Definitions of thermodynamic, kinetic, and non-equilibrium temperatures with illustrations.
Category Archives: Climate Change
Kinetic Temperature
More on the definition of temperature. Comparing kinetic temperature to thermodynamic temperature.
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Defining Temperature
By Andy May I never thought I would participate in a serious debate on the definition of “temperature.” But it happened on twitter, and with people who have degrees in physics and other hard sciences! Since I worked with kinetic and effective temperature estimates for 42 years as a petrophysicist, I knew these topics intimatelyContinue reading “Defining Temperature”
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Re-evaluating the Concern of Climate Change
By Andy May I’ve just been made aware of a paper critical of the “consensus” view that man-made climate change is dangerous. It is by Ashutosh Sharma, Vinit Vithalrai Shenvi, and Mohit Sain of the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology in India (or MSRIT) (Sharma et al., 2024). It was published just two months beforeContinue reading “Re-evaluating the Concern of Climate Change”
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R Programming tips to process IGRA2 Radiosonde data
By Andy May In the last two posts (here and here) I showed how to read, plot, and map IGRA2 data. In this post I will discuss how to efficiently process large R data frames and lists to compute useful variables. One of the more difficult things to do in R is to write readableContinue reading “R Programming tips to process IGRA2 Radiosonde data”
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Climate Oscillations 9: Arctic & North Atlantic Oscillations
The AO and NAO are the dominant modes of climate variability in the Northern Hemisphere and neither of them can be reproduced using climate model output.
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The Public has lost faith in Government & the Media
By Andy May No one doubts that Americans have lost faith in our government bureaucracy and the news media. The Pew Research Center, as well as other polls, confirm that public trust in the government has cratered, as shown in the image above. It rebounded during the Reagan and Clinton presidencies but has remained veryContinue reading “The Public has lost faith in Government & the Media”
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The anthropogenic greenhouse effect – a spectroscopic triviality
By Dr. Heinz Hug | Aug. 20, 2012 Translated and lightly edited by Andy May and google translate, the original German post is here. Update 25.9.12 Due to the extremely active discussion, Dr. Hug has revised his article again. What is difficult to understand is presented in a more understandable way and any missing information is added. Summary: Continue reading “The anthropogenic greenhouse effect – a spectroscopic triviality”
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Facebook “Fact Checks” Prof. Will Happer
By Angela Wheeler The only way to combat censorship is to shine a light on it whenever we see it. In censoring material that contradicts the popular – though increasingly feeble – fiction of a climate crisis, Facebook is quick to discount the credentials of one of the world’s leading scientists while honoring sources ofContinue reading “Facebook “Fact Checks” Prof. Will Happer”
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The AJES Response to May & Crok
By Andy May The featured image is the key figure 2 from May & Crok. This post is mostly a list of errors and misinformation in the AJES (The American Journal of Economics and Sociology) board’s response by Ted Gwartney and Alexandra Lough to May & Crok. But first I applaud the board’s decision toContinue reading “The AJES Response to May & Crok”
