My latest in the Wall Street Journal Web | PDF.
An update too late for this op-ed, NOAA has run away from the hottest day claim.
My latest in the Wall Street Journal Web | PDF.
An update too late for this op-ed, NOAA has run away from the hottest day claim.
Computer climate modeling, aka PlayStation Climatology is no more accurate than looking through the entrails of sheep as far as forecasting far out (in time) climate states. Two of my fovorite quotes are these:
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“Computer models are no different from fashion models. They’re seductive, unreliable, easily corrupted, and they lead sensible people to make fools of themselves” John in OK
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[and right from the horse’s mouth (or other orifice)]
“The climate system is a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible.” – IPCC TAR WG1, Working Group I: The Scientific Basis