Weather vs. Climate Data With the power and influence of the mutual orientation of scientists, military, and businesses on accurate forecasting of weather, climate scientists have a long history of frustration with the overwhelming focus of the … [Read more]
Infinite Regress problem (25 Feb)
The First WWW Before there was the Worldwide Web, there was the Worldwide Weather Watch. The Worldwide Weather Watch resulted from climate scientists and weather forecasters who were involved in scientific cooperation that arose from Cold War … [Read more]
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Climate Models (20 Feb)
According to Edwards, climatology in the 1960s and 1970s shifted from “data-driven, regionally oriented, descriptive field” to “theory-driven, globally oriented discipline increasingly focused on forecasting the future” (2010:139). This shift … [Read more]
Modeling, Friction, and Computers (18 Feb)
Qualitative modeling Prior to World War I, climatology was dominated by qualitative approach and regional studies. Until the 1930s, almost all the weather and climate data were collected at the surface – there was little atmospheric data. … [Read more]
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