Guest essay by Eric Worrall In the wake of revelations by whistleblower Dr. John Bates, Congressman Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has renewed…
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Stunning Earth UHD imagery from new GOES 16 satellite
Finally, a weather satellite showing Earth from space “goes” high definition. With five-times greater coverage, four-times the spatial resolution, and three-times the spectral channels than earlier generations of GOES-16’s Advanced…
Powering countries, empowering people
Affordable energy brings jobs, improved living standards and pursuit of happiness By Paul Driessen For 16 years, in a scene out of pre-industrial America, Thabo Molubi and his partner made…
NOAA’s New Climate Explorer – NOAA Needs to Provide a Disclaimer for Their Climate Model Presentations
Suggested Disclaimer: Climate Model Outputs Have Been Manipulated By NOAA to Make Models Appear to Perform Well Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post introduces readers to a newly revised…
NOAA/NWS to stop 'yelling' at the public in their forecasts
From NOAA Communications: National Weather Service will stop using all caps in its forecasts Farewell teletype, hello mixed-case characters LISTEN UP! BEGINNING ON MAY 11, NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS…
More Alarmist Nonsense with the Release of the Redundant* NOAA Global Temperature Data for February 2016
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale *Or Maybe the GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index is Redundant. In the post Alarmism Cranked Up to Absurd Level, we discussed the misleading media reports about…
Failed Math: In 1997, NOAA claimed that the Earth was 3.83 degrees warmer than today
Steve McIntyre always told us to “watch the pea under the thimble” when it comes to climate change pronouncements, this is one of those cases. Yesterday, to much media fanfare,…
The 2015 Arctic Report Card: NOAA Failed Walrus Science!
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University Good scientists fully understand that complex issues with high uncertainties require two or more working…
What Are They Really Counting?
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen WARNING: This is not a technical essay. There is almost no science in it. It is not about AGW or any issue involved in the…
Is NOAA About to Crack? 'Pausebuster' study under intense scrutiny
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), who is leading a Congressional investigation into the infamous Karl et al 2015 “Pausebuster” study, NOAA…
Approximately 92% (or 99%) of USHCN surface temperature data consists of estimated values
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.…
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,…
What NOAA NCEI isn't telling you in their 2014 State of the Climate Report released today
Yesterday I made mention of the fact that there would be a report today from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, now NCEI. Today, they have released their 2014 report, and…
NOAA/NCEI Temperature Anomaly Adjustments Since 2010, Pray They Don't Alter It Any Further
Guest Essay By Walter Dnes There is much interest in the latest temperature anomaly adjustments by NOAA/NCEI (formerly known as NOAA/NCDC). This author has been downloading NOAA monthly temperature anomaly…
More pointless worrying from NOAA: July 4th fireworks cause a spike in particulate matter for a day
From the Department of Obvious Science and the “don’t you have anything better to do with our tax dollars” department comes this pointless study. Gotta love the zinger at the…
NOAA Releases New Pause-Buster Global Surface Temperature Data and Immediately Claims Record-High Temps for May 2015 – What a Surprise!
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale NOAA recently published their State of the Climate Report for May 2015. Under the heading of Global Summary Information, they note: Note: With this report…
NOAA/NCDC's new 'pause-buster' paper: a laughable attempt to create warming by adjusting past data
Did SNL’s Tommy Flanagan Oversee the New Surface Temperature Data? By Bob Tisdale and Anthony Watts, commentary from Dr. Judith Curry follows There is a new paper published the journal Science…
NOAA Forecast: A below-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season is likely this year
Hurricane forecasting evolving with new storm surge products, upgraded modeling NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal, but that’s no reason to believe…
Outrageous: NOAA demands $262,000 fee for looking at their 'public' data
Eric Worrall writes: It looks like NOAA have found a new way to stifle FOIA inquiries from the public. According to Steve Goddard, NOAA have just demanded a $262,000 administrative…
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