Am Assoc of State Climatologists

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Contributors to the IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment Report  christyhttp://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-annexes.pdf==American Association of State Climatologists

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365. Mr. George Taylor, Dept. of Meteorology, Oregon State University; Oregon State climatologist; past president, American Association of State Climatologists. Connected to industry-funded groups.

http://www.ocs.orst.edu/page_links/ocs_people/george_t.html

<a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=912">http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=912</a>

389. Dr. Charles Wax of Mississippi State University and past president of the American Association of State Climatologists.

<a href="http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/people/wax/index.htm">http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/people/wax/index.htm</a>

<a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/15/wsj-pans-climate-warrior-michael-mann-in-book-review/">http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/15/wsj-pans-climate-warrior-michael-mann-in-book-review/</a>

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<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/15/wsj-pans-climate-warrior-michael-mann-in-book-review/" title="Permalink to WSJ pans ‘climate warrior’ Michael Mann in book review." rel="bookmark">WSJ pans ‘climate warrior’ Michael Mann in book review.</a></h2>

<div class="entry-meta">Posted on <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/15/wsj-pans-climate-warrior-michael-mann-in-book-review/" title="12:01 am" rel="bookmark">March 15, 2012</a> by <a class="url fn n" href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/author/wattsupwiththat/" title="View all posts by Anthony Watts" rel="author">Anthony Watts</a></div>

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All I can say is “ouch”! Mann of course will be sending his usual letter to the editor whining about unfair treatment. He’s really just misunderstood you see.

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Excerpts from <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450004577279163950476028.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion" target="_blank">the review</a> by Anne Jolis:

The book’s climax is a recounting of the 2009 leak or hack of emails and other documents written by Mr. Mann and his associates (and funneled through the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit). The correspondence, along with a second trove released in 2011, highlighted the patchwork behind IPCC science. The leading lights of publicly funded climatology appeared to be brainstorming to pressure journals and review boards to suppress work that challenged their theories, trading tips on how to avoid public-information requests and planning how to present their findings so as to best further “the cause.”

In his book, Mr. Mann dubs the unauthorized release of his emails a “crime” and claims that the ensuing “witch hunt” constituted “the most malicious” of “attack after vitriolic attack against us” by the “corporate-funded denial machine.”

Yet for all his caviling about “smear campaigns,” “conspiracy theorists” and “character assassination,” Mr. Mann is happy to employ similar tactics against his opponents. Patrick Michaels, former president of the <a class="zem_slink" title="American Association of State Climatologists" href="http://www.stateclimate.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank">American Association of State Climatologists</a> and a past program chair of the American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Applied Climatology, is introduced as “a prominent climate change contrarian at the University of Virginia primarily known for his advocacy for the fossil fuel industry.” (Nowhere does Mr. Mann explain why a scientist might be more easily corrupted by a check from, say, a coal company than by one from a politically controlled institution.)

Just this February, Mr. Mann took to the Daily Kos to praise the theft of internal documents from the free-market Heartland Institute for offering “a peek behind the curtain of industry-funded climate change denial.” It was revelatory, but not in the way he thought. Hours after Mr. Mann posted his online musings, the much-decorated hydroclimatologist Peter Gleick (2003 MacArthur fellow, adviser to the EPA and, until recently, chairman of the American Geophysical Union’s task force on scientific ethics) confessed to the Heartland theft. Apologizing for his actions, he wrote that he had been “blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts—often anonymous, well-funded, and coordinated—to attack climate science and scientists.”

Mr. Mann closes “The Hockey Stick” with a passionate call for more scientists to join him “on the front lines of the climate wars.” “Scientific truth alone,” Mr. Mann writes, “is not enough to carry the day in the court of public opinion.” It would be “irresponsible,” he says, “for us to silently stand by while industry-funded climate change deniers succeed in confusing and distracting the public and dissuading our policy makers from taking appropriate actions.” These are unfortunate conclusions for a scientist-turned-climate-warrior whose greatest weakness has always been a low estimation of the public intellect.

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Full review <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450004577279163950476028.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion" target="_blank">here</a>

Also related:

<a title="Permalink to Shollenberger’s Technical Review of Mann’s recent book" href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/11/shollenbergers-technical-review-of-manns-recent-book/" rel="bookmark">Shollenberger’s Technical Review of Mann’s recent book</a>

<a title="Permalink to A detailed review of Mann’s book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars as it relates to the Wegman report to Congress" href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/07/a-detailed-review-of-manns-book-the-hockey-stick-and-the-climate-wars-as-it-relates-to-the-wegman-report-to-congress/" rel="bookmark">A detailed review of Mann’s book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars as it relates to the Wegman report to Congress</a>

<a title="Permalink to Josh on Mann’s Jurassic Moment" href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/06/josh-on-manns-jurassic-moment/" rel="bookmark">Josh on Mann’s Jurassic Moment</a>

<a title="Permalink to Gleick declares in Mann’s book review (after phishing Heartland) – “there IS a war on”" href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/25/gleick-declares-in-manns-book-review-after-phishing-heartland-there-is-a-war-on/" rel="bookmark">Gleick declares in Mann’s book review (after phishing Heartland) – “there IS a war on”</a>=wikiThe American Association of State Climatologists (AASC) is a professional scientific organisation for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatologist" title="Climatologist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">climatologists</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States</a>. The organisation was founded in 1976.The core membership in the AASC consists of the 47 State Climatologists and the official climatologist of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Puerto Rico</a>. There is one State Climatologist for each state in the United States.[REALLY?] The individual is appointed by the state and is recognised by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Climatic_Data_Center" title="National Climatic Data Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">National Climatic Data Center</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA" title="NOAA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">NOAA</a>, with whom the AASC collaborates. The other full members of the AASC are the directors of the six Regional Climate Centers. There are also associate members of the AASC, bringing the total membership to approximately 150. Members and associate members of the AASC perform various climatological services and research.In 2007 two members came under scrutiny for their "skeptical" views toward <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropogenic" title="Anthropogenic" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">anthropogenic</a> climate change.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_State_Climatologists#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> However, at least three of the organization's full members (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christy" title="John Christy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">John Christy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Alabama</a>, Philip Mote,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington(U.S.state)" title="Washington (U.S. state)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Washington</a> and David Robinson, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">New Jersey</a>) served as contributing authors <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_State_Climatologists#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCC_Fourth_Assessment_Report" title="IPCC Fourth Assessment Report" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Fourth Assessment Report: Annex</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Panel_on_Climate_Change" title="International Panel on Climate Change" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">International Panel on Climate Change</a> (IPCC).The AASC also publishes the Journal of Service Climatology.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">References[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Association_of_State_Climatologists&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); list-style-type: decimal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.6; 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In recent months, two US state climatologists have been asked to stand down from their posts because of it, triggering debate about whether personal views should determine suitability for what many see as an academic position....==

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