What is Climate

The UNFCCC1 does not define ‘climate’ at all, while WMO2 used to define climate as: the average weather over a longer period of time. This website will provide information and ask, does science know what climate is?

1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 2.The World Meteorology Organisation

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Need to talk about - November 2009

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Open Letter (HERE in PDF)
concerning a letter by 18 scientific organizations to the U.S.A. Senate, 21st Oct.2009

Click on the image for a 10 page paper in PDF

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Geophysical Union
etc

For all 18 institutions see PDF

Dear Senator:
October 21, 2009

As you consider climate change legislation, we, as leaders of scientific organizations, write to state the consensus scientific view.
Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver.
For the entire letter see PDFs (Open Letter or the Letter of the Institutions) , boxes below.

Full text of the letter of the 18 societies in PDF

Subject: Letter to Senators concerning climate change legislation – 21.Oct.2009 (right top box).

Dear President or Executive Director,

How could it happen that more than a dozen of the most prestigious scientific associations signed and submitted this letter on ‘climate change’ without having ensured that the used terminology is sufficiently defined. Good science can and is required to work with reasonable terms and explanations. The science about the behaviour of the atmosphere should be no exception. But WMO, IPCC and other institutions simply are using the layman’s term of weather and climate not even recognizing that this is very unscientifically. Actually nowadays climate is still defined as average weather, which may be fine for the general public, but nonsense as scientific term. This can be well demonstrated with the most relevant international legal instrument, namely the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 (FCCC).

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Collection of Information, Material, Discussion

A	Basics & The term Climate	B	Climate & Climate change	C	Weather & Climate
114a_ American Meteorology Society’s Glossary concerning the meaning of: weather, climate, and climate change 111_ UNFCCC's "Glossary of climate change acronyms" - Two UNFCCC glossaries with surprises - 113_ Various Glossaries Concerning meaning of: Climate, climate change, and weather more		202 Open Letter on &bdquo;Climate Change: Reply concerning the letter, 21st October, to the U.S.A. Senate by the listed institutions 205a_ Should Governments object when IPCC scientists neglect the working conditions of the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)? Can IPCC use its own term: ‘Climate change’, and in different versions? 205c_ IPCC WG I attempt to explain: “What is the relationship between Climate Change and Weather?” Successfully? 211_ What is Climate, had been asked when: Climate Science: Roger A. Pielke Sr Research Group Weblog started in July 2005 212_ Need to talk about, 2009 more		305_ What is Weather? Is 'average weather' climate? 330_ Prof. Roger A. Pielke Sr calls for recognition that an equivalence of global warming and climate change is erroneous 315_ How did Thomas A. Blair describe in 1942: Weather, Climate and Climatology? more
D	Climatology, Politique & International Institutions	E	Contribution & Papers on UNFCCC	F	This & That -in brief-
410_ Recently, April 2007, WMO evaluated its role in 'Global Climate Change Issues' 411_ About Valerio Lucarini’s effort to define climate science in 2002 more		510_ Roger. A. Pielke Jr. on: Misdefining "climate change", 2005 516b_Daniel Bodansky (II) – 1993 – The Convention in place – A Commentary 516c_Daniel Bodansky (III) – 2004 – On how the FCCC emerged more		Various V (and more) Various VI (and more) VariousVII (and more) more

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