Comments on: Buell: ‘Castles in the Clouds’ http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/ by Steve McIntyre Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jim edwards http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178046 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:48:15 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178046 Re: Lucy Skywalker (#46),

Can you add Gavin pouring boiling oil over the parapet onto some peasants ?

]]> By: Reil http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178045 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:09:14 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178045 In response to the internal review, policies at NASA would be changed in a variety of ways: Flight surgeons would be present during the pre-mission suit-up activities, flight surgeons would receive additional training in psychiatric evaluation, and although there was an unofficial code of conduct in place, an official “Code of Conduct” would be written up for employees NASA

]]> By: Reil http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178044 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:08:12 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178044 Alan Stern, NASA’s “hard-charging” and “reform-minded” Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, resigned on March 25, 2008,[44] to be effective April 11, after he ordered funding cuts to the Mars rovers and Mars Odyssey that were overturned by NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin. The cuts were intended to offset cost overruns for the Mars Science Laboratory. Stern, who served for nearly a year and has been credited with making “significant changes that have helped restore the importance of science in NASA’s mission.”, says he left to avoid cutting healthy programs and basic research in favor of politically sensitive projects. Griffin favors cutting “less popular parts” of the budget, including basic research, and Stern’s refusal to do so led to his resignation.

]]> By: Jeff Alberts http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178043 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:43:39 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178043 Re: MrPete (#45),

I agree, MrPete. However, I was using Steve’s current header graphic as a template for width and height (copied the image and used the raw size as opposed to the visible size in the browser). The width is greater than 1600 pixels, so while you may have a screen res wider than that, is it likely that you’d have your browser taking up the entire width? A lot of sites also have fixed width content areas with fixed width headers, so it’s not a given by any means. Anyway, it was a quick and dirty…

]]> By: Greg F http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178042 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:44:16 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178042 Re: Lucy Skywalker (#46),

Just a suggestion. Clouds that look like Lord Stanley’s Cup. People holding the cup in the air seem to be on cloud 9.

]]> By: Lucy Skywalker http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178041 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:21:49 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178041 As requested, Steve, versions
Cloud Castle 01
Cloud Castle 02
Cloud Castle 03
Cloud Castle 04
Hope it’s what you want.

]]> By: MrPete http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178040 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:24:18 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178040 Re: Jeff Alberts (#38), (and for anyone interested in header graphics) — it’s best when the header can seamlessly repeat (one way or another). People have different screen widths; it’s nice when the header “works” for everyone.

]]> By: Jeff Id http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178039 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:52:16 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178039 Re: RomanM (#42),

Quite a compliment, another method to bore my friends to death. :)

When I see a semicircle of temps different from the interior it bothers me a bit. The ocean certainly would dampen trends, I’ve lived on both sides of lake Michigan for years at a time. On the west, there’s not usually much effect but on the east wow! It mau be possible with circular weather patterns that the edge of the antarctic would all have similar temps, I’m not sure. I’m guessing the muted temparature half the way around the antarctic could actually exist in the satellite data overlaying the surface stations. This could cause regem to weight the interior with a heavier or even inverted trend from what the surface stations show (e.g. if the trend in the interior is stronger in the sat data, trends at the coast will be amplified in the interior. Since these surfacestations by my above assumptions are therefore in a high gradient area, small adjustments of even things like the 50Km gridsize or .5 degrees of latitude could make a real difference in result.

Either way, it’s interesting to see the PC’s at work. I think the reason Steig chose not to describe the physical meaning of the 3rd PC may be because it doesn’t exist pre-1982. Without the sat data it’s just speculation of course.

]]> By: Pat Frank http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178038 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:16:12 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178038 Re: bender (#36), “And why not?”

Absent scientific integrity.

]]> By: RomanM http://climateaudit.org/2009/02/26/buell-castles-in-the-clouds/#comment-178037 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:11:36 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=5365#comment-178037 Re: Jeff Id (#41),

Nice job, Jeff! That’s a great way to show 3,305,400 numbers and see what they tell you.

You could become a statistician if you work at it. ;)

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