Category Archives: Solar

The Sun Was in My Eyes – Was It More Likely Over the Past 3-Plus Decades?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

Alternate Title: On Pinker et al 2005 and the Positive Trend in the NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Surface Downward Solar Radiation Flux Over at Tallbloke’sTalkshop, Tallbloke has a post about the Pinker et al 2005 paper “Do Satellites Detect Trends in Surface … Continue reading →

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Comments On “Easterbrook on the potential demise of sunspots”

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Bob Tisdale

See update under the heading of WHY WOULD GLOBAL TEMPERATURES DROP? The following are my comments on the post Easterbrook on the potential demise of sunspotsat WattsUpWithThat. MORE MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE PDO Don J. Easterbrook wrote: “The evidence consisted of … Continue reading →

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>IPCC 20th Century Simulations Get a Boost from Outdated Solar Forcings

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Bob Tisdale

>Or The Sun Also Can’t Explain the Warming in the Early Part of the 20th Century INTRODUCTION In two previous posts, AGW Proponents Are Two-Faced When It Comes To Solar Irradiance As A Climate Forcing and Climate Modelers Reproduce Early … Continue reading →

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>Climate Modelers Reproduce Early 20th Century Warming With The Help Of Outdated Solar Forcings

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Bob Tisdale

>INITIAL NOTE This is a look at the impacts of outdated TSI reconstructions used by climate modelers. The Lean et al and the Hoyt and Schatten TSI reconstructions are discussed. INTRODUCTION The illustration of Climate Change Attribution from the Global … Continue reading →

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>AGW Proponents Are Two-Faced When It Comes To Solar Irradiance As A Climate Forcing

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Bob Tisdale

>It ceases to amaze me that, on one hand, AGW proponents will voice their current understanding of the limited impact of solar irradiance on climate, but, then, on the other, they resurrect a graphic prepared using obsolete solar irradiance data … Continue reading →

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