Tag Archives: jones 1990

Some China Comparisons

Apr 11, 2007 – 12:02 PM

Here are a few plots of Jones et al 1990 China urban vs rural sites. Maybe one of our more computer-oriented people could make a little applet to yield 42 comparisons from the small data set which is now collated. For now, here are some very quick and non-prettied up comparisons. I started with a […]

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Freedom of Information – Jones et al 1990

Apr 3, 2007 – 12:34 PM

I’ve reported here on my progress with UEA in obtaining identification of the sites used in Jones et al 1990, a study of the urban heat island effect. [Update – the Jones et al data was posted up here. ] I initially inquired a couple of years ago as I mentioned here. I sent an […]

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Jones and the Great Leap Forward #2

Mar 13, 2007 – 1:06 PM

I discussed the China network in Jones et al 1990 which is still cited as key evidence against UHI having a material effect on temperature estimates (even in IPCC 4AR). Shortly after Jones et al was published, Wang et al. 1990 ( W-C Wang, Z, Zeng and T. Karl, Urban Heat Islands in China, 1990. […]

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Phil Jones and the Great Leap Forward

Feb 26, 2007 – 3:51 PM

The other key network in the seminal Jones et al 1990 on urbanization (relied upon in AR4) is their Chinese network. The idea that China between 1954 and 1983 – the age of Chairman Mao and the Great Leap Forward – could have achieved consistency in temperature measurement that eluded the U.S. observing system (with […]

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