WeatherBrains 191: Climate Change
WeatherBrains Episode 191 is now online (Sep. 21, 2009). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
wb092109.mp3Our guest this week is Robert Henson, Bob to his friends. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, he grew up with 
wild weather and a fascination for it. He attended Rice University where he got his Bachelors degree featuring an unusual combination of meteorology and psychology. His Masters from the University of Oklahoma was also interdisciplinary with journalism and meteorology. His thesis focused on the broadcasting of severe weather warnings on local television. He has been at UCAR since 1989 writing about the wide range of research and related activities at UCAR, UOP, and UCAR’s members and affiliates. When not writing, Bob enjoys bicycling and storm photography.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: The professor goes over the edge with a new word for weather enthusiasts that also helps your Scrabble game. Nope, no hints on what it is, so you’ll just have to listen to find out.
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of September 22nd with a special look at 1975 Hurricane Eloise.
Web Sites from Episode 191:
Robert Henson biographical notes
Robert Henson’s book, A Rough Guide to Climate Change
Picks of the Week:
JB Elliott – Daily Satellite Analysis of Snow and Ice Cover
Bill Murray – NCAR Surface Analysis Page
Kevin Selle – Twitter Information Pipeline
James Spann – Dr. John Christy Responds to Report on Global Climate Change
Join James Spann, JB Elliott, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Bill Murray as they come together for another fascinating netcast about the weather.
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I enjoyed Robert Henson’s interview but find it interesting how he can equates correlation with causality. Sure the earth has been warming since the little ice age several centuries ago, but CO2 increases is not a linear relationship to global warming. The CO2 in the atmosphere is near saturation and therefore for example, doubling CO2 now will not increase temperatures as much as if we had half the amount to start with and doubled the amount.
As for the satellite measurements, the lowest level in the atmosphere is in direct contact with the higher atmosphere and there should be some exchange of energy (temperature) through conduction and convection. One cannot decouple the atmosphere when it is convenient do to so to “Prove” a point about man-made global warming.
Sure, we need to act in a responsible way to conserve natural resources. Climate change has no place in this discussion.