Tag Archives: Urban Heat Island

Examining Urban Heat Islands – Part 2

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Verity Jones

A look at how urban areas might cool Part 1 looked at the growth of various cities and urban areas and how that might cause UHI in the temperature record, which is likely to be a tangled mess of types … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Growth | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Examining Urban Heat Islands – Part 1.

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Verity Jones

How cities grow Roy Spencer’s recent work (here and here) and comments by Peter Azlac got me thinking about urban heat islands (UHI) again.  I’ve been musing that so many studies show, measure or quantify UHI in various places, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Growth, Station Data, Trends | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Cherries are not the only fruit

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Verity Jones

A Tamino rant aimed at Joe D’Aleo’s Arctic ice refreezing after falling short of 2007 record (also at ICECAP) has had me smiling.  Tamino’s accusation against Joe of cherry picking are centred on one of the graphs originally posted here at … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Cycles, Station Data, Trends | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Cherries are not the only fruit

TV Meteorologists, UHI and Climate Change

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Verity Jones

The Great British Weather I watched last night on BBC iPlayer the first of the four-part series “The Great British Weather”.  It was ‘weather as entertainment’ broadcast from a ‘roadshow’ on St Ives beach.  I had it ‘on in the background’ as sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Quotes, Weather | Tagged , | 8 Comments

Climate Parallax

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Verity Jones

Why different views of the surface temperature record should always be regarded as a good thing. Parallax – noun: the apparent change in the position of an object due to a change in the position of the observer. (Famously used … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments