James Annan argues that Roger and I are both wrong in our discussion of how to properly think about James Hansens 2006 draft paper discussing the possibility of “super El Nino”:
- It’s OK to hold Hansen to his 2006 El Nino forecast. (Fleck wrong.)
- A careful reading of that forecast suggests Hansen got it right. (Pielke wrong.)
(See here for history, thought if you don’t already know it, you’re likely to be uninterested, so I recommend against clicking.)
Here is what I said at James clarify as I never said Hansen got it “wrong” — I did say that there is something in the forecast for everyone. James expressed some puzzlement at that phrase.
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James:
Something for everyone means:
If the forecast is taken as deterministic:
1. Yes, there was an El Nino
2. No, it wasn’t “super”
If the forecast is taken as probabilistic:
Yes, no, maybe all can be invoked.
Proof read much? Geez. Should be:
“Here is what I said at James’ site to clarify, as I never . . .”