Monthly Archives: December 2010

Best of the greenhouse

by Judith Curry

On the previous two threads, we had a lively, rollicking, illuminating and often frustrating discussion on the physics of the greenhouse effect.  On this thread, I try to synthesize the main issues and arguments that were made and pull some of what I regard to be the highlights from the comments.

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Climate model verification and validation

by Judith Curry

On the thread building confidence in climate models , a small amount of text was devoted to verification and validation (V&V).  In raising the level of the game, I included the following bullet:

• Fully documented verification and validation of climate models

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Skeptical discussion

This is a wide open thread, discuss whatever you like here.  I am starting this new thread in an effort to keep the threads on greenhouse effect and skeptics make your best case on topic.   Please keep your comments that are not directly relevant to these two topics off those threads, and post them over here.  I will start deleting extraneous comments from the other two threads.  Thanks for your cooperation in this.

p.s.  I am really pleased to see the discussion interest transitioning from climategate to the actual science :)