• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

RealClimate

Climate science from climate scientists...

  • Start here
  • Model-Observation Comparisons
  • Miscellaneous Climate Graphics
  • Surface temperature graphics
You are here: Home / Climate Science / Unforced Variations: May 2013

Unforced Variations: May 2013

3 May 2013 by group

This month’s open thread.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Reader Interactions

551 Responses to "Unforced Variations: May 2013"

Comments pagination

« Previous 1 … 10 11 12
  1. Mal Adapted says

    1 Jun 2013 at 9:10 AM

    David Benson:

    Is there some convenient approximate formula for determining what proportion of available moisture precipitates at different altitudes with downwind rising terrain? A rather crude approximation suffices but I’ve never seen one.

    The PRISM group at Oregon State U. developed a model to do that, although you may not find it very convenient. I don’t believe the project suffered much from the involvement of George Taylor.

« Older Comments

Primary Sidebar

Search

Search for:

Email Notification

get new posts sent to you automatically (free)
Loading

Recent Posts

  • Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • A reflection on reflection
  • Spencer’s Shenanigans: Part II
  • The Puzzling Pleistocene
  • How robust is our accelerometer?
  • Unforced Variations: Mar 2026

Our Books

Book covers
This list of books since 2005 (in reverse chronological order) that we have been involved in, accompanied by the publisher’s official description, and some comments of independent reviewers of the work.
All Books >>

Recent Comments

  • Robert Cutler on A reflection on reflection
  • MA Rodger on A reflection on reflection
  • Jean-Pierre Demol on A reflection on reflection
  • Jean-Pierre Demol on A reflection on reflection
  • Barton Paul Levenson on A reflection on reflection
  • Mr. Know It All on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Mr. Know It All on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Paul Pukite (@whut) on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • John Mashey on A reflection on reflection
  • Ron R. on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Radge Havers on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Ron R. on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Secular Animist on A reflection on reflection
  • Radge Havers on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Radge Havers on A reflection on reflection
  • Steven Emmerson on A reflection on reflection
  • Ray Ladbury on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • Ray Ladbury on A reflection on reflection
  • Radge Havers on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • MA Rodger on A reflection on reflection
  • Chris O"Dell on A reflection on reflection
  • Mark Ramsay on A reflection on reflection
  • Ray Ladbury on A reflection on reflection
  • Ray Ladbury on A reflection on reflection
  • Barton Paul Levenson on A reflection on reflection
  • Mr. Know It All on Unforced Variations: Apr 2026
  • J Robert Gibson on A reflection on reflection
  • Mark Ramsay on A reflection on reflection
  • Mark Ramsay on A reflection on reflection
  • Robert L. Bradley Jr on A reflection on reflection

Footer

ABOUT

  • About
  • Translations
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Page
  • Login

DATA AND GRAPHICS

  • Data Sources
  • Model-Observation Comparisons
  • Surface temperature graphics
  • Miscellaneous Climate Graphics

INDEX

  • Acronym index
  • Index
  • Archives
  • Contributors

Realclimate Stats

1,404 posts

15 pages

251,115 comments

Copyright © 2026 · RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.