Monthly Archives: February 2015

On Steinman et al. (2015) – Michael Mann and Company Redefine Multidecadal Variability And Wind Up Illustrating Climate Model Failings

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE: I’ve changed the title. This better represents the post. # # # For the past few years, we’ve been showing in numerous blog posts that the observed multidecadal variations in sea surface temperatures of the North Atlantic (known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Model-Data Comparison SST | 20 Comments

Roger Pielke, Jr. Being Investigated by Representative Grijalva for Presenting Inconvenient Data

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

Roger Pielke, Jr. is not a skeptic of human-induced global warming, as we all know.  Pielke Jr. is being investigated, however, for the “crime” of presenting data that disagree with alarmists who make bogus claims about weather and weather-related losses. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | 10 Comments

Quick Mid-February 2015 Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE:  Fixed the typo in the headline. [Thanks, Miguel Alarcon.] # # # Just a quick look at the weekly sea surface temperature anomalies of the 4 most-often-used NINO regions of the equatorial Pacific. From west to east they include:

Posted in ENSO Update | 23 Comments

New Paper Confirms the Hiatus Is Not Occurring at the Poles, Undermining the Efforts of Cowtan and Way

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

Pierre Gosselin of NoTrickZone reports on a paper that confirms the slowdown in global surface warming has not been occurring at the poles. See Pierre’s post German Experts: New Paper By Gleisner Shows 2013 Cowtan And Way Arctic Data Hole Paper … Continue reading →

Posted in HADCRUT4, Hiatus, Polar Amplification | 3 Comments

Climate Propaganda from the Australian Academy of Science

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

The Australia Academy of Science has recently published a Q&A about human-induced global warming titled The science of climate change.  Their press release is here.  Examples from around the blogosphere:

Posted in Alarmism, CAGW Proponent Arguments, Climate Model Failings | 4 Comments

January 2015 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly & Model-Data Difference Update

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through January 2015 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through December 2014—and of the two suppliers of satellite-based lower troposphere temperature data (RSS … Continue reading →

Posted in GISS, Global Temperature Update, HADCRUT4, Lower Troposphere Temperature, NCDC, TLT and LOST Updates | 6 Comments

New Paper: Unprecedented 21st-century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

That’s the title of a new paper by Cook et al. that’s been making the rounds in the mainstream media. The paper is available from GISS here. The abstract reads:

Posted in Alarmism, Drought | 1 Comment

January 2015 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

INITIAL NOTES Note 1: The NOAA NOMADS servers are still off line.  NOAA replied to my email inquiry and advised that the NOMADS website will be down for an extended time period and there were no estimates for when they … Continue reading →

Posted in SST Update, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Recent Paper Ends Abstract with “…Model Might Be Too Sensitive to the Prescribed Radiative Forcings”

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

The paper is Douville et al. (2015) The recent global warming hiatus: What is the role of Pacific variability? [paywalled].    The abstract reads (my boldface):

Posted in Climate Model Problems, El Nino-La Nina Processes | 10 Comments

Many Mixed Signals in the UKMO’s Latest 5-Year Global Surface Temperature Forecast

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

The UKMO issued their most recent 5-year global temperature forecast about a week ago. See their Decadal forecast press release for 2015.  It has been getting a little press recently.   The forecast description wasn’t as clear as it could have … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Model Failings, UKMO | 8 Comments