Monthly Archives: February 2016

Climate Models are NOT Simulating Earth’s Climate – Part 3

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE:  See the update below Figure 1.24-8 for the IPCC’s correction of their Figure 9.17 from the 5th Assessment Report.  Thanks, Nic. # # # This post presents model-data comparisons of ocean heat content.  It is a correction and update … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Model Failings, Ocean Heat Content Problems | 5 Comments

Comments on Riser et al (2016) – An Infomercial about the ARGO Program

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE: I’ve crossed out the entire discussion of the top of the atmosphere energy imbalance and removed the illustration. See the note at the beginning of that heading.  # # # An illustration in the paper Riser et al. (2016) … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Heat Content Problems | 1 Comment

January 2016 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE: All graphs with UAH lower troposphere temperature data have been updated from beta version 6.4 to 6.5.  Thanks, Nick Stokes.  This means Figure 4 and Figures 6 through 9 have been revised. # # # The GISS Land-Ocean Temperature … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Temperature Update, Lower Troposphere Temperature, TLT and LOST Updates, TLT Update, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Climate Models Are NOT Simulating Earth’s Climate – Part 2

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Bob Tisdale

This post will serve as part 2 of the 2015 update of the model-data comparisons of satellite-era sea surface temperatures. The 2014 update is here. This, the second part, contains time-series graphs.  But the data and model outputs are being … Continue reading →

Posted in Model-Data Comparison SST, SST Update | 25 Comments

January 2016 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update

Posted on February 9, 2016 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 January 2016.  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

Climate Models Are NOT Simulating Earth’s Climate – Part 1

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Bob Tisdale

This post will serve as part 1 of the 2015 update of the model-data comparisons of satellite-era sea surface temperatures. The 2014 update is here. I’ve broken the update into two parts this year. INTRODUCTION The locations, the timings and … Continue reading →

Posted in Model-Data Comparison SST, SST Update | 10 Comments