The Latest Models
Weather forecasting using astrology. (Hat tip Aaron.)
Archive of entries posted by jfleck
ENSO’s Predictive Value
I’m traveling this week (see here), so my attentions are elsewhere. But with time to kill this morning, I was cruising some scientific back alleys and found this fascinating bit of business in GRL. It seems that ENSO, the best tool available for seasonal forecasting in some regions of the world, may not be working …
Bill McLain
When I was first thinking about getting a road bike for cross-training (I was a runner at the time), I was quizzing my neighbor Bill McLain about what to get. Bill looked me over and asked, “How tall are you?” When I told him – six feet – he said, “I think I have a …
Snowpack and Groundwater
A new paper in JGR-Atmospheres raises some significant questions about snowmelt and groundwater in the western U.S. in a CO2-warmed world. Sam Earman of the Desert Research Institute and colleagues used isotopic analysis to try to tease out the relationship between snowmelt and groundwater recharge. They found that, while 25 to 50 percent of precipitation …
Ninth Inning Poetry
Shanks’ fine outfield grab Means little to the outcome. Life in Triple-A. (Hat tip Duke City Fix for the link to free Isotopes streaming baseball.)
Eighth Inning Poetry
O’er the left field wall Royals score insurance runs Quiet at the park.
Seventh Inning Poetry
Pitcher, catcher, first Bases loaded double play Now it’s time to sing.
Drought in the West
Roger Pielke Sr. links to an interesting new paper about Holocene drought in the Rocky Mountain West, and makes a good point: A reoccurrence of prehistoric droughts today would result in enormous social and environmental consequences.
Water in the Desert
I did a couple of water-themed bike rides this weekend, one intentional and one accidental. I didn’t have the camera with me today, so you’ll have to take my word for it, but my chums and I rode up to the snow on the east side of the Sandias. By the cheap altimeter on my …
No Dogs
We know where we stand.