On the astounding DipPhil Courtney

Interesting byplay broke out last week on dot.earth. Ray Pierrehumbert has been replying to Marc Morano's fulminations by listing the qualifications of selected individuals in the 400 399 Club. Marc had put forth a short reprise of his most distinguished including (in #314)

Britain: Dr. Richard Courtney, a UN IPCC expert reviewer and a UK-based climate and atmospheric science consultant: “To date, no convincing evidence for AGW (anthropogenic global warming) has been discovered. And recent global climate behavior is not consistent with AGW model predictions.”

In a reply to Pierrehumbert's investigation of his qualifications, Courtney, who somehow forgets to tell everyone that he does not hold a doctorate (see below) made an astounding claim (#558 in a thread approaching usenet length):

Importantly, Pierrehumbert implies that I am not an IPCC Expert Peer Reviewer. I was appointed to peer review the recent IPCC Fourth Assessment Report by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), and Rajendra Pachauri (IPCC Chairman) personally asked me to work on the current IPCC Synthesis Report.

NOAA and the IPCC issued blanket invitations to everyone to look at the AR4 and submit reviews. Besides the announcements on the net there may have been a mailings. Some that were returned were useful some not, but Mr. Courtney implies a higher level, so Eli would ask him for proof of that claim.

The claim that the IPCC Chairman personally asked Courtney to work on the current IPCC Synthesis Report is truly astounding and requires a much higher level of proof. This is a claim that Pachauri personally invited Courtney to be an author on the Synthesis Report which is the highest level of the AR4 and approved line by line by all governments. Nomination requests for authors on IPCC reports go to governments and international and national organization not to individuals.

IEHO unless Courtney can provide additional information, this has to be filed somewhere between an extremely self-generous interpretation or hallucination. Having dealt with the Moranos and Courtneys of the world Eli has little doubt there is some implausible, strange and complex justification out there, but would be amused to see it and it might even make a nice article in the NY Times. To paraphrase Eli's thoughts (this is an R-rated blog and we have to keep it clean for the bunnies) there is no way anyone would have asked someone like this guy to come anywhere close to an IPCC report.

Still, we should discuss what Ray found (#550) (Ray in blue, Courtney in red, Eli in black)

Part I: In search of Richard S. Courtney

Dear Mr. Morano,

Let’s talk about Dr. Richard S. Courtney, whom you list as an Expert Reviewer of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, and a “Climate and Atmospheric Sciences Consultant.” Dr. Courtney is one of your highlighted skeptics, featured at the top of your report, so I figure he must be something really special. As justification for the rather remarkable claims he makes, you provide a link to what turns out to be an op-ed in the newspaper Canada Free Press. I’ll come back later to the arguments stated in that article, but first it would be nice to know a bit more about Dr Courtney’s training and area of expertise.

Ray, is far too trusting. He should read Rabett Run. As Eli pointed out in December 2007 Richard is a charter member of Stoat's official nutters list. Belette mentioned that the rumor was that Courtney was skating about on his qualifications. Eli located them (page 17)

Richard is also an Accredited Methodist Preacher. He is a founding Member of the Christ and the Cosmos Initiative that explores the interactions of religious and scientific ideas. The Initiative started in the UK but became active in 28 countries.

Richard avoids confusion about him in his scientific and religious activities by rarely citing his academic achievements, but his material science qualifications include a DipPhil (Cambridge), a BA (Open) and a Diploma (Bath).

A DipPhil is not a Doctor of Philosopy, but a Diploma in Philosophy. The University of Cambridge offers one year postgraduate courses leading to Diplomas, but not in Philosophy, at least not now however there are other, less distinguished universities in Cambridge such as Anglia Ruskin.(corrected 2/5, Angelia weeps). It would be nice knowing what field and what University those Diploma's came from. Eli also notices that there are not a whole lot of references to DipPhil (170 in google), and it is very easy for the unwary to confuse this with a Doctorate in Philosophy or DPhil (277,000 in google) We could speculate further, but as Desmogblog put it with their usual delicacy

But Richard Courtney is hardly a source to be taken seriously. In fact, there is every reason to believe that if he has a Ph.D. at all, he got it out of a box of cracker jacks.

However, Richard has managed to get himself as an expert witness in front of a House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and also the House of Lords Select Committee on the Environment. Tim Ball is jealous. Ray continued

That isn’t exactly easy to find out. The article you link provides a bio of Courtney’s co-author, but not of Courtney himself. Courtney’s former organization (the “European Science and Environment Forum”) has vanished without a trace. For what it’s worth, the Sourcewatch article on Courtney describes him as:

“a Technical Editor for CoalTrans International (journal of the international coal trading industry) who lives in Epsom, Surrey (UK). [1] In the early 1990s Courtney was a Senior Material Scientist of the National Coal Board (also known as British Coal) and a Science and Technology spokesman of the British Association of Colliery Management.”

Courtney’s consulting business seems to have no web presence. No CV or bio has turned up, and it appears to be unknown whether he really does have a doctorate, and if so where it is from and what field it is in. Heartland Institute lists him as a global warming expert here but the link to the bio appears to be a completely different Richard S. Courtney — a young associate professor in urban studies who lives in Pennsylvania, not the UK. Will the real Richard S. Courtney please stand up? The fact that your own Richard S. Courtney was an IPCC “Expert Reviewer” tells us little about him since almost anybody can request a draft of the report, submit comments, and count themselves as an “Expert.” This is good, because it opens up the reports to comments from a wide audience, but it also means that the term “Expert” here conveys little information.

Courtney responded in # 558

Re: #550 By Pierrehumbert

I see no reason to defend myself against the slurs and falsehoods presented by Pierrehumbert. Those who want correct information on me can get it from page 17 of the item at http://ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/20060331_wind.pdf

This is the same source that Eli found earlier at Heartland and says no more or less other than Richard is currently an inhabitant of Cornwall a point of great interest to Courtney who puts on the harumphing cloak and rises in high dudgeon to berate Ray Pierrehumbert for falsely accusing him of being an Epsomite or a Surrey Man, Eli forgets which, it being of no import.

The veracity and value of Pierrehumbert’s comments is demonstrated by his claim that I live in Epsom. My complete address is stated in the above reference that he could have found merely by googling. (In fact, I have never lived in Epsom, never visited or passed through Epsom, and – to my knowledge – never flown over there.)

We would count our ears before betting on the last with DiplPhil Courtney. There follows more irrelevancy as Cortney sets the mark up.

However, he does correctly say I do not have a website and do not advertise my services. I mostly work for politicians (several countries) and my client list is confidential. I have good reasons not to advertise.

His attack on my credentials is a scurrilous smear that I reject with contempt.

Importantly, Pierrehumbert implies that I am not an IPCC Expert Peer Reviewer.

What Pierrehumbert SAID was that Courtney was not an expert

The fact that your own Richard S. Courtney was an IPCC “Expert Reviewer” tells us little about him since almost anybody can request a draft of the report, submit comments, and count themselves as an “Expert.” This is good, because it opens up the reports to comments from a wide audience, but it also means that the term “Expert” here conveys little information.

and then Courtney makes the same empty claim that Morano made and Ray P. pointed out

I was appointed to peer review the recent IPCC Fourth Assessment Report by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA),

and the extraordinary one.

and Rajendra Pachauri (IPCC Chairman) personally asked me to work on the current IPCC Synthesis Report.

It seems that Pierrehumbert is not very good at what he does. He cannot even mount an effective or reasonable smear campaign. I shall take no notice of him or any further smears he cares to proclaim. Entering a defence of myself would require that I lower myself to his level.

However, I would accept his apology if he were man enough to provide it.

All the best

Richard

And Ray is silly enough to fall for this rather than challenging it

#554

Dear Mr. Courtney,

I appreciate the additional information you provided, but you make several untrue statements in your comment #558. First, I did not say or imply that you weren’t an Expert Reviewer. What I said was that the designation in itself does not provide a great deal of information. I will naturally take you at your word as to how you came to be a reviewer, but that is not information that I could have been expected to know from any public sources.

Further, you say that I claimed you live in “Epsom, Surrey.” I said no such thing. Having failed to find biographical information in either the Free Press biographical link or by other means, I quoted the only other biographical information that I could find, prefacing it clearly with “for what it’s worth,” since I could not substantiate it independently. In fact, that biographical information turned out to be largely correct, except for your address.

I will admit that I did not think to check your report on wind power for biographical data, since the report was posted on Heartland and I assumed their bio of you would be correct if it were available. Perhaps that link has been corrected by now. For that one oversight alone, I will offer an apology. The main new bit of information in the bio, which I did not have from other sources, is that it clears up the confusion expressed on SourceWatch as to what subject your degrees are in.

But my main point all along, has been to examine the actual arguments people have made about climate, not to quarrel with their qualifications (though knowing something about educational and professional activities does provide useful background, which I am now grateful to have in more complete form.) So, since the quotes that Mr. Morano featured in his listing of you dealt with climate predictions, I am really eager to know what is the scientific basis of your claims. Based on the additional biographical information you pointed me towards, I am happy to defer to your expertise in matters of mining and coal engineering, but I am still looking for some basis for your statements on climate.

In my Part II, I discussed my reading of all of your published journal writing which I could find, and did not find any support for your statements there. In the bio you provide, by the way, you claim to have published “papers” in Nature, but all I found there were two Letters to the Editor. Have I missed something?

Now about that word “smear.” I really don’t know how anybody can construe my curiosity about educational background, publications and scientific arguments as “smear,” but if anybody has taken it that way, it was certainly not my intent. In some cases, I do take issue with the way Mr. Morano has described some of the people on his list (particularly the overly broad designation “Prominent Scientists” at the top), but many of the people on the list did not ask to be put there, and cannot be faulted for the way Mr. Morano has described them.

But please let’s try to remember the main thing I’m trying to dig out: Anybody can express an opinion — but on what arguments are those opinions founded and to what extent have they stood up to the test of review by the scientific community? In focusing on that, I believe I am completely in accord with what Roger Pielke Jr. wrote in his blog about the recent exchanges here.

— Posted by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert

Of course, there are a lot of places that refer to Our Dick as Richard Courtney, Ph.D., Dr. Richard Courtney. You would think that Richard would be writing them to correct this error. The Heartland paper is interesting, others would do well to read a response from the American Wind Energy Association. Give Ray credit, he did eventually get Andrew Revkin to post Part II #578.

#578 ——-Richard S. Courtney Part II: The arguments

Now let’s take a look at what Richard S. Courtney has written. A search of Science Citation Index under “Courtney RS” turns up a total of seven written documents (excluding another RS Courtney who has worked on personnel management).

One of these is a two page discussion summary on Environmental Economics in a 1995 issue of the Journal of Power and Energy and all the rest are Letters to the Editor. Three of the Letters to the Editor are in the popular science magazine New Scientist. The most recent of these is on butterfly wings, and the next most recent concerns a patent dispute over a wind energy generating device. The oldest letter in New Scientist (1991) is titled “Not So Little.” I haven’t read that and can’t comment.

There is one Letter to the Editor that appeared in the journal SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A, pertaining to an article that appeared in that journal that claimed to prove that neither water vapor nor CO2 could act as a greenhouse gas. The article itself was based on a fundamental misunderstanding of local thermodynamic equilibrium. This was set right in a reviewed Technical Comment in the same journal by Houghton. There are several other reviewed technical comments on the paper, but Courtney’s comment for some reason was published as a Letter to the Editor instead. I’ve read this letter and it doesn’t say much. It criticizes an analogy used in one of the technical comments and basically praises the original paper without addressing Houghton’s rebuttal. In any event, the original paper, like the opus by Gerlich, would — if true — disprove all greenhouse effects of water vapor and CO2 everywhere, not just the anthropogenic greenhouse effect. If either Mr. Morano or Richard S. Courtney know of some way to account for the temperature of Venus or the Earth without any greenhouse effect whatever, I would be delighted to know of it.

Then there are two Letters to the Editor in Nature. Note that these are correspondence, not the short reviewed articles which in Nature go by the name of “Letters.” The first letter, titled “On Changing Water into Wine” deals with the psychological basis for religion. The second is a five-paragraph comment concerning the procedure the IPCC used to handle a flawed chapter in the Working Group III economics report, at the time of the Second Assessment report. This may be a useful statement of Dr. Courtney’s opinion on one facet of long-past IPCC procedure, but it provides no justification for the rather remarkable opinions about climate science voiced in the quotes you reproduce on the Inhofe 400 web site.

So, failing to find any sound published basis for Courtney’s skepticism — indeed hardly any published basis of any sort — I turn at least to the arguments expressed in the two paragraphs of the Canada Free Press op-ed which dealt with climate science and which presented arguments rather than just making declarations. The arguments amount to the following: (a) Global Warming stopped in 1998, and (b) Antarctic cooling is inconsistent with anthropogenic global warming. The first is a common fallacy that arises from fitting a trend line to the endpoints of a short time series. For a discussion of this point, see the recent article “Uncertainty, noise and the art of model-data comparison” on RealClimate.org . The statement about Antarctica is just untrue; the small Antarctic interior cooling seen in a relatively short recent part of the record can be adequately accounted for in terms of ozone depletion and atmospheric circulation changes, even in the face of increasing CO2. That is discussed in the article “Antarctic Cooling, Global Warming,” Dec. 3,2004, on RealClimate.org. And you needn’t believe RealClimate; you can just go directly to the peer-reviewed articles cited there.

So that sums up what I have been able to find of Richard S. Courtney’s arguments. No peer reviewed articles in any journal that shows up in Web of Science, two marginally relevant Letters to the Editor, of which one is essentially an endorsement of a paper proved to be wrong, and two fallacious arguments expressed briefly in a Canada Free Press op-ed.

If I have overlooked anything I should have discussed, please do let me know and I’ll have a look at it.

— Posted by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert

Eli has taken out his flamethrower. Let's see if it gets posted at dot.earth

They Shudda Asked Eli

Back sometime ago, Eli pointed out that one Richard S. Courtney, IPCC expert peer reviewer and scientist, was not Richard S. Courtney, Professor at Kutztown University, pictured on the left so that if you should meet him on the street and not know, and that he would appreciate someone at the Heartland Institute recognizing this, and Richard S. Courtney replied that he never went near Epsom, Surrey, to which Eli replied that he was a mere DiplPhl and not a DPhil, a (a bunny had to be there to appreciate the humor).  Turns out that EIKE, the bunnies remember EIKE, and their peerless leader, H.-L. Lüdecke, have the same interesting member on their Advisory Board, one Prof. Dr. Richard S. Courtney, Geologe, Kutztown University, Pennsylvania USA.  One wonders if the Richard S. Courtney, IPCC Expert Peer Reviewer might have informed them of this problem.

Eli thanks John Mashey for pointing this out.  Shall Rabett Run leave EIKE to their pleasant delusions or not.

Richard Courtney neither lives in, nor visits, nor passes through, nor flies over a small village a block or two from Epsom

UPDATE 3/4: Freely admitted, this is, at best a tempest in a thundermug and if you don't know what a thundermug is, go google. The endpoint, such as it is, is that Mr. Courtney worked for a publication CoalTrans International that was headquartered in Epsom until ~2005 and is now HQ near Epsom Surrey. As one Cymraeg llygoden says in the first comment someone working as a technical editor may never have visited the HQ site although they are perfectly correct to use the address on their correspondence. - - - - -

Back on the DotEarth USENET thread, one Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, also known as the occasional rabble rouser raypierre, Louis Block Professor of Geophysical Sciences and The College at the University of Chicago, was seen to write (#550) that one Richard S. Courtney, not Professor at Kutztown University (who would appreciate someone at the Heartland Institute recognizing this), was

“a Technical Editor for CoalTrans International (journal of the international coal trading industry) who lives in Epsom, Surrey (UK)."

to which wrote (#558) Richard S. Courtney, not Professor at Kutztown University,

The veracity and value of Pierrehumbert’s comments is demonstrated by his claim that I live in Epsom. My complete address is stated in the above reference that he could have found merely by googling. (In fact, I have never lived in Epsom, never visited or passed through Epsom, and – to my knowledge – never flown over there.)

Now comes raypierre in the comments over here to point out that

I wonder if Courtney is even being honest in claiming (so vehemently) he has never been in Epsom, Surrey. I went over to Sourcewatch, which is a wiki, with the intent of correcting the address they list there, but first I checked the link they got the address from. The link is to an op-ed Courtney published in an Australian paper, and that article lists the following as an address:

*Richard S. Courtney is Technical Editor, CoalTrans International,
42 Rutherwyke, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 2NB, England,

See that? Epsom, Surrey. Maybe the guy doesn't live there, but given that he is or was employed by CoalTrans International, it's strange that he has never, ever been to his place of employment. Not impossible, but certainly strange.

The link is redirected to an archive, by the name of pandora and the article does open up some fascinating issues. Courtney not only said that he "never lived in Epsom" but he added that he "never visited or passed through Epsom, and – to my knowledge – never flown over there".

Did Courtney work there when he was with CoalTrans International? Their address is

CoalTrans International
WCN Publishing,
Northbank House,
5 Bridge Street,
Leatherhead,
Surrey KT22 8BL,
England.

But dear bunnies, you ask where is Leatherhead, a few miles southwest of Epsom of course, and who could blame someone for wanting an Epsom address rather than the down market Leatherhed, although he has sworn an oath that he never crossed the M25.



Richard Courtney may simply never have visited the publishing office and you can come up with a whole lot of other implausible possibilities. Courtney threw a hissy fit over this on dot earth. Courtney seems to make a habit of this mode of reply. See this thread on the Scotsman pointed out by Slioch. Look at 46, 52, 56, 57, 61, and 66.

So where does this leave us. Perhaps with Dean Dad, perhaps not. We report you decide.

UPDATE: Some minor glitches corrected.

Ethon brings news

After a short visit in Ethon flew in bearing a letter from the Registrar of Cambridge University in England (he went up there to bird on the fens and visit Stoat. Stoat is taking inventory of the much depleted larder. Eli had been wondering about our friend Richard S. Courtney, often called doc by Marc Morano and other basic denialists. Based on his own description, Richard is clearly no Ph.D. or D. Phil, but maybe he is a DiplPhil (holder of a Diploma - a low post-graduate qualification)

Richard avoids confusion about him in his scientific and religious activities by rarely citing his academic achievements, but his material science qualifications include a DipPhil (Cambridge), a BA (Open) and a Diploma (Bath).

The Registrar writes

From: "Student Records' Secretary"
Date: February 6, 2008 5:52:04 AM CST
Subject: RE: Degree Verification for Richard S. Courtney

Dear Sir,

Richard S Courtney

Further to your letter dated 5 February 2008, I am writing to say that we have no record of the above named as having registered as a student at this University under the spelling of the names you have given.

We wish to advise you that the Dip.Phil is not a degree that is offered or awarded by the University of Cambridge.

Yours sincerely,
Judith Dyer
Senior Records Assistant
Student Administration & Records
10 Peas Hill
Cambridge
CB2 3PN

So which university in what Cambridge did Richard Courtney get a Diploma in Philosophy from in which department having to do with materials science and when? This is not exactly an idle question as Courtney has testified before both houses of the UK Parliament as well as the US Congress as an expert on climate related matters.

The Tale of the Expert Reviewer

Brad Johnson has been looking over Marc Morano's Pack of Climate Denial Jokers, and somehow shuffled DiplPhil Dick into the weatherman deck only to have the real thing show up in the comments with an amusing line of self promotion The bunnies have previously met Richard S. Courtney, not of Epson, but his appearance at the Wonk Room wins the 2009 Tim Ball for Resume Stretching

However, I write to provide a correction. You list my affiliation as being “CoalTrans International” but I have had no connection with that organisation for nearly a decade.

I have several present affiliations and I suggest that the most appropriate for you to mention on your blog is that I am “An Expert Peer Reviewer for the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)”. This affiliation seems most appropriate because it states that I am one of “the thousands of UN scientists” whom your organisation asserts to be noteworthy.

The IPCC’s most recent scientific so-called reports are its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and its Synthesis Report. And I was asked to peer review the AR4 by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Synthesis Report by the IPCC’s Chairman (Rajendra Pechauri).

If you wish to know my other affiliations then we can negotiate the fee for the Disclosure Agreement.

Eli inquires of the bunny gallery, what a suitable recompense for this information would be, but the formulation

And I was asked to peer review the AR4 by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Synthesis Report by the IPCC’s Chairman (Rajendra Pechauri).

makes it real clear that the invitation was not personal, but a general one sent out to the world at large, often on boxes of cereal. Everyone and his dad was invited to review the AR4. Courtney will now try and get us to pay money for his virtual autographed Pechauri, but since Rajendra Pachauri, head of the IPCC has personally assured Eli that he did not invite Courtney to review anything, let us go on. This was soon followed by

My thanks are three-fold.

Firstly, I do not usually give thanks for flattery but in this case I do. I am grateful that you have flattered me by listing me among such illustrious names as Lindzen, Singer, Spencer, Pielke, Harris, Briggs and etc..

Secondly, I am grateful that you have given me such amusement. You promote the myth of a scientific consensus that ‘dangerous man-made global warming is a reality’ but publish a list of dozens of eminent scientists who dispute such dangerous warming exists! I laughed so much it brought tears to my eyes.

Thirdly, I am grateful that you did amend the “affiliation” you attribute to me, but the amendment was to add “(ret)” after the incorrect affiliation. (And that gave me another laugh so is part of the amusement that I appreciate so much.)

But – as I explained – my appropriate and present “affiliation” for inclusion on your list is “United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)”. Failure to replace my historic “affiliation” with my present “affiliation” to the IPCC is a blatant misrepresentation because you have had a clear explanation that my “affiliation” with the IPCC is current and is pertinent.

In conclusion, and in a spirit of good will, I provide the following comment which I hope is helpful to you.

As far as Eli and the rest of the world is concerned, the Expert Reviewers, volunteered their comments, and had no ongoing relationship with the IPCC.

The best is a comment from George Smith

I’m not embarrassed to be included with those weathermen luminaries above; specially Richard S. Courtney; who is one of those world famous IPCC chaps the UN keeps bragging about;

Comments?

The Dessler 20

Eli spent some time going through the membership list of the 400 Club to find those that could give our young contender, Andrew Dessler, a workout. Andy is itching for a debate, even after the pug he was scheduled to flatten didn't show. Sad to say the Rabett could only come up with about 20 full time US denialists. Canada provides a few wetbacks (Update: Eli is informed the proper term of art is) loons and for the price of an intercontinental first class fare there are some from overseas, but my oh my, the roadkill list is long. Your lists may vary, and we are prepared to listen to suggestions.

1. Dr. Sallie Baliunas, astrophysicist and climate researcher, Boston, Mass.
2. Dr. Reid Bryson, the founding chairman of the Department of Meteorology at University of Wisconsin (now the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
3. Dr. John Christy of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA
4. Joseph D'Aleo served as the first Director of Meteorology at The Weather Channel.
5. David Deming, PhD (Geophysics), Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, U.S. 3
6. Robert Durrenberger, past president of the American Association of State Climatologists
7. Dr. Hugh W. Ellsaesser, physicist/meteorologist, previously with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif.; atmospheric consultant.
8. Dr. Oliver W. Frauenfeld, a co-author of the 2005 book Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming and a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Division of Cryospheric and Polar Processes at the University of Colorado
9. Dr. William Gray, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU), and head of the schools Tropical Meteorology Project 3
10. Douglas V. Hoyt, senior scientist at Raytheon (retired) and co-author of the book The Role of the Sun in Climate Change; previously with NCAR, NOAA, and the World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland 2
11. Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Arizona, U.S.
12. David R. Legates, PhD, Director, Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware, U.S. 2
13. Richard S. Lindzen, PhD, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. 3
14. Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, professor of environmental sciences, University of Virginia 2
15. R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Canada 4
16. William E. Reifsnyder Meteorologist Forestry, Yale
17. S. Fred Singer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia and former director, U.S. Weather Satellite Service 4
18. Dr. Willie Soon Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysicist
19. Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist, Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, U.S. 3
20. Mr. George Taylor, Dept. of Meteorology, Oregon State University; Oregon State climatologist; past president, American Association of State Climatologists 3

Roadkill

1. Bjarne Andresen, PhD, physicist, Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2. Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, emeritus professor of paleogeophysics & geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
3. Dennis Avery's 2006 book, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years
4. Dr. Jack Barrett, chemist and spectroscopist, formerly with Imperial College London, U.K.
5. Ernst-Georg Beck, Dipl. Biol., Biologist, Merian-Schule Freiburg, Germany 3
6. Dr. Edward F Blick, Professor of Meteorology and Engineering at University of Oklahoma
7. Dr. John Brignell is a UK Emeritus Engineering Professor of Northampton Engineering College who held the Chair in Industrial Instrumentation at Southampton and was awarded the Callendar Silver Medal by InstMC
8. Piers Corbyn Astrophysicist of the UK based long-term solar forecast group Weather Action
9. Richard S. Courtney, PhD, climate and atmospheric science consultant, IPCC 4
10. Tim Curtin, Economist a former advisor with the EU, World bank, and an Emeritus Faculty member of Australian National University
11. Eduardo Ferreyra, president and founder of the Argentinean Foundation for a Scientific Ecology
12. Freeman J. Dyson, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J., U.S.
13. Christopher Essex, PhD, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Associate Director of the Program in Theoretical Physics, University of Western Ontario, Canada
14. Gerhard Gerlich, Professor for Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, Institut für Mathematische Physik der TU Braunschweig, Germany
15. Vincent Gray, PhD, expert reviewer for the IPCC and author of The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of 'Climate Change 2001,' Wellington, New Zealand
16. Warwick Hughes, a New Zealand earth scientist living in Perth
17. Keith. Idso, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Arizona, U.S.
18. Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, AZ, USA
19. Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, physicist, Chairman - Scientific Council of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw, Poland
20. Madhav Khandekar, PhD, former Research Scientist Environment Canada; Editor "Climate Research" (03-05); Editorial Board Member "Natural Hazards, IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007
21. L.F. Khilyuk of the University of Southern California
22. Marcel Leroux, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Climatology, University of Lyon, France; former director of Laboratory of Climatology, Risks and Environment, CNRS 4
23. Dr. Jennifer Marohasy, Biologist who has been a field biologist in remote parts of Africa and Madagascar and published in international and Australian scientific journals
24. John McLean, Climate Data Analyst, computer scientist, Melbourne, Australia 3
25. Alan Moghissi of the Institute for Regulatory Science
26. Lord Christopher Monckton, the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
27. Lubos Motl, PhD, physicist, former Harvard string theorist, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
28. Dr Benny Peiser, professor of social anthropology, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, U.K.
29. Dr. Art Robinson, founder, Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, Cave Junction, Ore.
30. Dr. Oleg Sorochtin of the Institute of Oceanology at the Russian Academy of Sciences
31. Dr. Ralf D. Tscheuschner
32. Edward J. Wegman, Bernard J. Dunn Professor, Department of Statistics and Department Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Virginia, U.S.

Why no Landsea, Pielke, etc., well while they are no fans of the IPCC their positions on whether people are changing the climate are equivocal.

Eli Is a Straightforward Bunny

Those with an eye for farce have been watching the Weasel play with his food (weasels do that you know) and show no sympathy whatsoever for Craig Loehle, who is very sad, and the Watts Up gang over at Watts Up.

CL is sad because Mann has been cwuel to him, or about him, in his book. Though this seems to have been more exciting for CL than Mann, since he doesn't make it in until p 187, and its just about CL's rubbish temperature reconstruction (see-also Tamino on the "vindication" version).

But the centerpiece of CL's recent post, which conclusively demonstrates how Mann is wrong and... well, you get the idea, is the one I've inlined here. Its from co2science.org/data/mwp/mwpp.php which isn't a good source. I wondered what the data sources were for the figure, and what "Current Warm Period" (CWP) might be, exactly. No-one seemed to be able to find an answer; a person calling themselves Richard S Courtney was pretty sure it meant 1998 (actually very un-pretty, but never mind [Update: I gave up too soon; even the mods got bored with him]), but that makes no sense - the ice cores don't go up to 1998, in general (I'm assuming there are some ice cores in there, though with no info as to the sources, its hard to say). Its likely that CWP means something like 20th-century average, but as far as I can tell it isn't possible to be sure; I think they are being deliberately vague. 

and it's true, go read the train wreck over at Tony's and read the comments at the Weasel's.  This from Stoat captures the gist of it

Over at my blog we’ve been looking a bit at some of the studies that the Idsos pic shows large MWPs from. We think we’ve found the 4.75 oC one (http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l1_durresmaar.php) and predictably enough, when you check it out it doesn’t add up.

First of all, even from the CO2 science link, you can see immeadiately that the peak warmth was only for one brief period – 5 years – which is hardly a “MWP”. But its more interesting to look at the actual paper itself (http://www.clim-past.net/7/1011/2011/cp-7-1011-2011.pdf). If you read the abstract, you’ll find:

“At High Medieval Times, the amplitude in the reconstructed temperature variability is most likely overestimated”

Oddly, CO2science didn’t have space to mention that. For more details, you need to read section 5.2 and the discussion of figure 5, which contains text like:

“During High Medieval Times lasting from the 10th to 13th century, our reconstruction shows evidence for above-average temperatures, whereby the amplitude in the reconstructed temperature variability is most likely overestimated. However, temperatures were not high in general; rather distinct warmer episodes lasting a few decades are demonstrated…” and “Despite the overall relatively high uncertainty in our reconstruction and the certainly overestimated temperature variability particularly at High Medieval Times…”

Finally, although you can read a peak out of that record, there is no clear “current warm period” in their record, and 1998 is certainly not included. So anyone who thought that “current warm period” meant 1998, or that the CO2science figure comparison is MWP-vs-1998, will have to reconsider.

Courtney finally cuts and runs to catch a plane (kind of the Tom Fuller gambit, welcome back Bart), but Eli, Eli is a very straightforward Bunny, so he wrote the Idsos and asked

Greetings,

A number of people are interested in how you define the Current Warm Period
as shown discussed in http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/tabledes.php

Best 

and got a reply he expects will be diced and sliced

For the Level 1 and 2 studies, the point of comparison that we use for the CWP is the period of highest proxy temperature value during which time the IPCC and other climate alarmists claim the planet experienced unprecedented global warmth, i.e., since the 1980s.  Hope this helps.

-Craig Idso

cause frankly see Stoat's comment.

Makin a list, checkin it twice

for those who have been sideswiped as well as the charter members of the Morano Denialist Society 400, or as Stoat would put it, the complete Nutters List. Some of these folk are entirely innocent and have been sandbagged by Morano, Richard Tol is one, Ray Kurzweil is another, there are more, esp the economists, but Eli thought he would simply put out the list. The descriptions are from Morano. The numbers at the end of a line are the number of different references to a person on the list. The folk at Desmogblog are already chewing it over. Eli will be slicing and dicing at the deli this week. You can find the TV weather folk tranch at OISM's Baby also a nice poster you can put on your wall.

UPDATE: Bunny Labs is expanding the project to provide informative (and amusing) links with information about the listed. Send your entries to Eli B. Rabett, c/o Bunny Labs, West Sockpuppet Lane, Climate Climax, NO. OTOH, it's easier and more effective to simply place a comment below.
UPDATE: There appear to be two versions on the EPW site with minor differences, probably due to the chaotic nature of document. The first version is here and the second is here. For example, Roger Pielke Sr. is on the first list and not the second. That, at least is the current situation but who knows which is the official one. (Some changes made in the text to accomodate the fact that there are innocents on the list).

1. Dr. Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of Space Research for the Pulkovo Observatory in Russia
2. Professor Tom Addiscott of the University of East London SA - Retired from Rothamsted Experimental Station, was visiting professor at UEL. Well published in soil science. Professor is a stretch. One of the emeriti
3. Alexandre Aguiar Meteorologist of Brazil's MetSul Weather Center
4. Don Aitkin, PhD, Professor, social scientist, educational and cultural policy issues, retired Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra, Australia one of the emeriti
5. Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu, the former director of both University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute and International Arctic Research Center 2, one of the emeriti
6. David Aldrich Meteorologist TV Philadelphia
7. Kjell Aleklett of the Department of Radiation Sciences and the Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group at Uppsala University in Sweden - Thinks we have reached peak hydrocarbon production and do not have enough left to increase CO2 much more. This is a very iconoclastic opinion. Death by cold guy
8. William J.R. Alexander, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil and Biosystems Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Member, UN Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters, 1994-2000 3 One of the emeriti
9. Dr. Claude Allegre, a top Geophysicist and French Socialist 2, link from Logical Science
10. Chris Allen Meteorologist of Kentucky Fox affiliate WBKO, link from Andy Dessler.
11. Bjarne Andresen, PhD, physicist, Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2 and a member of there is no global temperature crowd
12. David Archibald of Summa Development Limited in Australia who published a paper in Energy and Environment is taken apart by David Archer
13. Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania whose Energy and Environment paper (you can watch the movie) was torn apart on Real Climate. Armstrong is another one who believes in different rules for him.
14. Dr. August H. Auer, past professor of atmospheric science, University of Wyoming. Prof. Auer passed in the spring of 2008 previously chief meteorologist, Meteorological Service (MetService) of New Zealand 3. Member of the NZ Climate Science Coalition. One of the seriously emeriti
15. Geoff L. Austin, PhD, FNZIP, FRSNZ, Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
16. Dennis Avery's flack see this link for a description of methods. 2006 book, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years, has been described as Unstoppable Hot Air on Real Climate
17. Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, emeritus professor of paleogeophysics & geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 2 Dowsing proponent. One of the emeriti
18. Donald G. Baker of the University of Minnesota. One of the emeriti
19. Dr. Herbert Backhaus Signer of the Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth No profession given in the signing list, picture at web site.
20. Frederick Bailey, Solar system researcher? Perhaps this (computer game designer) Frederick Bailey or this one (student project on Cassini)
21. Dr. Sallie Baliunas, astrophysicist and climate researcher, Boston, Mass. A good description of her climate related work from Logical Science and where we trace down the $52K she got for participating in the Oregon Deception Project
22. Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant, former climatology professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada 3 Some additional links in the comments, but this story belongs to DeSmogBlog (just search under Tim Ball)
23. Don Barron Soil scientist
24. Dr. Jack Barrett, chemist and spectroscopist, formerly with Imperial College London, U.K. 2 SA. No experience in climate science, your basic solution phase analytical chemist. Wrote one of the first denialist articles published in the scientific literature and was torn apart. One of the emeriti
25. Vladimir Bashkirtsev, of the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
26. Steve Baskerville CBS Chicago affiliate Chief Meteorologist has a BA in communication from Temple and a certificate (1 yr course) in weather broadcasting from Mississippi State in 2006.
27. Dr. Franco Battaglia, a professor of Environmental Chemistry at the University of Modena in Italy
28. Ernst-Georg Beck, Diplom (eq. of MS) Biol., Biologist, Merian-Schule Freiburg, a secondary school biology teacher who has collated old CO2 measurements but has no idea about the problems and errors in many of them.
29. Gary S. Becker, Nobel Prize-winning Economist who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago. Accepts climate change is human driven, argues about discount rate (Stern, not IPCC critic)
30. Paul G. Becker, a former chief meteorologist with the Air Force and former Colorado Springs chapter president of the American Meteorological Society. Only mention appears to be a letter he wrote to a small paper (see link).
31. Dr. David Bellamy, Botanist, a famed UK environmental campaigner, former lecturer at Durham University. A revealing letter exchange with George Monbiot pointed out by S2 in the comments
32. Dieter Ber; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
33. Justin Berk Meteorologist asserted that the "majority of TV meteorologists". BS in meteorology from Cornell
34. Andre and Sally Bernier Meteorologists of WJW-TV, in Cleveland, Ohio. Andre has a BS in Meteorology from Lyndon State College,
35. Dr. Edward F Blick, Professor of Meteorology and Engineering at University of Oklahoma
36. Peter Bloemers, professor of biochemistry, University of Nijmegen NL
37. Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, PhD, Reader, Dept. of Geography, Hull University, UK; Editor, Energy & Environment journal 4 SA
38. Chris C. Borel, PhD, remote sensing scientist, U.S.
39. Dr. Norman Borlaug, known as the father of the "Green Revolution" for saving over a billion people from starvation by utilizing pioneering high yield farming techniques, is one of only five people in history who has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal
40. Paul Bossert; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
41. Brigitte Bossert; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
42. Daniel Botkin, President of the Center for the Study of the Environment and Professor Emeritus in the department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California
43. Helgo Bran; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth Dr. John W. Brosnahan develops remote-sensing instruments for atmospheric science for such clients as NOAA
44. Dr. Simon Brassell, of the Department of Geological Sciences at the Indiana University
45. Dr. John Brignell is a UK Emeritus Engineering Professor of Northampton Engineering College who held the Chair in Industrial Instrumentation at Southampton and was awarded the Callendar Silver Medal by InstMC
46. Frank Britton Chemist
47. Adriaan Broere, an engineer and geophysicist, worked in satellite technology NL
48. Bob Breck Chief Meteorologist of WVUE-TV in New Orleans
49. Dr. David B Bredenkamp, Hydrogeologist
50. Georgia D. Brown, an instructor of Geology & Oceanography at College of Lake County in Illinois
51. Harold Brown, an agricultural scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia
52. Donald S. Burke, The Dean of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health, **
53. Dr. Reid Bryson, the founding chairman of the Department of Meteorology at University of Wisconsin (now the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences 2
54. Dr. Tony Burns Chemical Engineer of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
55. Nigel Calder, former editor of New Scientist
56. Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., wildlife biology consultant specializing in animal ecology in Arctic and Subarctic regions, Alberta, Canada
57. Dr. Robert.M. Carter, professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia 4 Lots of links and stuff over at Logical Sciences
58. John L. Casey of the Florida based Verity Management Services Inc. (VMS) NASA consultant and former space shuttle engineer
59. Dr. Christopher L. Castro, a Professor of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona **
60. Dr. George Chilingar, USC
61. Tom Chisholm Chief Meteorologist of WMTW ABC Portland, Maine
62. Dr. John Christy of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA
63. Dr. Petr Chylek, adjunct professor, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax 2
64. Jim Clark Meteorologist TV
65. Ian D. Clark, PhD, Professor, isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada 3
66. Roy Clark Aeronautical engineer made a presentation at an American Chemical Society meeting in Redlands, California,
67. W. Dennis Clark of Arizona State University
68. Robert Cohen, a member of the American Meteorological Society
69. John Coleman, Meteorologist Founder of The Weather Channel
70. Dennis Compayre Polar bear expert **
71. Joseph Conklin Meteorologist
72. Dr. Paul Copper, FRSC, professor emeritus, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.
73. Piers Corbyn Astrophysicist of the UK based long-term solar forecast group Weather Action
74. Dr. Paulo N. Correa Biologist and Biophysicist
75. Larry Cosgrove Meteorologist said on Fox News Channel
76. Dr. William R. Cotton of the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University
77. Vincent Courtillot is the director of the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, a member of the Academy of Sciences, a geomagnetism scientist, and president of the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section of the American Geophysical Union
78. Richard S. Courtney, PhD, climate and atmospheric science consultant, IPCC 4
79. Dr. Susan Crockford Evolutionary Biologist and Paleozoologist of University of Victoria in Canada
80. Tim Curtin, Economist a former advisor with the EU, World bank, and an Emeritus Faculty member of Australian National University
81. Grant Dade Texas TV's KLTV, a member of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association,
82. Joseph D'Aleo served as the first Director of Meteorology at The Weather Channel and was the Chief Meteorologist at Weather Services International Corporation and served as chairman of the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.
83. Dr. Robert E. Davis, a Professor at University of Virginia, a former UN IPCC contributor and past president of the Association of American Geographers
84. Luc Debontridder of the Belgium Weather Institute's Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) 2
85. David Deming, PhD (Geophysics), Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, U.S. 3
86. Roger Dewhurst, of Katikati, a consulting environmental geologist and hydrogeologist
87. Dipl.-Ing. Peter Dietze, independent energy advisor and scientific climate and carbon modeller, official IPCC reviewer, Bavaria, Germany
88. David Dilley, founder of Global Weather Oscillations, Inc
89. Dr. David Douglass of the University of Rochester
90. Dr. Donald DuBois, who holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science, has spent most of his career modeling computer networks for NASA's International Space Station, GE Space Systems, the Air Force, and the Navy
91. Robert Durrenberger, past president of the American Association of State Climatologists 2
92. Dr. Denis Dutton, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and recipient of the New Zealand Royal Society Medal for Services to Science and Technology
93. Freeman J. Dyson, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J., U.S. 3
94. Don J. Easterbrook, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Western Washington University, U.S. 2
95. Gunter Ederer; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
96. Dr. Michael J. Economides, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cullen College of Engineering at University of Houston
97. Bob Edleman, former Chief Engineer of Boeing's Electronic Systems Division
98. Alexander G. Egorov, a researcher with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in Saint Petersburg
99. Werner Eisenkopf; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
100. Dr. Hugh W. Ellsaesser, physicist/meteorologist, previously with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif.; atmospheric consultant.
101. Lance Endersbee, Emeritus Professor, former Dean of Engineering and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Monasy University, Australia 2
102. Gary England, Meteorologist who pioneered the use of Doppler radar weather-forecasting
103. Hans Erren, Doctorandus, geophysicist and climate specialist, Sittard, The Netherlands
104. Robert H. Essenhigh, PhD, E.G. Bailey Professor of Energy Conversion, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, U.S. 2
105. Christopher Essex, PhD, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Associate Director of the Program in Theoretical Physics, University of Western Ontario, Canada 3
106. Bill Evans New York's WABC-TV Senior Meteorologist
107. Dr. Cal Evans, Geochemist a prominent researcher who has advised the Alberta Research Council, the Natural Sciences, and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and who is affiliated with the Calgary-based group Friends of Science
108. David Evans, PhD, mathematician, carbon accountant, computer and electrical engineer and head of 'Science Speak', Australia 2
109. Ray Evans, engineer one of the founders of the Australian Lavoisier Group
110. William Evans, PhD, Editor, American Midland Naturalist; Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, U.S.
111. Dr. John T. Everett, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator and UN IPCC lead author and reviewer
112. Jesse Ferrell of AccuWeather
113. Dr. Wilson Flood, of the Royal Society of Chemistry
114. Frederic Fluteau, a geomagnetism scientist with the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris **
115. Dr. Michael R. Fox, Nuclear Scientist who holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry and is a science analyst for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
116. Dr. Neil Frank, former director of the National Hurricane Center
117. Stewart Franks, PhD, Associate Professor, Hydroclimatologist, University of Newcastle, Australia 2
118. Dr. Oliver W. Frauenfeld, a co-author of the 2005 book Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming and a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Division of Cryospheric and Polar Processes at the University of Colorado
119. Dr. Chris de Freitas, climate scientist, associate professor, The University of Auckland, N.Z. 2
120. Dr. Eigil Friis-Christensen is the director of the Danish National Space Centre 2
121. Bob Foster, geologist director of the Lavoisier Group in Australia
122. Ivan Frolov, the head of Russia's Science and Research Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Regions
123. Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
124. Dr. Serge Galam, director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) and member of a laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique
125. Yves Gallet of the Centre de Research at the Restauration des Musées **
126. Edgar Gartner; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
127. R. W. Gauldie, PhD, Research Professor, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
128. Bas van Geel, paleo-ecology professor, University of Amsterdam;
129. Lee C. Gerhard, PhD, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Kansas; former director and state geologist, Kansas Geological Survey, U.S. 3
130. Gerhard Gerlich, Professor for Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, Institut für Mathematische Physik der TU Braunschweig, Germany 2
131. Dr. Robert Giegengack the chair of Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania
132. Dr. Jeffrey A. Glassman Applied Physicist and Engineer
133. Albrecht Glatzle, PhD, sc.agr., Agro-Biologist and Gerente ejecutivo, INTTAS, Paraguay
134. Agnes Genevey of the Centre de Research at the Restauration des Musées, **
135. Tony Gilland is the science and society director of the UK based Institute of Ideas
136. Dick Goddard Ohio meteorologists TV
137. Indur M Goklany, Ph.D, who has represented the United States at the International Panel on Climate Change and in the negotiations leading to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
138. Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adj Professor, Royal Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden
139. Dr. Mel Goldstein, a PhD Meteorologist on Connecticut's TV News Channel 8
140. Sergei Golubchikov, Vice President of Russia's National Geocryological Foundation
141. Former California State Climatologist Jim Goodridge, a consultant for the California Department of Water Resources
142. Dr. Laurence I. Gould, chair of the Physics Department at the University of Hartford, former chairman of the New England Section of the American Physical Society,
143. Brian van de Graaff Meteorologist TV
144. Vincent Gray, PhD, expert reviewer for the IPCC and author of The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of 'Climate Change 2001,' Wellington, New Zealand 5
145. Dr. William Gray, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU), and head of the schools Tropical Meteorology Project 3 From Logical Science but the best is this interview. One of the emeriti
146. Kesten Green of Monash University in Australia whose Energy and Environment paper (you can watch the movie) was torn apart on Real Climate.
147. Dr. Howard Greyber, a Fellow Royal Astronomical Society and member of the International Astronomical Union,
148. Dr. Michael Griffin, the top administrator of NASA and former head of the Space Department at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory
149. Eugenio Hackbart of the MetSul Meteorologia Weather Center in Sao Leopoldo - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2
150. Dr. Keith D. Hage, climate consultant and professor emeritus of Meteorology, University of Alberta
151. Robert W. Hahn Chemical engineer
152. Jeff Halblaub Senior Meteorologist of WSI Corporation
153. Morten Hald, an Arctic expert at of the University of Tromso in Norway calls for more paleoresearch and gets put on this list.
154. Michael Hammer who works as a research scientist/engineer for a high technology manufacturer and major worldwide exporter based in Australia
155. James Hammond, a councilor for the American Chemical Society's San Gorgonio section
156. Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut, U.S. 3
157. Dr. Peter Harris Australian engineer
158. Ross Hays of NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, in Palestine, Texas,
159. Wilfried Heck; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth Louis Hissink M.Sc. M.A.I.G., Editor AIG News and Consulting Geologist, Perth, Western Australia
160. David Henderson, a Professor at the Westminster Business School and former Chief economist for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
161. Dr. Ben Herman, past director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona,
162. Dr. Martin Hertzberg, a retired Navy meteorologist with a PhD in physical chemistry
163. Dr. Robert Higgs, a Senior Fellow for the Independent Institute and who has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University, Stanford University, and a fellow for the National Science Foundation
164. Heinz Hofman; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
165. Rainer Hoffman; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
166. Ferdinand Furst zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
167. David Holland is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
168. Art Horn, Meteorologist currently operating The 'Art' Of the Weather business
169. Douglas V. Hoyt, senior scientist at Raytheon (retired) and co-author of the book The Role of the Sun in Climate Change; previously with NCAR, NOAA, and the World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland 2
170. Warwick Hughes, a New Zealand earth scientist living in Perth
171. Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Arizona, U.S.
172. Keith. Idso, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Arizona, U.S.
173. Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, AZ, USA
174. Andrei Illarionov, PhD, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, U.S.; founder and director of the Institute of Economic Analysis, Russia
175. Dr. Olafur Ingolfsson, a professor from the University of Iceland
176. Yury Izrael, the director of Global Climate and Ecology Institute, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and UN IPCC Vice President,
177. Dr. Dennis Jensen, Nuclear physicist a PhD-trained scientist and a former researcher for Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO) and the Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO),
178. Albert F. Jacobs, co-founder of the group Friends of Science
179. Craig James, Chief Meteorologist of a Michigan NBC TV affiliate
180. Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, physicist, Chairman - Scientific Council of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw, Poland 4
181. Meteorologist Mark Johnson
182. Jon Jenkins, PhD, MD, computer modelling - virology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
183. Wm. Robert Johnston, Physicist who co-wrote the scientific paper in 2007 "Observations of the Ionospheric Projection of the Plasmapause and Comparisons with Relativistic Electron Measurements" which was submitted to the GRL
184. Hub Jongen, electrical engineer NL
185. Wibjorn Karlen, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden 4
186. Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Atmospheric Physics, Institute of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics, Toravere, Estonia
187. Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, U.S. 2
188. David Kear, PhD, FRSNZ, CMG, geologist, former Director-General of NZ Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Zealand 2
189. Dr. Kelvin Kemm, formerly a scientist at South Africa's Atomic Energy Corporation 2
190. Douglas J. Keenan, a former Morgan Stanley employee and current independent mathematical researcher
191. Aynsley Kellow of the University of Tasmania IPCC Contributing author
192. John Kettley, formerly of the Met Office and the Fluid Dynamics Department at the Bracknell headquarters. Another TV Weather Guy (BBC), worked at the Met Office in the 1970s references that he graduated from something or other but no degrees listed on his web site. Specializes in racecourse and sports event forecasts
193. Madhav Khandekar, PhD, former Research Scientist Environment Canada; Editor "Climate Research" (03-05); Editorial Board Member "Natural Hazards, IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007 4
194. L.F. Khilyuk of the University of Southern California
195. William Kininmonth M.Sc., M.Admin., former head of Australia's National Climate Centre and a consultant to the World Meteorological organization's Commission for Climatology 4
196. Jasper Kirkby, a research scientist at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research,
197. Paul Knight Penn State Climatologist **
198. Dr. James P. Koermer, a Professor of Meteorology and the director of the Meteorological Institute at Plymouth State University
199. Jan J.H. Kop, M.Sc. Ceng FICE (Civil Engineer Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers), Emeritus Professor of Public Health Engineering, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands
200. Professor R.W.J. Kouffeld, Emeritus Professor, Energy Conversion, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 2
201. Dieter Kramer; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
202. Dr. Gerhard Kramm of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
203. Salomon Kroonenberg, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Geotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
204. Dr. George Kukla, a research scientist with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University 2
205. Ray Kurzweil, Legendary inventor**
206. Dr. A.T.J. de Laat, who specialized in atmospheric composition and climate research at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
207. Hans H.J. Labohm, PhD, economist, former advisor to the executive board, Clingendael Institute (The Netherlands Institute of International Relations) looks to have been visiting fellow, has books on poli sci, The Netherlands 3, Desmogblog has some info, allied to the Tom Harris/Tim Ball NSRP.
208. Dr. Christopher W. Landsea NOAA's National Hurricane Center who served as a UN IPCC
209. Willem de Lange, PhD, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Science and Engineering, Waikato University, New Zealand 2
210. Dr. Thomas Lavin Biochemistry researcher
211. The Rt. Hon. Lord Lawson of Blaby, economist; Chairman of the Central Europe Trust; former Chancellor of the Exchequer, U.K.
212. Douglas Leahey, PhD, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, Calgary, Canada 2
213. David R. Legates, PhD, Director, Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware, U.S. 2
214. Arthur E. Lemay, a renowned computer systems specialist, Harvard educated
215. Yury Leonov, director of the Institute of Geology at the Russian Academy of Sciences,
216. Nikolaus Lentz; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
217. Marcel Leroux, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Climatology, University of Lyon, France; former director of Laboratory of Climatology, Risks and Environment, CNRS 4
218. Bryan Leyland, International Climate Science Coalition, consultant - power engineer, Auckland, New Zealand 2
219. William Lindqvist, PhD, consulting geologist and company director, Tiburon, California, U.S.
220. Richard S. Lindzen, PhD, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. 3 From Logical Science and oh yes, here is a goody about how far you can trust Dick.
221. Martin Livermore, Chemist director of the Scientific Alliance
222. Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist" and professor at the Copenhagen Business School. More from Logical Science with links. Eli especially likes Simon Donner's comment "Climate change “skepticism” began with an industry-funded effort to question the science. It has since morphed into questioning whether the effects of climate change would really be so bad, a move I call the Smiling Lomborg."
223. A.J. Tom van Loon, PhD, Professor of Geology (Quaternary Geology), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; former President of the European Association of Science Editors
224. John Loufman Ohio meteorologists TV
225. Jonathan Lowe, who specializes in statistical analysis of climate change and holds masters in science, is currently working on his PhD
226. Anthony R. Lupo, PhD, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, Dept. of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S. 2
227. Richard Mackey, PhD, Statistician, Australia
228. Horst Malberg, PhD, Professor for Meteorology and Climatology, Institut für Meteorologie, Berlin, Germany
229. Rob Marciano CNN Meteorologist
230. Dr. Richard Mackey Statistician authored a 2007 peer-reviewed study which found that the solar system regulates the earth's climate. The paper was published August 17, 2007 in the Journal of Coastal Research
231. Dr. Jennifer Marohasy, Biologist who has been a field biologist in remote parts of Africa and Madagascar and published in international and Australian scientific journals
232. Nigel Marven UK wildlife documentary maker
233. Augusto Mangini of the University of Heidelberg in Germany 2
234. Galina Mashnich of the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
235. Prof. Francis Massen of the Physics Laboratory in Luxemburg and the leader of a meteorological station
236. John Maunder, PhD, Climatologist, former President of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization (89-97), New Zealand 2
237. Alister McFarquhar, PhD, international economist, Downing College, Cambridge, U.K. 2
238. Peter McGurk, Senior Meteorologist with WSI Corporation, a provider of weather-driven business solutions to such clients as CNN, FOX, NBC, American Airlines, Delta, and FedEX
239. Ross McKitrick, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Guelph, Canada 4
240. Stephen McIntyre of ClimateAudit.org
241. John McLean, Climate Data Analyst, computer scientist, Melbourne, Australia 3
242. Owen McShane, B. Arch., Master of City and Regional Planning (UC Berkeley), economist and policy analyst, joint founder of the International Climate Science Coalition, Director - Centre for Resource Management Studies, New Zealand 2
243. Bill Meck, Chief Meteorologist for an NBC affiliate
244. Rob Melon, professor of molecular recognition, Utrecht University NL
245. Dr. D. Bruce Merrifield is a former Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, Professor Emeritus of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Visiting Committee for Physical Sciences at the University of Chicago
246. Dr. Alwyn van der Merwe Chemical engineer CoA
247. Fred Michel, PhD, Director, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Canada 3
248. Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, research professor of environmental sciences, University of Virginia 2 Bunch of links and stuff from Logical Science and Eli refers you to Pat's real opinion
249. Dr. Daniel W. Miles, a former professor of physics who earned his PhD from the University of Utah
250. Frank Milne, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Economics, Queen's University, Canada, signed on to the letter to the Secretary General. Link from Globalization and the Environment
251. Asmunn Moene, PhD, former head of the Forecasting Centre, Meteorological Institute, Norway 2
252. Professor Vivian Moses of King's College and University College in London SA
253. Alan Moghissi of the Institute for Regulatory Science
254. H. Michael Mogil, a 30-year veteran of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), who is certified by the American Metrological Society and currently owns the "How the Weatherworks" consulting firm,
255. Des Moore, former deputy secretary of the federal Treasury in Australia and current director of the Institute for Private Enterprise
256. Alan Moran, PhD, Energy Economist, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit, Australia. Link from Globalization and the Environment Take a look at how on earth did Alan Moran get a Ph.D. in public transport economics
257. Lord Christopher Monckton, the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
258. Sir Patrick Moore, a fellow of the UK's Royal Astronomical Society
259. Dr. Patrick Moore, a Greenpeace founding member
260. Dr. Thomas Gale Moore is a former professor at Michigan State University, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute
261. Dr./Cdr. M. R. Morgan, FRMS, climate consultant, former meteorology advisor to the World Meteorological Organization. Previously research scientist in climatology at University of Exeter, U.K.
262. Dr. Dick Morgan, former director of Canada's Met/Oceano Policy and Plans, a marine meteorologist and a climate researcher at both Exeter University and the Bedford Institute of Oceanography
263. Lubos Motl, PhD, physicist, former Harvard string theorist, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 2
264. Louis Le Mouël of the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris
265. Jan Mulderink, a chemical engineer, former research director AKZO Arnhem NL
266. Dr. Tad Murty, former senior research scientist, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, former director of Australia's National Tidal Facility and professor of earth sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide; currently adjunct professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa 2
267. John Nicol, PhD, physicist, James Cook University, Australia
268. David Noble of Canada's York University
269. Mark Nolan Meteorologist TV
270. Gary Novak Microbiologist
271. Mr. David Nowell, M.Sc., Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, former chairman of the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa, Canada 2
272. James J. O'Brien, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University, U.S. 3
273. Professor Emeritus Peter R Odell of International Energy Studies at the University of Rotterdam
274. Cliff Ollier, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Geology), Research Fellow, University of Western Australia 2
275. David Orrell Mathematician
276. Nikolai Osokin of the Institute of Geography and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
277. Jim Ott, Meteorologist formerly of WTMJ-TV in Wisconsin
278. Dr. Norman J. Page a retired independent geological consultant, rejected climate fears
279. Dr. Nathan Paldor, Professor of Dynamical Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2
280. Morgan Meteorologist Palmer of Texas TV's KLTV
281. Garth W. Paltridge, PhD, atmospheric physicist, Emeritus Professor and former Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia 2
282. R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Canada 4
283. Dr Benny Peiser, professor of social anthropology, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, U.K. 2 Got famous by being wrong
284. Al Pekarek, PhD, Associate Professor of Geology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Dept., St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, U.S. 3
285. Dr. Roger Pielke, Sr., presently senior scientist at the University of Colorado in Boulder
286. Ian Plimer, PhD, Professor of Geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide and Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia 4
287. Brian Pratt, PhD, Professor of Geology, Sedimentology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 2
288. Harry N.A. Priem, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Planetary Geology and Isotope Geophysics, Utrecht University; former director of the Netherlands Institute for Isotope Geosciences 3
289. Gwyn Prins of the London School of Economics ** Eco
290. Dr. Andreas Prokoph, adjunct professor of earth sciences, University of Ottawa; consultant in statistics and geology
291. Dr. Tom Quirk, a former University lecturer, fellow of three Oxford Colleges, and a board member of the Australian based Institute of Public Affairs
292. B.P. Radhakrishna, President of the Geological Society of India, 2
293. VK Raina, India's leading Glaciologist
294. Dr. Denis G. Rancourt, Professor of Physics and an Environmental Science researcher at the University of Ottawa,
295. Steve Rayner of Oxford ** Eco
296. Bernie Rayno, Senior Meteorologist with AccuWeather
297. Josef Reichholf, who heads the Vertebrates Department at the National Zoological Collection in Munich
298. William E. Reifsnyder Meteorologist Forestry
299. Dr. Paul Reiter, professor, Institut Pasteur, Unit of Insects and Infectious Diseases, Paris, France. Expert reviewer, IPCC Working group II, chapter 8 (human health) 2
300. Dr. Renato Angelo Ricci, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Padua
301. Dr. Peter Ridd, a Reader in Physics at James Cook University in Australia who specializes in Marine Physics and who is also a scientific adviser to the Australian Environment Foundation
302. Rolf Riehm engineer
303. Thomas Ring, Chemical Engineer who has a degree from Case Western Reserve University, 2. Wrote a letter to the editor is about it. Link from Andy Dessler
304. Dr. Art Robinson, founder, Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, Cave Junction, Ore. 2
305. Alex Robson, PhD, Economics, Australian National University 2. Link from Globalization and the Environment
306. Erich Roeckner of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology **
307. Colonel F.P.M. Rombouts, Branch Chief - Safety, Quality and Environment, Royal Netherlands Air Force
308. R.G. Roper, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.
309. Rob Roseman of Colorado, who earned a Masters degree in Meteorology
310. Arthur Rorsch, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Genetics, Leiden University, The Netherlands 2
311. Dr. Hugh Ross, who has conducted research on quasars and galaxies
312. Rob Scagel, M.Sc., forest microclimate specialist, principal consultant, Pacific Phytometric Consultants, B.C., Canada 2.
313. Arthur T. "Terry" Safford III, Meteorologist a retired Lt Col. of the U.S. Air Force
314. Gabriel Salas, Geologist who leads a UN High Commission for Refugees funded team
315. Jeffrey P. Schaffer, now a professor at the Department of Science & Mathematics at Napa Valley College in California
316. Tom Scheffelin, Air resources engineer who estimates on-road vehicle emissions for the California Air Resources Board,
317. Dr. Chris Schoneveld, a retired exploration geophysicist
318. Hans Schreuder Analytical chemist
319. Mark Scirto Chief Meteorologist of Texas TV's KLTV,
320. Joel Schwartz, who holds a master's degree in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology A merican Enterprise Institute's (AEI)
321. Stephen Schwartz of Brookhaven National Lab **
322. Bruce Schwoegler, former U.S. Navy meteorologist and Boston broadcast meteorologist
323. Peter Sciaky who has served as a chief geologist for companies and written scientific reports
324. Olaf Schuiling, Geochemistry professor, University of Utrech
325. Tom V. Segalstad, PhD, (Geology/Geochemistry), Head of the Geological Museum and Associate Professor of Resource and Environmental Geology, University of Oslo, Norway 3
326. Dr. Vladimir Shaidurov of the Russian Academy of Sciences
327. Gary D. Sharp, PhD, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Salinas, CA, U.S. 3
328. Dr. Nir Shaviv, one of Israel's top, young, award-winning scientists
329. Glen Shaw, a Professor of Physics at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
330. Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen, an MIT educated physicist, author
331. Clinton H. Sheehan of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas
332. Gary Shore Iowa Meteorologists TV
333. C. Robert Shoup Geologist authored a summer 2007 scientific study for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
334. Alan Siddons former radioactive chemist !!!
335. Paavo Siitam, M.Sc., agronomist, chemist, Cobourg, Ont. 2
336. S. Fred Singer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia and former director, U.S. Weather Satellite Service 4
337. Dr. Rainer Six; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
338. George E. Smith, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Physics
339. Lenny Smith of the London School of Economics, who co-authored a study on the uncertainties of climate models for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Oxford
340. L. Graham Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada 2
341. Dr. Joe Sobel of Accuweather, winner of the American Meteorological Society 2005 Award for Broadcaster of the Year
342. Dr. Willie Soon Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysicist. A member of the comedy team of Soon and Baliunas from Logical Science. He got $60K for his part in the Oregon Deception Project
343. Dr. Oleg Sorochtin of the Institute of Oceanology at the Russian Academy of Sciences 2
344. James Spann Meteorologist of Alabama ABC TV
345. Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist, Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, U.S. 3
346. Chief Meteorologist Karl Spring of Duluth, Minnesota, who is certified by both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association
347. Dr. Walter Starck Australian marine scientist
348. Don Stewart, Former New Zealand Science Ministry analyst a UK-based researcher in geological and biological history
349. Peter Stilbs, TeknD, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Research Leader, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, Sweden
350. Bill Steffen Meteorologist of Grand Rapids, Michigan
351. Herb Stevens, Meteorologist one of the original meteorologists at The Weather Channel
352. Dr. Hans von Storch, the Director of Institute for Coastal Research of the GKSS Research Centre, a professor at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg **
353. Philip Stott of the University of London
354. Henrik Svensmark Danish National Space Centre 2
355. Dr. Gordon E. Swaters, professor of applied mathematics, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, and member, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Research Group, University of Alberta
356. Dr. Elwynn Taylor, Professor of Meteorology at Iowa State University and a former project scientist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administratio**
357. Mr. George Taylor, Dept. of Meteorology, Oregon State University; Oregon State climatologist; past president, American Association of State Climatologists 3
358. Dr. Mitchell Taylor, the director of wildlife research with the Arctic government of Nunavut,
359. Uwe Tempel; The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
360. Hendrik Tennekes, PhD, former Director of Research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute 3
361. Heinze Thieme. The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth
362. Dick Thoenes, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands 2
363. Tim Thornton, who holds degrees in Meteorology and Computer Science, publishes the website "The Global Warming Heretic.
364. Alan Titchmarch, Horticulturalist a prominent naturalist who hosts the popular "The Nature of Britain" program on the BBC,
365. Dr. Richard Tol, the director of the Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Science, and a prominent economist with Hamburg University in Germany ** Tol makes the point in the comments that his argument is with Stern's analysis of the costs of climate change not with the IPCC description of that change and the nature of the problems
366. Professor Anthony Trewavas of the Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences at the University of Edinburgh SA
367. Dr. Ralf D. Tscheuschner
368. Kyly Underwood Meteorologist Duluth
369. Anton Uriarte, a professor of Physical Geography at the University of the Basque Country in Spain 2
370. Brian G Valentine, PhD, PE (Chem.), Technology Manager - Industrial Energy Efficiency, Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering Science, University of Maryland at College Park; Dept of Energy, Washington, DC, U.S. 2
371. Dr. G. Cornelis van Kooten, professor and Canada Research Chair in environmental studies and climate change, Dept. of Economics, University of Victoria
372. Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD, geologist and paleoclimatologist, climate change consultant, Geoscience Research and Investigations, New Zealand 3
373. Dr. Jan Veizer, professor emeritus of University of Ottawa
374. Dr. Chris Walcek is a professor at the University at Albany in NY and a Senior Research Associate at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
375. George Waldenberger Iowa Meteorologists
376. Len Walker, PhD, power engineering, Pict Energy, Melbourne, Australia
377. Dr. James Wanliss of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, who received a prestigious award from National Science Foundation in 2004
378. Dr. Fred Ward, who earned his PhD in Meteorology from MIT and is a former meteorologist for Boston TV
379. Kenneth E. F. Watt Zoologist
380. Anthony Watts, former meteorologist for KHSL-TV, a CBS-TV affiliate
381. Dr. Charles Wax of Mississippi State University and past president of the American Association of State Climatologists
382. Dan Webster, Ohio meteorologists
383. Edward J. Wegman, Bernard J. Dunn Professor, Department of Statistics and Department Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Virginia, U.S. 2
384. Dr. David Whitehouse, UK Astronomer
385. Chuck Wiese Meteorologist
386. Professor William Wilkinson, who was the former deputy chief executive of British Nuclear Fuels SA
387. Stephan Wilksch, PhD, Professor for Innovation and Technology Management, Production Management and Logistics, University of Technology and Economics Berlin, Germany
388. Nico Willemse engineer CoA
389. Kevin Williams Meteorologist of the New York based WEATHER-TRACK and Chief Meteorologist at WHEC-TV in Rochester
390. Dr. Richard C. Willson of Columbia University's Center for Climate Systems Research
391. Dr. Ian Wilson of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, specializes in statistical analysis and astrophysics research, and was a former operations astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore, MD
392. Dr. Duncan Wingham, Professor of Climate Physics at University College London and Director of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modeling, has presented evidence that Antarctic ice is growing. **
393. Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey of Finland, former professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Finland 4
394. Bruno Wiskel Geologist of the University of Alberta, teaches extension courses at the Botanical Garden. There is also a Dr. Barry Wiskel who is staff in Materials Science
395. Sylvan H. Wittwer of the Michigan State University
396. David E. Wojick, PhD, P.Eng., UN IPCC Expert Reviewer, energy consultant, Virginia, U.S. 4
397. Jan Pieter van Wolfswinkel, a retired mechanical engineering professor, TU Delft
398. James Woudhuysen, a professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University in Britain
399. Raphael Wust, PhD, Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University, Australia
400. Sun Xian Chinese study
401. Yury Zaitsev, an analyst with Russia's Institute of Space Studies
402. Lev Zeleny, director of the Institute of Space Research at the Russian Academy of Sciences and an Academy corresponding member
403. Lin Zhen-Shan Chinese study
404. Dr. Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists and a retired Professor of Advanced Physics at the University of Bologna in Italy, 4
405. Dr. Jeff Zweerink of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)