Monthly Archives: May 2008

Where did IPCC 1990 Figure 7c Come From?

May 9, 2008 – 6:55 AM

Here at Climate Audit, we occasionally try to solve mysteries that have vexed climate scientists for years. On a previous occasion, we helped UCAR locate the mysterious civilization of Chile, on another occasion the lost city of Wellington NZ and, most recently, helped NASA find the lost city of Cobija, Bolivia. Today we’ll help the […]

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Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Reaches "Unprecedented" Levels

May 4, 2008 – 4:35 PM

Four of the past 5 months are “all-time” records for Southern Hemisphere sea ice anomalies, “unprecedented” since the data set began in 1979 as shown below: On a global basis, world sea ice in April 2008 reached levels that were “unprecedented” for the month of April in over 25 years. Levels are the third highest […]

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Raobcore Adjustments

May 3, 2008 – 3:21 PM

One of the issues in play in criticisms of Douglass et al 2007 pertained to their use of RAOBCORE 1.2 rather than RAOBCORE 1.4. As an editorial comment, since some critics of Climate Audit seem to feel that I bear some personal responsibility for defending this paper, I was not a co-author of Douglass et […]

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“No Working Papers”, “No Correspondence”

May 2, 2008 – 6:04 AM

Last year, we noted the insolent and unresponsive answers by IPCC chapter 6 Lead Authors to Review Comments in connection with the Hockey Stick reconstructions. Under IPCC policies, Review Editors have important obligations to ensure responsiveness of Chapter Authors (see policies discussed here). The comments by Review Editors were not put online by IPCC, but, […]

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David Douglass' Comments:

May 1, 2008 – 7:27 PM

David Douglass writes in:

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Ice Ages #2

May 1, 2008 – 8:58 AM
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Unthreaded #34

May 1, 2008 – 8:57 AM
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Svalgaard #6

May 1, 2008 – 8:55 AM
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