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Is NOAA Reporting False Higher Temperatures?
Permalink +Sun, Jul 29, 2012, 11:17 am // John Servais
Gee, maybe those U.S. heat waves are not setting records after all. Maybe NOAA has left temperature guages in places which once were surrounded by fields and are now next to hot asphalt parking lots. Maybe NOAA has even been managing the temperature readings in other ways - unknown to most of us.
A new report - out today - presents such a view. It will no doubt be condemed, unread, by many. And most will skip even that and just go after the authors as irreputable. I am posting links to the report because for three years now I have been a climate warming skeptic. Yep, coming out of the closet - a socially dangerous move in Bellingham. I think believing in Anthropogenic Global Warming has become a religion and it is heresy for a liberal to not fully embrace it. I am liberal and do not embrace it. Having spent my military service years in the Air Force Weather Service, I do know a few things about siting temperature guages and accurate weather reports. Not an expert, but not ignorantly taking a stand either.
For those with an open mind, check out this report. For those who are at this moment feeling outraged or upset to see a post like this on NWCitizen, I merely note that we can see what the future brings us. And for all of us, we need the scientific process to be depoliticized - and it is the scientists themselves who have to do this. Until then, we will all see more reports like this which are not done by traditional scientists. The question is not who wrote it, but whether the facts stand up to scruitiny. Dialogue is the most humanly effective way to move closer to the truth. I predict - pun intended - that this report will be part of our national dialogue over the next few weeks and months. That is why I am posting today.
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-> Reanalysis of U.S. surface station temperatures - a study and reportDick Conoboy // Sun, Jul 29, 2012, 5:59 pm
I went to the study. How am I to evaluate: "Well sited stations consistently show a significantly lower trend than poorly sited 47 stations, no matter which class of station is used for a baseline for comparison, and also 48 when using no baseline at all. Well sited stations, using a localized Class 4 (the most 49 common class) baseline show a trend that is 0.09°C per decade lower than poorly sited 50 stations for raw mean temperature trends. Raw mean temperature trends for well sited 51 stations are 0.145°C per decade lower than adjusted mean temperature trends for poorly 52 sited stations, and 0.145°C per decade lower than adjusted mean trend for all stations." ???? Or this: "Given that the WMO has endorsed the Leroy (2010) classification system in CIMO-XV 166 (2010) as a WMO-ISO standard, it is suitable for use in re-assessing the station quality 167 issues reported by Watts (2009)., Menne et al.,(2010), Fall et al.,(2011), and Muller et 168 al.,(2012)." ???
Don't these guys write in English?
And what are "reports not done by 'traditional' scientists"? If the above is such an example, I am at a loss. Either it is done by the scientific method or not. Tradition? This is not Fiddler on the Roof".
Dick Conoboy // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 7:30 am
It seems that former climate change skeptic Dr. Richard A. Muller, Professor of Physics at Berkeley, whose work is cited in the study by Watts, et. al., has changed his mind about climate change as he writes in a NY Times editorial yesterday entitled The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic (see: + Link ) Muller states: "Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. I'm now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause."
John Servais // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 8:29 am
Yep. So I read in the Herald this morning. And, so, that means ...? Something new? The whole point of the article was not that Muller is notable so much as it was a politically charged reversal. Politics. Think that is covered that in my post above.
Tip Johnson // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 8:32 am
It is interesting that on the bar graphs comparing monitor classes, their general relationship is constant. That strongly indicates a problem with placement. It also strongly suggests that placement adds considerable uncertainty.
It may be hazardous to draw a conclusion from this about global warming or its source, but it's easy to conclude they ought to fix the dang monitor placement and reduce the uncertainty.
John Servais // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 8:33 am
One more point, Dick. This issue is not my personal belief. The point of the post is the skewing of actual temperatures in the US by NOAA management for the past 30 some years. You can write any comment you want, but you are ignoring the issue in my post. As I suggested, comments will be directed at most anything but the issue in the post. Thanks for getting that started.
Dick Conoboy // Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 7:22 am
I am sorry but the report by Watts is virtually unreadable for most Americans who normally read at an 8th or 9th grade level. I got considerably farther than that in my schooling but I still can't parse Watt's gobbledygook. Nonetheless, I assume that scientists will give the study a careful review as should be the case in a peer review process. One should note here that this process has not yet been completed. That being said, my reference to Dr. Muller was twofold. First, a major player in the climate change debate, Dr. Muller, whose research has been funded in part by the Koch brothers [ a well-known apolitical duo :-) ] has renounced his prior stance based on research he has conducted himself - a delicious irony you must admit. Second, the work of that same Dr. Muller has been cited in this new study on US surface station temperatures. Were I Dr. Watts, I would certainly want to review my own study prior to publication if one of the works I cite is from someone who has just done a reversal on a major aspect of the topic.
I feel no outrage upon reading your piece whether or not it comes from inside or outside the closet. Being a skeptic is not inherently unwise. I await the judgment of the scientific community.
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John Servais // Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 12:30 pm
Douglas, Muller's changing his mind about climate warming has no relevance to the post about NOAA mismanaging the temperature gauges in the US. If I am wrong, please point out how.
Dick, not sure how many scientific papers you or most of us wade through. They are not known for their elegant writing. If the worst you can do is criticize the quality of the writing - but not the content - then there is nothing to respond to. And for you also, Muller has nothing to do with this subject. Of course, as a commenter you can change the subject - and you certainly are trying. You are basically dancing around the issue of NOAA doing a lousy job with our temperature gauges for the last 34 years.
And these comments bear out what I anticipated in the last graph of my post - that comments would dwell on everything except the issue of temperature gauge accuracies. Except for Tip.
David Wallin // Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 9:59 am
This dead horse has been beaten to death…again and again….and again….and it is still dead. The "urban heat island" effect on the land-based temperature record has been a well known issue for more than 30 years. Here is a thoughtful response to the article the JS has posted:
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John Servais // Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 10:21 am
David, thanks for the link. Andrew Revkin has posted an excellent article on the issue. His Dot Earth column on the NY Times is respected by the AGW community. And your post, David, actually addresses the issue of my post. Actually, Revkin mostly references and links to other studies and reports and suggests they show Watts to be wrong.
A point about your need to say it is a dead horse that I am beating. Last time I was accused of beating a dead horse was by a Port Commissioner in - I think - January 1991. To a room full of laughter and big smiles by the other two commissioners, my questions about the KAP contracts each month were mocked and made fun of. Two months later, the Port was trying to explain a $4 million loss on what turned out to be fraud by KAP on the Port and at the expense of Whatcom taxpayers. None of those commissioners were reelected, the Executive Director found another job and several port staff were fired. Some dead horse. I should write here about it sometime. The Herald has an agreement with the Port to never mention it.
Andrew Revkin does not seem to think Watts' study is a dead horse. Indeed, he quotes a researcher he respects who says, "The Muller and Watts studies no doubt represent a lot of hard work and may eventually prove to be valuable contributions to science. But we should reserve judgment on their significance." He goes on to disapprove of the advance posting of draft reports. But that is a subject for another time.
I need to go back to to make a correction to my post. The report is a "draft" and will go through another draft - posted online for all to read and criticize - and at some point be posted as the final report. One can expect that the difficult sentence structure that Dick Conoboy latched onto will be rewritten.
Bottom line - the accuracy of temperature collecting is a viable subject and not a dead horse. Watts first brought attention to this issue about three years ago. NOAA has responded and is continuing to try and explain how they make statistical adjustments to the raw temperatures - rather than fix the instruments and sitings and get more accurate raw temperatures.
Revkin has made two Updates to his post, bringing Watts into the discussion. David has provided us with a good link and Revkin is well worth reading. Contrary to David's suggestion, Revkin does not mention "urban heat Island". As David suggests, it is a thoughtful response, but it also respects the issue as a real and live horse.
David MacLeod // Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 7:28 pm
John, regarding the need for the scientific process to be depoliticized, I absolutely agree with that.
Unfortunately, however, politics continues to be very much at play, and I do believe that Richard Muller and his recent paper are very relevant to this discussion. First, because both papers are evaluating surface temperature results found in other studies.
It's also relevant, because Anthony Watts was initially very supportive of Muller's research. Last year, Watts wrote on his blog, "I think, based on what I've seen, that BEST [Muller's group] has a superior method…I'm prepared to accept whatever result they produce, even if it proves my premise wrong. I'm taking this bold step because the method has promise."
The result of the Muller Team's (BEST) study? That the warming is real, and that humans are the cause. "We were not expecting this, but as scientists, it is our duty to let the evidence change our minds." He added that he now considers himself a "converted sceptic" and his views had undergone a "total turnaround" in a short space of time.
"Our results show that the average temperature of the Earth's land has risen by 2.5F over the past 250 years, including an increase of 1.5 degrees over the most recent 50 years. Moreover, it appears likely that essentially all of this increase results from the human emission of greenhouse gases." + Link
Of course, when Muller's results didn't match Watts' expectations, he and other skeptics did not accept the result, but began attacking Muller. One of the criticisms being that Muller's paper hasn't passed peer review yet.
Ironic that Watts then proceeds to put out his own paper without peer review. Some are suggesting that the whole reason for Watts' rushed paper is as damage control, to distract attention away from Muller and his paper. If you google Richard Muller and Anthony Watts, lots of interesting posts come up.
I'm not qualified to evaluate Watt's claims, but it seems there is already a lot of peer-reviewed literature that supports NOAA's procedures and results. The temperature records are corrected to account for various historical changes in station location, instrumentation, and observing practice.: + Link
Watts claims the adjustments are not warranted, but according to an evaluation of Watts' paper at Skeptical Science, "They do not demonstrate this in the paper. They also do not demonstrate that their own 'raw' trends are homogeneous.
Ultimately Watts et al. fail to account for changing time of observations, that instruments change, or that weather stations are sometimes relocated, causing them to wrongly conclude that uncorrected data are much better than data that takes all this into account."
"...In its current form, the Watts paper contains little in the way of useful analysis. There are too many potential sources of bias which are not accounted for, too many apples-to-oranges comparisons, and they cannot draw any conclusions about urban heat influences until their data are homogenized and other non-climate influences are removed.
...The primary conclusion of the paper, aside from not being supported by the analysis, is simply implausible. The CONUS surface warming trend proposed by the Watts paper appears to be inconsistent with the satellite observations, and overall global trends in raw data do not differ dramatically from those in the adjusted data. Comparing raw to adjusted data globally shows a rather small difference in long-term trends; far smaller than a factor of two.
The flaws we have identified entirely compromise the conclusions of the paper."
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Incidentally, I've recently completed a couple of blog posts of my own, surveying recent news stories and events dealing with climate change, including references to both Watts and Muller.
"Global. Warming." + Link
"Responses to Bill McKibben" (recent major article in Rolling Stone) + Link
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Wherein Whatcom's Klan heritage may be oozing from some cracks8 comments; last on Dec 06, 2014
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Sat, Nov 22, 2014, 2:48 pm // Riley Sweeney
Riley dives into the data with precinct maps and historical perspectives0 comments
Campus View Apartment Project Officially Defunct
Thu, Nov 20, 2014, 8:15 am // Dick Conoboy
Campus Crest Communities, Inc. has officially offered for sale the Lincoln St. property that was to be a student apartment development.2 comments; last on Nov 23, 2014
Howard Harris Dies - More Testimonials Added
Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 12:51 pm // John Servais
Updated Nov 12. Howard Harris, the founder of the Bellingham silent peace vigil at the Federal Building in Bellingham, has died. He and Rosemary were leaders in our…0 comments
A Veterans Day Note
Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 1:34 pm // John Servais
On this Veterans Day, a note about how vets need our government to step up - as has never been done. And a personal note on the power…3 comments; last on Nov 13, 2014
Lincoln Street Apartment Development May Be Abandoned
Thu, Nov 06, 2014, 5:53 am // Dick Conoboy
The Campus Crest apartment complex may be the "victim" of a corporate restructuring plan.3 comments; last on Nov 10, 2014
Doug Ericksen's Tax Lien
Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 11:28 am // John Servais
While smearing Seth Fleetwood over a common tax arrangement, we discover Doug Ericksen also has a benign tax lien - one he denied.6 comments; last on Nov 11, 2014
A Recent GOP History in Not-So-Terse-Verse
Mon, Nov 03, 2014, 7:14 pm // Richard Lewis
Poet Richard Lewis weighs in on the Tea Party values0 comments
Sat, Nov 01, 2014, 11:29 am // Tip Johnson
Or why to vote for Nyima, the dog, for County Prosecutor4 comments; last on Nov 03, 2014
Election Recommendations
Thu, Oct 30, 2014, 1:18 am // John Servais
A link to Riley's Political Junkie for excellent recommendations - and a few thoughts of my own.1 comments; last on Oct 30, 2014
Something Gristly to Chew On: The rest of the story -
Thu, Oct 23, 2014, 10:01 am // Tip Johnson
It's just how things roll in Whatcom County5 comments; last on Oct 26, 2014
Point Roberts vs. the FCC: Modern David and Goliath
Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 1:44 pm // John Lesow
Update Oct 22: John Lesow has posted a comment with considerable more information on this issue.1 comments; last on Oct 22, 2014
Tune in TONIGHT for Political Comedy
Tue, Oct 14, 2014, 5:36 am // Riley Sweeney
Riley does a local political comedy show1 comments; last on Oct 15, 2014
Bham Planning Director - Rick Sepler Chosen
Wed, Oct 08, 2014, 5:24 pm // John Servais
Three final candidates for Bellingham Planning Director spoke today at a cozy 'meet and greet' of government employees and developers.6 comments; last on Oct 11, 2014
The Business of Government
Sat, Oct 04, 2014, 11:23 am // Tip Johnson
Wherein we see that sometimes government can do what business can't.9 comments; last on Oct 07, 2014
Rental Conditions - A Real Estate Inspector's View
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 9:26 am // Dick Conoboy
An experienced real estate inspector provides a window to the dangeroous conditions found in rentals in Bellingham3 comments; last on Oct 05, 2014
Few Surprises at the Tea Party Debate
Thu, Oct 02, 2014, 1:33 pm // Riley Sweeney
Riley files a full report of the Tea Party debate for State Leg candidates1 comments; last on Oct 04, 2014
Satpal Sidhu, Candidate for State Representative, 42nd District
Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 7:00 am // Guest writer
Wherein a Fulbright scholar, professional engineer and successful business owner files for public office4 comments; last on Oct 02, 2014
Hickory, Dickory, Docketing…Yet Another Spot Rezone
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 4:07 am // Dick Conoboy
Last Thursday, the Planning Commission voted to recommend the docketing of the spot rezone of 801 Samish from Residential Single to Commerical Planned (non-retail)6 comments; last on Oct 03, 2014
Samish Way Experience - Drug Dealing Dangers?
Wed, Sep 17, 2014, 9:26 am // John Servais
We post a disturbing report of a personal encounter along Samish Way, with the permission of John Stark, who experienced it.2 comments; last on Sep 17, 2014
Who Will Be Appointed to Lehman's City Council Seat?
Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:21 am // Riley Sweeney
Riley and John share the short list of who might replace Cathy Lehman on the Bellingham city council on January 5.8 comments; last on Sep 10, 2014
An Imminent Threat: The State Plans for CBR Disaster While Counties Punt
Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 10:48 am // Terry Wechsler
While the state spends hundreds of thousands of dollars defining risks of crude by rail, Skagit County finds no significant adverse impacts of a crude-by-rail proposal.1 comments; last on Aug 28, 2014
You can't fight city hall: city hall doesn't fight fair
Fri, Aug 22, 2014, 1:06 pm // Guest writer
Patrick McKee of the Sunnyland Neighborhood guest-writes about the August 11 City Council slap-dash zoning changes.2 comments; last on Aug 23, 2014
Good Friends and Neighbors: What $54 Million Doesn't Buy, Part 2
Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 3:54 pm // Terry Wechsler
Not content with causing massive inconvenience, BNSF is now literally dumping on county residents.10 comments; last on Aug 26, 2014
Devil In the Details
Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 2:48 pm // Guest writer
Judith Green of the Sunnyland Neighborhood guest writes this brief summary of what went wrong with the planning last week.1 comments; last on Aug 22, 2014
Good Friends and Neighbors: What $54 Million Doesn't Buy
Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 6:12 am // Terry Wechsler
A massive upgrade of the Cascade [rail] Corridor has left residents stranded and the sheriff asking Washington, DC, to intervene.7 comments; last on Sep 02, 2014
Reliable Prosperity
Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 2:13 pm // Guest writer
Sandy Robson guest writes of the need for real prosperity at Cherry Point, not a destructive short term coal port that destroys the fishing grounds.5 comments; last on Oct 02, 2014
Fleetwood versus Ericksen: What Happened in Round One?
Tue, Aug 12, 2014, 9:52 am // Riley Sweeney
Some Context for the Primary Results0 comments
The Rule of Law - Bellingham Style
Mon, Aug 11, 2014, 10:31 pm // John Servais
Bellingham City Council abruptly changes zoning codes to force Planning Department plan on Sunnyland residents.7 comments; last on Aug 14, 2014
Final Updated Election Results
Fri, Aug 08, 2014, 9:10 am // John Servais
Updated Wed evening. The Tuesday evening 8:20 pm Auditor report on the election is in.5 comments; last on Aug 08, 2014
Councilmember Murphy's Proposed Rental Ordinance Is Deeply Flawed
Fri, Aug 01, 2014, 7:00 am // Dick Conoboy
Councilmember Murphy's proposal is based on a complaint-based rental ordinance from Tacoma, demonstrated to do little for the health and safety of tenants.14 comments; last on Oct 01, 2014
Trial by Fire: A Rising Tide of Civil Disobedience
Fri, Aug 01, 2014, 3:47 am // Terry Wechsler
Carefully planned actions are rolling across the state to make the point that it's not OK to expose us to risks associated with CBR.7 comments; last on Aug 04, 2014
Northwest Citizen Releases Polling of Whatcom Voters
Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 10:40 am // Riley Sweeney
Northwest Citizen has conducted a phone poll of likely voters, with some surprising results!9 comments; last on Jul 29, 2014
Plan Commission & Samish Neighbors Bypassed on Rezone Docketing
Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 6:52 am // Dick Conoboy
In contravention of the Bellingham Municipal Code, the City Council will consider on 4 August a last minute docketing request that ignores the Planning Commission and Samish Neighborhood.1 comments; last on Jul 30, 2014
Sunnyland Planning Process Explained - Partially
Wed, Jul 23, 2014, 9:47 pm // Guest writer
Guest writer Mike Rostron explains how Bellingham city planners played loose and illegal with planning processes.0 comments
City Council Approves Resident's Sunnyland Plan
Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 6:22 pm // John Servais
Sunnlyland residents win one - after a seven year effort. Planning Department failed them and all of us.2 comments; last on Jul 23, 2014
What Landlords Need to Know about Rental Registration
Mon, Jul 21, 2014, 4:30 am // Guest writer
Landlords are so caught up opposing a licensing and inspection ordinance, they cannot see the upside for them in ridding the city of bad rentals.19 comments; last on Aug 01, 2014
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(KAWARTHA LAKES) Proposed solar projects in the City of Kawartha Lakes took up the bulk of council's time at the first meeting of the year on Jan. 15.
Representatives of several companies appeared, asking for council's support for their Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) applications, a provincial program developed to encourage and promote greater use of renewable energy sources, including wind and solar power projects.
One reason there were so many deputants is the deadline for council's support was Jan. 18.
The FIT Program is divided into two streams: FIT and microFlT. The FIT Program is for renewable energy projects that can generate more than 10 kilowatts (kW) of electricity.
Projects that are 10kw or less are considered under the microFlT program, and are subject to those rules. The FIT program awards priority points to projects that, among other things, have demonstrated support from local municipalities, in the form of a council support resolution.
Council had 12 projects to consider, but what caused dissension was the size of the projects and whether or not the City should be getting involved. Each of the deputants explained the size and scope of their proposed projects.
While council can support the projects, that is not a green-light to proceed. Municipal support helps the companies get the FIT points, but the projects must come back to council before they are approved.
Council approved most of the smaller projects (there were 12 on the agenda), including rooftop projects, but balked at some of the larger ones. Some councillors, such as Ward 11 Coun. Patrick O'Reilly, questioned whether council should be involved in decisions made by farmers.
Noting they are "great stewards of the land," he pointed out that if a farmer wishes to designate part of his/her land and enter an agreement for a solar project, the farmer knows what land would be suitable and can make the decision.
Ward 16 Coun. Heather Stauble said her problem is the lack of information, that council shouldn't be giving any kind of "support" to energy companies' applications without having all the facts.
Ward 14 Coun. Ron Ashmore said the City was promised solar panels would be manufactured in the area, but said he hasn't seen any evidence of that so far.
After almost three hours of debating the projects one by one, Mayor Ric McGee said the City wasn't getting "one red cent...to help our constituents, who will pay the higher electricity costs."
Ward 13 Coun. Pat Warren said council "was not looking at the big picture." She was frustrated that green energy companies trying to bring green projects to the City seem to run into so many roadblocks.
But, Ward 7 Coun. Brian Junkin said he would not support any solar projects because they "are subsidized at both the front and back end. He said they are too expensive and that "we all pay."
"And, if you're losing your farm and you think this is going to save you, you're already too far gone."
Ward 3 Coun. Dave Hodgson had no problem with smaller projects in particular. "You can bet your bottom dollar that Galway-Cavendish-Harvey and Peterborough County will be doing this," he said, adding the small solar projects don't take up much space.
Ward 2 Coun. Emmett Yeo echoed Coun. Junkin, saying taxpayers will "pay through the nose" and he "wouldn't support anything under the Green Energy Act if it was forced down my throat." He said the Province has taken away municipalities' rights to make their own decisions on green energy.
"Do you think these companies are falling all over each other (making presentations to council) if they weren't going to make money?"
But, Coun. O'Reilly said a lot of big corporations are subsidized, and pointed to local green energy companies operating in the city that council should be supporting.
Coun. Stauble noted council still has an obligation to make informed decisions about any energy projects, especially when it comes to protecting the City's agriculture industry.
"The [farmers] I see involved in this I don't see as poor...these are private deals and investments with these companies."
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