Tag: models

Open Thread – Science Division
August 23, 2015 0

Open Thread – Science Division

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Tweet Some things which caught Eli’s Eye, but, it being summer, only a few comments from the meadow are likely. – A really interesting paper in Climate of the Past Discussions, a collaboration between the PAGES2K (turbo proxy reconstructions) and PIMP3 (modeling of the past) groups " Continental-scale temperature variability in PMIP3 simulations and PAGES 2k regional temperature reconstructions over the past millennium " which will not bring smiles in certain quarters.  Warning, it is another Hansen, et al seventy pager

April 24, 2015 0

More from Andy Lacis

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Andy Lacis comments on Judith Curry’s visit to the hall of mirrors at And Then There is Physics , but in the spirit of the think, allow Eli to repost. —————————– Let me toss on here what I posted on ClimateEtc in regard to the recent (April 15, 2015) Science, Space, and Technology Committee Congressional Hearing: As was to be expected, Congressional hearings are more about political posturing rather than being a directed effort of objective information gathering

A Train Wreck Avoided
April 14, 2015 0

A Train Wreck Avoided

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Tweet As has been reported, the American Physical Society has requested comments on its Draft Statement on Earths Changing Climate. There was some amusement value in how the draft was presented

Journal of Economic Perspectives Editor Tries Once More
February 8, 2015 0

Journal of Economic Perspectives Editor Tries Once More

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A Whole Fleet of Gremlins As Frank Ackerman pointed out in a scholarly matter, there is not much there in that figure with multiple numbers of the few points coming from the same models over a couple of decades. Eli would have enjoyed listening in to the exchange of views at JEP, but the JEP editor has settled on using the figure appearing in the AR5 A point of continuing discussion, here at RR has been is whether the several cited studies have any coherent message, for example, can a responsible economist fit the data