Category Archives: Atmosphere

Summary of the Surface Temperature Field Campaign

Posted on 02/10/2009 by peggy

Below is a summary of the results of Dr. Kevin Czajkowski’s surface-temperature field campaign conducted during December, 2008. The recently-posted blog “More Misconceptions about Climate Change, Part 2,” is just below this one. — PL I wanted to write a … Continue reading →

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More Misconceptions about Climate Change: Part I

Posted on 01/27/2009 by peggy

Currently, GLOBE is running a Workshop on “Global Climate Change Research and Education,” in Geneva, Switzerland, so this blog seems particularly timely. — PL Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about climate change in the media or … Continue reading →

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Relating Air Temperature to Surface Temperature

Posted on 01/06/2009 by peggy

As Dr. C wrote during his Surface Temperature Field Campaign, the weather in mid-December was cold in many parts of the United States. At our house here in Boulder, Colorado (Figure 1), this morning’s minimum temperature was -21 degrees Celsius. … Continue reading →

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Chinook!

Posted on 12/30/2008 by peggy

On 7 December, when I wrote the blog below, we were experiencing a warm wind called a “Chinook” here in Boulder, Colorado. I wanted to wait until after the surface temperature field campaign to post this. It seems appropriate to … Continue reading →

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Dr. C.’s GLOBE Surface Temperature blog 12-16-08

Posted on 12/16/2008 by peggy

By taking your measurements for Dr. C., you are participating in science. Lots of scientists take measurements of different kinds to test new ideas, or to figure out how to measure things in new ways, like, for example, using a … Continue reading →

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