Monthly Archives: December 2011

OVERVIEW This post is a summary of the series of our recent posts that compared observed Surface Temperature data to the simulations of the coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models used by the IPCC in their 4thAssessment Report (AR4). The IPCC’s response … Continue reading →

STANDARD OPENING PARAGRAPH The December 2011 Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data through the NOAA NOMADS website won’t be official until Monday, January 9th. Refer to the schedule on the NOAA Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis Frequently Asked Questionswebpage. The … Continue reading →

Thanks to all who have visited and to all who have contributed to the discussions over the past years. The upcoming year should be just as enlightening. Enjoy your holidays!  Regards Bob

I was writing the summary post for my recent series that compare observed Global Surface Temperatures to the IPCC and CMIP3 Climate Model outputs when I realized I had not presented Land Surface Temperature Anomaly comparisons. COMPARISONS This post illustrates … Continue reading →

OVERVIEW This post compares satellite-based Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies to the hindcasts and projections of the multi-model mean of CMIP3 models. CMIP3 is the archive the IPCC used as the source of their models for AR4. The period being … Continue reading →

NINO3.4 NINO3.4 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies (a commonly used El Niño-Southern Oscillation Index) are varying near the threshold of a moderate La Niña. They’ve been bouncing back and forth across -1.0 for a few weeks. For the week centered … Continue reading →

This is a quick post. It reinforces one of the points made repeatedly in recent comparisons of the observed rise in Global Surface Temperatures during the 20thCentury and of those hindcast by the Multi-Model Mean of the models used by … Continue reading →

OVERVIEW In a good number of posts over the past few months, we have discussed and illustrated how poorly the coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their 4th Assessment Report (AR4) simulate … Continue reading →

OVERVIEW This is the second part of a two-part series. There are, however, two versions of part 1. The first part was originally published as On the SkepticalScience Post “Pielke Sr. Misinforms High School Students”, which was, obviously, a response to … Continue reading →

UPDATE (December 12, 2011):  Just noticed there was something missing in the title. I added “Observations And”. INITIAL NOTE This is an edited version of the post On the SkepticalScience Post “Pielke Sr. Misinforms High School Students”. In this version, I have … Continue reading →