THE Australian Bureau of Meteorology, BOM, doesn’t have a set of temperature thermometers regularly positioned across the landmass of Australia from which it might derive an average annual temperature. Rather many more of it’s approximately 750 … [Read more...] about Bureau Confirms Calculating Australia’s ‘Average’ Temperature Involves Some Hocus-pocus
Temperatures
Open Letter Requesting Verification of 2013 Temperature Record
Dr David Jones Manager of Climate Monitoring and Predictions Australian Bureau of Meteorology Dear Dr Jones Re: Request Verification of 2013 Temperature Record I am writing to request information be made publicly available to myself and … [Read more...] about Open Letter Requesting Verification of 2013 Temperature Record
Last Year, 2013: A Hot Year for Australia
ANOTHER year, and another announcement from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology that it is getting hotter. Indeed on January 3, 2014, David Jones, Manager of Climate Monitoring and Predictions at the Bureau, explained in a radio interview that: “We … [Read more...] about Last Year, 2013: A Hot Year for Australia
Global Warming Stalls, Climate Scientists Fiddle Temperature Record
WHEN Tim Flannery was sacked last week as Australia’s Climate Commissioner he claimed that this last year has been the hottest on record. I don’t believe him because the raw data doesn’t support that claim, only the metadata for Australia, which … [Read more...] about Global Warming Stalls, Climate Scientists Fiddle Temperature Record
The Central England Temperature Index: A Useful Reference
It has been suggested at this blog that it is too risky for mainstream politicians, for example the leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott, to admit to being sceptical of anthropogenic global warming. It has been suggested journalists at the Australian … [Read more...] about The Central England Temperature Index: A Useful Reference
Cooking Books for Hot Summers
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has “confirmed” that it is been the hottest summer on record in Australia. But I’m sceptical. The “record breaking hot summer” is apparently a statistical fact derived from simply averaging across 104 or 112 … [Read more...] about Cooking Books for Hot Summers
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
