempts to erase it globally, "the pause" still exists in pristine US surface temperature data
As readers know, the recent paper Karl et al. 2015, written by the head of the National Climatic Data Center now NCEI, went to great lengths to try to erase…
Grandma Learns About Data Adjustment: A little story about how data adjustment might work in everyday life.
Note: On Thursday of this week, NOAA/NCDC will attempt to rewrite the surface temperature record yet again, making even more “adjustments” to the data to achieve a desired effect. This…
New Claims ‘Murky’ Global Warming Statistics Are ‘Guessed At’
Via the GWPF Date: 15/05/15 Levi Winchester, Daily Express Some surface temperature recordings used as the basis for global warming evidence are guessed at – including in the Arctic and Antarctic.…
Global Temperature down in April, just 7/100ths of a degree above normal
From Dr. Roy Spencer and from UAH, I’m a bit remiss in posting this due to travel, but better late than never – Anthony UAH V6.0 Global Temperature Update for…
UAH Global Temperature Report: March 2015 – down slightly
The Version 5.6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for March, 2015 is +0.26 deg. C, down a little from the February, 2015 value of +0.30 deg. C (click…
The Geography of USCRN Average Air Temperature Trends during the 2004-2014 Decade over the Contiguous United States
Guest essay by Samuel I Outcalt The USCRN monthly average air temperature records were searched for continuous records covering the 2004 to 2014 decade over the contiguous United States. The…
Global Temperature Report: February 2015
From Dr. Roy Spencer: The Version 5.6 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for February, 2015 is +0.30 deg. C, down a little from the January 2015 value of…
Theory on the Pause – climate science has 'exhausted adjustment rationales'
Global Warming is real and is definitely caused by human-produced carbon . . . pencil lead, that is. Guest essay by Ralph Park Global Warming Theory – An impressive collection…
The Met Office UK: Our Heros
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Those following the various versions of the “2014 was the warmest year on record” story may have missed what I consider to be the…
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