Category Archives: Climate Model Problems

No Consensus: Earth’s Top of Atmosphere Energy Imbalance in CMIP5-Archived (IPCC AR5) Climate Models

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides an initial look at climate model simulations of the top of the atmosphere (TOA) energy budget and its three components. It includes the outputs of the climate models stored in the CMIP5 archive (used by the IPCC … Continue reading →

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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):

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Mixed Signals from the NOAA ENSO Blog about Climate Models

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

There’s a new post at the NOAA ENSO blog titled Climate Change and ENSO: Take 2.  It’s a guest post by Matt Collins of the University of Exeter.  That post probably left most people scratching their heads…not for its content, … Continue reading →

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A Lead Author of IPCC AR5 Downplays Importance of Climate Models

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

Richard Betts heads the Climate Impacts area of the UK Met Office. The first bullet point on his webpage under areas of expertise describes his work as a climate modeler. He was one of the lead authors of the IPCC’s … Continue reading →

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An Odd Mix of Reality and Misinformation from the Climate Science Community on England et al. (2014)

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

In this post, we’ll discuss a recent article and blog post about the recently published England et al. (2014).  This post includes portions of past posts and a number of new discussions and illustrations. We’ve already discussed (post here) the paper England … Continue reading →

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Cowtan and Way (2013) Adjustments Exaggerate Climate Model Failings at the Poles and Do Little to Explain the Hiatus

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

We’ve already discussed Cowtan and Way’s infilling of HADCRUT4 data in the post On Cowtan and Way (2013) “Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends”.  The paper is available here.  In that earlier post, … Continue reading →

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Quick Comments on England et al. (2014)

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

England et al. (2014) paper Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus has been getting a lot of press around the blogosphere. The HockeySchtick has an excellent overview here,  Anthony Watts introduced the paper … Continue reading →

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Our Climate Models Are Aglow with Whirling, Transient Nodes of Thought Careening through a Cosmic Vapor of Invention

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE:  Even Trenberth is critical of the Cai et al. (2013) study. See the update at the end. # # # My apologies to the writers of Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles for the title of the post. Hedley Lamarr: My mind … Continue reading →

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Questions Policymakers Should Be Asking Climate Scientists Who Receive Government Funding

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

Even before the study of human-induced global warming became fashionable, tax dollars had funded a major portion of that research. Government organizations continue to supply the vast majority of the moneys for those research efforts. Yet with the tens of … Continue reading →

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Video: Comments on Human-Induced Global Warming – Episode 2 – Introduction to the Halt in Global Warming

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

This is the second in a series of videos that examines hypothetical human-induced global warming and claims made by global warming enthusiasts. As noted in the title, it presents an introduction to the halt—a.k.a. the hiatus, the pause—in global warming. … Continue reading →

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