Tag Archives: ar4

AR4 Models and the Ross Sea

Mar 30, 2009 – 10:02 AM

I noticed something interesting in AR4 about Antarctic models, that no one mentioned in the initial commentary on Steig et al. When Steig et al 2009 came out, commenters had some fun teasing the clergy over at realclimate over Spencer Weart’s article the prior year. Pielke Jr Lucia CA Speaking for myself, I went to […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Steig at al 2009 | Also tagged , | Comments (29)

Mann's PC1 in Esper and Frank 2008

Sep 26, 2008 – 3:16 PM

On previous occasions, we’ve noticed some strange appearances of the Mann hockey stick under different disguises. In Inconvenient Truth, a splice of Mann’s hockey stick and CRU instrumental data is described as “Dr Thompson’s thermometer”. Today, I noticed another peculiar incident, where Esper and Frank (Clim Chg 2008), who one would think would know better, […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Esper et al 2002, MBH98 | Also tagged , , | Comments (13)

IPCC AR4 and the Return of Chucky – He’s Baaack!

Oct 23, 2007 – 5:41 PM

Here’s something I meant to post up when AR4 came out. I was reminded of this when Rob Wilson posted recently: Lastly, lets not forget that TR based reconstructions of NH temperatures exist that do not use Bristlecone pine or Foxtail data. Rob’s point here is very disingenuous (to use Mann-speak) since millennial reconstructions are […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in Briffa, Crowley, Esper et al 2002, Hegerl 2006, IPCC, Jones & Mann 2003, Juckes et al 2006, MBH98, Moberg [2005] | Also tagged | Comments (22)