Monthly Archives: December 2015

The Silliest Post-COP21 Headline Ever?

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

It’s been a few weeks since the U.N.’s Paris Climate Conference (COP21) ended. Mainstream media from around the globe praised the impotent agreement, as though anyone expects political promises to be kept.  The COP21 agreement reminded me of the proverb … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s New “Pauses-Buster” Sea Surface Temperature Data – The Curiosities Extend into the 1st Half of the 20th Century…

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

…PLUS AN OBVIOUS ERROR IN THE NEW NOAA ERSST.V4 PAPER We’ve discussed NOAA’s new ERSST.v4 “pauses-buster” sea surface temperature reconstruction in a number of posts this year.  They are linked at the end of this post.  We can add yet … Continue reading →

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Busting (or not) the mid-20th century global-warming hiatus

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This article is also cross posted at Judith Curry’s ClimateEtc. # # # In previous posts at WattsUpWithThat and at my blog ClimateObservations, I’ve discussed the new NOAA “pause-buster” sea surface temperature dataset (ERSST.v4) a number of times since the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

As you’ll recall from last month’s update, the GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index jumped upwards more than 0.2 deg C from September to October 2014, assumedly a response to the El Niño.  The NOAA/NCEI and UKMO HADCRUT4 data lag by one … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Temperature Update, LOST Update, Lower Troposphere Temperature | 5 Comments

December 2015 ENSO Update – Shouldn’t Be Long Now Until the El Niño Starts to Decay

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides an update of many of the ENSO-related variables we presented as part of last year’s 2014-15 El Niño Series.  For the posts this year, we’ve used the evolution years of different El Niños as references to the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015-16 El Nino Series, El Nino-La Nina Processes, ENSO Update | 19 Comments

November 2015 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update

Posted on December 7, 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 November 2015.  It was downloaded from the KNMI Climate Explorer. The contour range was set to -2.5 to +2.5 … Continue reading →

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