tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post201247323989393444..comments2023-08-07T16:41:49.660+02:00Comments on Die Klimazwiebel: Marcel Severijnen on Marcel Crok's new nook "Staat van het klimaat"eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725131974182980651noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-17356703013201179912011-01-27T23:26:09.633+01:002011-01-27T23:26:09.633+01:00Because of one McKitrick paper that tells THE TRUT...<i>Because of one McKitrick paper that tells THE TRUTH(tm) - Brought to you by Anthony, the happy weatherman.</i><br /><br />Well, I already mentioned Watts, but I'm pretty sure McKitrick and his narrative have a huge influence on Crok and his narrative. And Pielke sr too. The latter is not too bad, the former better than Watts, but still very much 'Hey! Nobody is listening to me! Listen to me! Listen to me!'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-63860339002015461812011-01-27T15:04:41.625+01:002011-01-27T15:04:41.625+01:00Just reading about "possibly half of the meas...Just reading about "possibly half of the measured warming could be attributed to urban effects" makes me avoid this book.<br /><br />It makes me wonder if the author ever just went over to <a href="http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/" rel="nofollow">NASA GISTEMP</a> and read up on their data analysis methods and how they account for urban effects. <br /><br />The claim that half of the measured warming is due to UHI might be interpreted that the people at UAH and RSS must be doing a really really bad job, because somehow their satellites measure way to much warming. Same goes for the NOAA with their weather balloons. And all other methods measuring temperature that show similar anomaly trends as GISTEMP and HADCRUT.<br /><br />The UHI claim always seemed plain outlandish, and I am bored with it, personally. There are so many interesting questions about climate, like missing heat, clouds, methane feedbacks, shelf ice melting, influence of warming on weather systems, etc.<br />But it's UHI again and again. Because of one McKitrick paper that tells THE TRUTH(tm) - Brought to you by Anthony, the happy weatherman.<br /><br />No matter how often this argument is ripped apart, it keeps popping up._Flin_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-15660645369159898002011-01-26T22:01:26.889+01:002011-01-26T22:01:26.889+01:00So, according to Crok, possibly half of the measur...<i>So, according to Crok, possibly half of the measured warming could be attributed to urban effects.</i><br /><br />I was led to believe that for this part of the book Crok let himself be inspired mostly by Anthony Watts, which isn't the best of references, to put it mildly. But maybe that's an exaggeration.<br /><br />I'll receive the book in a week or two and will be able to judge by myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-413900535250365142011-01-26T00:17:08.483+01:002011-01-26T00:17:08.483+01:00Preventively, may I remind you that polite, althou...Preventively, may I remind you that polite, although firm, comments are much more appreciated by the readers than a tit-for-tateduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17725131974182980651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-67878563869439975072011-01-26T00:03:38.512+01:002011-01-26T00:03:38.512+01:00Ralf,
Marcel himself admitted it's a one side...Ralf,<br /><br />Marcel himself admitted it's a one sided view, so there's no discussion on that.<br /><br />May I presume you are the same Ralf Dekker who litterally wrote last week : "the green movement is a dangerous mix of hippies, Malthus, Mao and Stalin", and the author of several similar comments on climategate.nl ? <br /> <br />ThomasThomas Jansennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-28389228362319944632011-01-25T23:46:28.880+01:002011-01-25T23:46:28.880+01:00I do not agree with Thomas's comments on '...I do not agree with Thomas's comments on 'De Staat van het Klimaat'. In my view the book gives a pretty complete overview of the state of affairs in climate science. The difference with many other books on the subject is that Crok very meticulously analyses the critisism sceptics have on the main IPCC findings without being onesided. He concludes that much of the sceptisism has merit but he arrives at his (modest) conclusions in a fair and balanced way in my view.<br />My comment to Crok was that he was far too soft in his conclusions. But then, I am a sceptic.Ralf Dekkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-70751559191335990982011-01-25T21:34:15.867+01:002011-01-25T21:34:15.867+01:00#Marcel: thanks for writing this review; btw, the ...#Marcel: thanks for writing this review; btw, the title is De Staat van het Klimaat (the state of the climate).<br />This book is in a way the result of an interview I had with Hans von Storch in late 2004. He said that the paper of McIntyre and McKitrick should have been published in Nature. When I came back in Holland I contact McIntyre and McKitrick and later wrote their story in this long article: http://climategate.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/NWT-feb-2005-hockey-stick-English.pdf<br />Since then I follow the climate debate on a daily basis, resulting after six years in a book.<br />I am working hard now to find a publisher for an English edition.<br /><br />#Thomas Jansen: sorry to hear the book disappointed you. As you and I both know it's impossible in the climate debate to satisfy everyone. I disagree that the book is onesided, although I understand where this feeling comes from. My approach was simple: is there serious criticism on the CO2 hypothesis and if so, what did IPCC do with it. In the book I give many examples of how IPCC ignored or played down peer reviewed literature. You can complain that this is onesided, but that misses the point. IPCC pretends to be comprehensive and objective, the book shows that the latest report was not.<br /><br />Marcel CrokAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216971263350849959.post-65070944838805567832011-01-25T15:39:05.118+01:002011-01-25T15:39:05.118+01:00Contrary to what Crok predicted before the present...Contrary to what Crok predicted before the presentation of the book, he admitted his work is not an independent audit of IPCC, but a one sided attack on IPCC. <br /><br />Even though Crok's citique sometimes is valid (e.g. when talks about IPCC's malaria claims), in other parts the book is very incosistent and tries to cast doubt on subjects where there is none. <br /><br />The most important in his book (at least to me) is at the same he claims climate sensitivity is low (but gives little proof for that) and we have little certainty on how big climate sensitivity is (which implies we could underestimate it) : it's a clear example of an inconsistency. <br /><br />I had high expectations of the book, but it was a huge disappointment, Crok doesn't get much further than copying Watts' blog. <br /><br />I'm afraid the book has become exactly what you can expect from someone co-blogging on climategate.nl, a site where today Rypke Zeilmaker (co-author of his book) attacks the EUSSR (sic) and where scientists consequently are called 'nutcases', 'idiots' or something alike and where of course everyone sees reds under the bed. Crok did not choose his friends wisely.<br /><br />Dutch readers of this blog can find a review of his book here : http://noorderlicht.vpro.nl/artikelen/44326677/Thomas Jansennoreply@blogger.com