Monthly Archives: February 2012

Deeper Doo Doo for Dendrochronology

Posted on February 20, 2012 by gymnosperm

Indices of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation are in close agreement for the period of the last seventy years. The NASA Multivariate Index and the Mantua Index only go back a hundred or so and they correlate very closely. These shorter … Continue reading →

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What’s going on here? #…oh who’s counting

Posted on February 19, 2012 by gymnosperm

More data follies. Had to respond to a tenant complaining of poor retail sales. Took a notion to check retail sales for the area. Guess the rainfall data follies should have prepared me. But no, naive I guess, too ready to … Continue reading →

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Not to change the subject or anything…

Posted on February 17, 2012 by gymnosperm

But I walked into the paint store the other day carrying a can of the paint I had bought there sometime within the last decade to paint my truck and was informed that the no longer carry that kind of paint. They further … Continue reading →

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Picturesque

Posted on February 12, 2012 by gymnosperm

So if the oceanic circulation looks like this: And the resulting 2500m (deep) ocean age looks tile this:  Then what does this mean? Why should a PDO index that basically describes which side of the Pacific Ocean the ancient deep water … Continue reading →

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