Monthly Archives: October 2006

Mears and Wentz: Polar Amplification Calamity

Oct 2, 2006 – 3:16 PM

New Mears and Wentz data plotted up here shows the full impact of the looming polar amplification calamity in Antarctica. Data was downloaded from their FTP site here .

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Satellite and gridcell | Comments (18)

Christy on Source Code

Oct 2, 2006 – 7:33 AM

John Christy writes in reply to my email, occasioned by Connolley’s remark that Wentz and Mears had been forced to reverse engineer his code: Steve: We gave RSS the part of the code that was still a source of confusion (a correction for diurnal drift for the LT product). In addition, we provided intermediate adjustment […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in General | Comments (100)

Massachusetts v EPA at the Supreme Court

Oct 2, 2006 – 7:12 AM

Jim Erlandson writes in with the following reference. If you follow through to the link at Northwesterm, you will see the cases and the judgements. Interesting issues abound. Take a look at the Amicus Brief by various scientists, including the omnipresent J.M. Wallace of our NAS Panel. From today’s Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Greenhouse […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in General | Tagged | Comments (36)

Hansen and Bracket Fatigue

Oct 1, 2006 – 6:52 PM

Lots of interesting things to find when you turn over the rocks of Hansen et al 2006. These are comments on work in progress, but, to say the least, there appear to be some curious decisions and methodologies.

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Hansen | Comments (25)