This post describes my consolidated global temperature anomaly CSV file that users can easily download to Excel or R to do their own trend analysis. Do It Yourself Global Temperature Anomaly Trend Analysis As I wrote in my July 10, … Continue r...
This RClimate Script lets users read a NetCDF file and plot the latest satellite altimetry based global mean sea level data from 1993 to the latest completed month. The trend chart shows NOAA’s Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry altimeter global mean sea level with the seasonal signal removed and inverted barometer. I will add this...
This RClimate Script lets users retrieve and plot the National Climatic Data Center’s monthly Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly dat series . Links to the NCDC data file and my RClimate script are included. Users can run my script with a simple R source() statement. NCDC SST Anomaly I’ve discussed the Hadley SST anomaly...
This RClimate Script lets users retrieve the latest data file on monthly Mauna Loa CO2 levels and generate a trend chart with the latest reading highlighted. CO2 Trends – Keeling Curve Here’s the Mauna Loa Observatory CO2 trend from 1958 to Dec., 2009. Here are the data and RClimate Script links: Data Link RClimate Script link Posted...
This post shows how to retrieve on-line Arctic Sea Ice Extent data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), consolidate the data files, generate a csv file, summarize and plot the data and post it as a Google Docs so that interested readers can download and analyze this data series themselves. Links...
This post, the 3rd (1st here, 2nd here) in the series on Understanding the Science of CO2’s Role in Climate Change, discusses how water vapor, CO2, CH4, O3 and N2O absorb and emit the Earth’s longwave radiation, changing the Earth’s energy balance. I’ve made a 5 panel chart that shows spectra data for 5 ...