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Boulder scientist caught up in “climategate” talks back
When thousands of emails between many of the world’s most prominent climate scientists were stolen from East Anglia University in Britain and then posted on the Internet — launching the “climategate” controversy — several local scientists found themselves in the hot seat.
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Kevin Trenberth gives a talk on climate change at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, has been particularly hard hit for this e-mail:
Well I have my own article on where the heck is global warming ? We are asking that here in Boulder where we have broken records the past two days for the coldest days on record. We had 4 inches of snow. The high the last 2 days was below 30F and the normal is 69F, and it smashed the previous records for these days by 10F. The low was about 18F and also a record low, well below the previous record low….
The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment, and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should be even more warming: but the data are surely wrong. Our observing system is inadequate.
While the climategate controversy seems to be winding down — or at least quieting down — on the national stage, Trenberth’s comments are still being bandied about in the editorial section of the Daily Camera.
Today, Trenberth responds to columns by both Bob Greenlee and Charlie Danaher with his own guest opinion in the Camera, where among other things, he explains what he meant in the above e-mail.
Two Sundays in a row ill-informed columns about carbon dioxide and climate have appeared in the Camera. The first by Bob Greenlee (Jan. 3) and the second by Charlie Danaher (Jan. 10). Both misrepresent me and my work, and in particular, quote from one of my e-mails that was illegally stolen: “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.”
The quote has been taken out of context. It relates to our ability to track energy flow through the climate system. We can do this very well from 1992 to 2003, when large warming occurred, but not from 2004 to 2008. The quote refers to our observation system which is inadequate to observe Earth’s energy flows at the accuracy needed to understand small fluctuations in climate; it does not mean there is no global warming, as is often interpreted by the likes of Danaher. What is does mean is that our observing system is not adequate to fully track the energy in ways that allow us to understand and make best statements about the effects of natural climate variability: the La Niña of 2007-2008, and the current El Niño, for instance.
Read Trenberth’s full editorial at DailyCamera.com.
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I have read the emails. A really good source for them is http://www.assassinationscience.com/climategate/
Where the author has clarified what each one is about and follows the interaction of the "scientists." Unlike the AGW crowd John Costella includes a link to the original email so that anyone can verify the context and verify the accuracy of the comments.
I am sorry but, after going through them I do not believe any of those involved, including Kevin Trenberth, can truly be called, "scientists.
I suggest you read the emails yourself and quit taking anyone else's word, including mine.
The garbage they have presented as science is arrogance on steroids.