Is NOAA Misleading the Public by Including Tropical Cyclones in its 2012...
IF NOT, THE PRESS AND PUBLIC WILL CERTAINLY GET THE WRONG IDEA The Summary Information of the NOAA State of the Climate report reads with respect to extremes: The U.S. Climate Extremes Index indicated...
View ArticleThe Contiguous U.S. Surface Air Temperature Data Through 2012 – Is the Recent...
UPDATE: Fixed the date of the second trend period on Figure 3. It now reads the correct year. UPDATE 2: For those visiting because of the Tamino’s recent (misdirection) post, refer to my response to...
View ArticleNOAA’s Definition and Data Contradict Their Claim That 2012 Was The Warmest...
In the 2012 State of the Climate Report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated (my boldface): 2012 ranked as the warmest “La Niña year”, surpassing the previous record set...
View ArticleNOAA Corrects Their 2012 State of the Climate Report – 2012 Was NOT the...
With as little fanfare as possible, NOAA has corrected their erroneous claim in their 2012 State of the Climate Report that of 2012 as the warmest “La Niña year” on record. Refer to the January 21,...
View ArticleAerosols from Moderate Volcanos Now Blamed for Global Warming Hiatus
While looking for quotes on an upcoming post about Ocean Heat Content, I ran across the press release for a new paper (in press) by Neely et al, which blames the recent slowdown in global warming on...
View ArticleBlog Memo to Lead Authors of NCADAC Climate Assessment Report
Date: March 4, 2013 Subject: Upcoming NCADAC Climate Assessment Report From: Bob Tisdale – Climate Observations To: Lead Authors of NCADAC Report Dear Lead Authors: The draft of your upcoming NCADAC...
View ArticleHow Long Will the Naturally Caused Drought Persist in the U.S.?
AND DOES THE UPCOMING NCADAC REPORT ADDRESS THE AMO’S INFLUENCE ON THE DROUGHT? Anthony Watts recently published a post about the current drought in the U.S. titled To NCDC: We Haven’t Seen an El Nino...
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