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Climate uncertainty monster: What’s the worst case?
by Judith Curry On possibilities, known neglecteds, and the vicious positive feedback loop between scientific assessment and policy making that has created a climate Frankenstein.
Posted in Scientific method
The Uncertainty Monster: Lessons From Non-Orthodox Economics
by Vincent Randall A perspective on economists’ grappling with the ‘uncertainty monster.’
Posted in Economics, Uncertainty
Uncertainty about the Climate Uncertainty Monster
by Judith Curry The many dimensions of the climate uncertainty monster.
Posted in Uncertainty
Stalking the uncertainty monster
by Judith Curry Its time to check in with the Climate Uncertainty Monster.
Posted in Uncertainty
Garth Paltridge held hostage (?) by the uncertainty monster
by Andy Lacis JC note: this essay responds to Garth Paltridge’s recent post Science held hostage in climate debate. What’s up with Garth? Why the surprisingly out of touch lack of understanding of what it is that makes the global … Continue reading
Posted in Skeptics
Keith Seitter on the ‘uncertainty monster’
by Judith Curry Keith Seitter is Executive Director of the American Meteorological Society.
Posted in Uncertainty
Hegerl et al. react to the Uncertainty Monster paper
by Judith Curry Gabrielle Hegerl, Peter Stott, Susan Solomon, and Francis Zwiers have published a comment to our paper “Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster.” Webster and Curry respond. The CRU emails provide some interesting context for this discussion. .
Posted in Uncertainty
Defending the Uncertainty Monster paper
by Judith Curry I’ve completed a revised draft of my response the to Reply to our Uncertainty Monster paper.
Posted in Uncertainty
Does the Aliasing Beast Feed the Uncertainty Monster?
by Richard Saumarez Many continuous signals are sampled so that they can be manipulated digitally. We assume that the train of samples in the time domain gives a true picture of what the underlying signal is doing, but can we … Continue reading
Posted in Data and observations, Uncertainty
Uncertainty monster visits MIT: Part II
by Judith Curry I’m in San Diego, with a few moments to catch up on the blog and share my impressions of my visit to MIT.
Posted in Uncertainty
Uncertainty monster visits MIT
by Judith Curry This Thursday, I will be visiting the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at MIT, giving the Victor Starr Lecture.
Posted in Uncertainty
Uncertainty Monster paper in press
by Judith Curry My paper “Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster” is in press at the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Posted in Uncertainty
Taming the Uncertainty Monster
by Judith Curry The concluding section in my draft paper on “Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster” (discussed previously on this thread) is entitled “Taming the uncertainty monster.”
Posted in Uncertainty
The Uncertainty Monster
by Judith Curry Notions of uncertainty range from everyday usage in common parlance to specific definitions appearing in the philosophical and scientific literature.
Posted in Uncertainty
Climate uncertainty & risk
by Judith Curry I’ve been invited to write an article on climate uncertainty and risk.
Posted in climate models, Policy, Uncertainty
Decision making under uncertainty – maximize expected social welfare
by -1=e^i pi Expected social welfare maximization is where you try to obtain the set of parameters (such as climate change policies) that will maximize the expected value of a social welfare function.
Posted in Policy
Lewis and Curry: Climate sensitivity uncertainty
by Judith Curry Our new paper on climate sensitivity is now published.
Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks, Uncertainty
Model structural uncertainty – are GCMs the best tools?
by Judith Curry Rarely are the following questions asked: Is the approach that we are taking to climate modeling adequate? Could other model structural forms be more useful for advancing climate science and informing policy?
Posted in climate models
Taylor and Ravetz on the value of uncertainty
by Judith Curry . . . this “crisp number” mode of thinking has promoted the use of over-simplistic models and masking of uncertainties that can in turn lead to incomplete understanding of problems and bad decisions. – Peter Taylor and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncertainty
Uncertainty in SST measurements and data sets
by Judith Curry Two new papers that discuss uncertainty in surface temperature measurements.
Posted in Data and observations, Uncertainty
Inadequate uncertainty analysis in climate change assessments
by Judith Curry Use of state-of-the-art statistical methods could substantially improve the quantification of uncertainty in assessments of climate change.
Posted in Uncertainty
Stratospheric uncertainty
by Judith Curry The new data call into question our understanding of observed stratospheric temperature trends and our ability to test simulations of the stratospheric response to emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances. – Thompson et al.
Posted in Data and observations, Uncertainty
Psychology of Uncertainty
by Judith Curry When we fail to distinguish between discovering order IN nature and imposing order ON nature, we have lost relationship with the very thing we yearn to know. Whereas once we were students of nature, looking to her for meaning, we now denigrate her … Continue reading
Posted in Uncertainty
Verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification in scientific computing
by Judith Curry I think I am gaining some insight into the debate between scientists versus engineers regarding climate model verification and validation.
Posted in climate models, Uncertainty
Uncertainty and the IPCC
by Judith Curry Two previous threads (here and here) have presented sections of my draft paper on Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster. Here is an additional section on Uncertainty and the IPCC.
Posted in IPCC, Uncertainty
