Interesting Post at RealClimate about Modeled Absolute Global Surface...
We recently presented and discussed modeled and observed global surface temperatures in absolute terms. See the post On the Elusive Absolute Global Mean Surface Temperature – A Model-Data Comparison....
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A Few Quick Comments on the New Paper by Gavin Schmidt and Steven Sherwood
In his post Schmidt and Sherwood on climate models, Andrew Montford of BishopHill commented on the new paper by Schmidt and Sherwood A practical philosophy of complex climate modelling (preprint). I...
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Does the Uptick in Global Surface Temperatures in 2014 Help the Growing...
This post includes calendar year 2014 global surface temperature data from GISS and NCDC. I thought it would be interesting to begin the introduction as if GISS and NCDC were announcing year-end...
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April 2015 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature...
This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through April 2015 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through March 2015—and of the two...
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The Illusions Provided by Time-Series Graphs of Climate Model Ensembles and...
The post Controversy over comparing models with observations at Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. prompted this post. Judith’s post includes a Twitter exchange and a couple of model-data comparison graphs...
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Quiz: Which 30-Year Warming Period Is Recent?
THREE MAPS ILLUSTRATING SIMILAR GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES OVER DIFFERENT 30-YEAR PERIODS The GISS map-making webpage allows users to create global maps of surface temperature anomalies for...
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What Was Earth’s Preindustrial Global Mean Surface Temperature, In Absolute...
And What Have the Average Temperatures of Earth’s Surfaces Been Recently in Absolute Terms, Not Anomalies? The answers may surprise you. THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. The update is near the end of the...
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EXAMPLES OF HOW AND WHY THE USE OF A “CLIMATE MODEL MEAN” AND THE USE OF...
THE POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. SEE THE UPDATE AT THE END OF THE POST: Alternate Title: An Average of Climate Models, Which Individually Give Wrong Answers, Cannot, By Averaging Them, Give the Right Answer,...
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Global Mean Surface Temperature: Early 20th Century Warming Period – Models...
This is a long post: 3500+ words and 22 illustrations. Regardless, heretics of the church of human-induced global warming who frequent this blog should enjoy it. Additionally, I’ve uncovered something...
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Early 20th Century Warming – Polar Amplification, Model-Data & Model-Model...
In this post, we’re going to illustrate how poorly climate models used by the IPCC for their 5th Assessment Report simulate the polar amplification that data indicates took place during the early 20th...
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