Monthly Archives: April 2013

On Holland and Bruyère (2013) “Recent Intense Hurricane Response to Global Climate Change”

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

Alternate Title: Climate Science Community Continues to Lose Sight of Reality SkepticalScience is promoting the Holland and Bruyère (2013) paper Recent Intense Hurricane Response to Global Climate Change as proof positive that hypothetical human-induced global warming has caused more intense … Continue reading →

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PRELIMINARY April 2013 Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

STANDARD OPENING PARAGRAPH The April 2013 Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data through the NOAA NOMADS website won’t be official until Monday, May 6th 2013. Refer to the schedule on the NOAA Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis Frequently Asked Questions … Continue reading →

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Joe Romm Predicts “…All But Certain Ruin for Modern Civilization…” from a NOAA Fisheries Press Release

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

You can’t make this stuff up. The April 25, 2013 NOAA press release Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Highest Level in 150 Years on Northeast Continental Shelf has been getting coverage by the mainstream media, including alarmist websites like Climate Progress. … Continue reading →

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Dana Nuccitelli Misleads and Misinforms in His First Blog Post at The Guardian

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

The Guardian has a new blog called Climate Consensus – The 97%. The two primary authors are to be Dana Nuccitelli, a regular contributor at SkepticalScience, and John Abraham, Associate Professor at the University of St. Thomas. Dana Nuccitelli’s first … Continue reading →

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El Niño-Southern Oscillation Then and Now

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

I’m presenting this for those who look for patterns. I see it only as a curiosity—nothing more.  I am not suggesting that future ENSO events will mimic those of the past, but… El Niño-Southern Oscillation indices are used to monitor … Continue reading →

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Mid-April 2013 Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

Note: I’ve extended the weekly data back to 2001. I simply wanted to illustrate how “flat” global sea surface temperatures have been since the end of the 1998-01 La Niña. I’m not sure if I’m going to leave those graphs … Continue reading →

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A Quick Comment about the PAGES Continental Temperature Reconstructions

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

Normally, I don’t bother to discuss paleoclimatological reconstructions. The reason: most try, some through questionable methods, to illustrate that the recent warming is unusual and could only be explained by the increased emissions of manmade greenhouse gases. And that’s the … Continue reading →

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Model-Data Difference – Global Surface Temperature Anomalies – GISS, HADCRUT4 & NCDC

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

I added an update to the end of the recent post Model-Data Comparison with Trend Maps: CMIP5 (IPCC AR5) Models vs New GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index. That update included two graphs that showed the difference between the multi-model ensemble mean … Continue reading →

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Model-Data Comparison with Trend Maps: CMIP5 (IPCC AR5) Models vs New GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE: I’ve added graphs of the difference between the observations and the models at the end of the post, under the heading of DIFFERENCE. #### We’ve shown in numerous posts how poorly climate models simulate observed changes in temperature and … Continue reading →

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A Different Perspective on Trenberth’s Missing Heat: The Warming of the Global Oceans (0 to 2000 Meters) in Deg C

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

We discussed Dr. Roy Spencer’s post More on Trenberth’s Missing Heat in my recent post and in the cross post at WattsUpWithThat. One of the points Roy made:  a change in ocean heat content is presented in terms that look … Continue reading →

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