Monthly Archives: November 2015

Pause Buster SST Data: Has NOAA Adjusted Away a Relationship between NMAT and SST that the Consensus of CMIP5 Climate Models Indicate Should Exist?

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

In this post, we’re going to discuss one of the three adjustments with the greatest impacts on the new NOAA “pause buster” sea surface temperature dataset.   That is, I’m going to discuss and illustrate that NOAA based one of their … Continue reading →

Posted in Marine Air Temperature, NOAA ERSST.v4, SST Dataset Info, The Pause | 42 Comments

The Differences between Sea Surface Temperature Datasets Prevent Us from Knowing Which El Niño Was Strongest According NINO3.4 Region Temperature Data

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

In the November 17, 2015 post here (WattsUpWithThat cross post here), we discussed the recent alarmist claims by the mainstream media and members of the climate science community about the strength of the current El Niño, showing how and why … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015-16 El Nino Series, ENSO Update | 38 Comments

Is the Current El Niño Stronger Than the One in 1997/98?

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

Yesterday, NOAA published its weekly update of the sea surface temperature data for the NINO regions (data here), and because the sea surface temperature anomalies for “a key region” of the equatorial Pacific (the NINO3.4 region) exceeded the weekly values … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015-16 El Nino Series | 36 Comments

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

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

As one might expect in response to a strong El Niño, the GISS global Land Ocean Temperature Index jumped 0.24 deg C from September to October 2014, raising its value to more than 1.0 deg C above the reference period temperatures for 1951-1980.   

Posted in Global Temperature Update, Lower Troposphere Temperature, TLT and LOST Updates | 11 Comments

Back to Basics Part 2 – What is Climate Change?

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This is the second part of a two-part series of posts that present chapters from my recently published ebook On Global Warming and the Illusion of Control – Part 1.  The introductory post for the book is here (WattsUpWithThat cross … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays & Books | 6 Comments

October 2015 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

MONTHLY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY MAP The following is a Global map of Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies for October 2015.  It was downloaded from the KNMI Climate Explorer. The contour range was set to -2.5 to +2.5 … Continue reading →

Posted in SST Update | 12 Comments

Back to Basics Part 1 – What is Global Warming?

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This is the first part of a two-part series of posts that present chapters from my recently published ebook On Global Warming and the Illusion of Control – Part 1.  The introductory post for the book is here (WattsUpWithThat cross … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays & Books | 7 Comments

New Book: On Global Warming and the Illusion of Control – Part 1

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

THIS WAS A STICKY POST. Newer posts have been published. I’ve been mentioning my new book in blog posts and comments for well over a year. I’ve finished Part 1, which makes up the majority of it. The best news: IT’S … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays & Books | 123 Comments