Category Archives: Hiatus

New Paper Calls into Question Reanalysis-Based and Climate Model-Based Explanations for the Slowdown in Global Surface Warming

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

INTRODUCTION The topic of this post is the paper Nieves et al. (2015) Recent hiatus caused by decadal shift in Indo-Pacific heating, which was embargoed until 2PM eastern today. The abstract reads (my boldface):

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Open Letter to Tom Karl of NOAA/NCEI Regarding “Hiatus Busting” Paper

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE: See the note at the end of the post. Date: June 10, 2015 Subject: Karl et al. (2015) Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus and the Sea Surface Data that Support It From: … Continue reading →

Posted in Hiatus, NOAA ERSST.v4, SST Dataset Info, The Pause | 86 Comments

NOAA/NCDC’s new ‘pause-buster’ paper: a laughable attempt to create warming by adjusting past data

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This is a cross post from WattsUpWithThat. Did SNL’s Tommy Flanagan Oversee the New Surface Temperature Data? By Bob Tisdale and Anthony Watts, commentary from Dr. Judith Curry follows There is a new paper published the journal Science about the … Continue reading →

Posted in CAGW Proponent Arguments, Hiatus, NCDC, NOAA ERSST.v4 | 65 Comments

Another Couple of Notes about Michael Mann’s “Faux Pause” Post and Steinman et al. 2015

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

We discussed Steinman et al. (2015) and Michael Mann’s post about it at RealClimate in the article On Steinman et al. (2015) – Michael Mann and Company Redefine Multidecadal Variability And Wind Up Illustrating Climate Model Failings. This brief post adds … Continue reading →

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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 →

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On The Blog Post “Hiatuses in the rise of temperature” at ClimateLabBook

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE:  It has come to my attention that some persons believe I ridiculed Dr. Geert Jan van Oldenborgh and Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. in this post.  That was not my intent and, on rereading this post, is far from the … Continue reading →

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