Incoming Data Alert!!! Fire up your data models! Warm up your climate engines! Sharpen your analysis tools! A whole new onslaught of fresh data is coming. Never before seen records of exact daily temperature measurements in the Arctic during the 1800s are being recovered as we speak. These are the logs of the Franklin Expedition (1845..) which was recently discovered by the Victoria Strait Expedition (2014). It is common practice for Ships Commanders to record temperature for each entry in the log, and because this was an Arctic expedition, Im sure that this rule was severely adhered to. Im sure that other data, such as ice thickness, snowfall, humidity, barometer, and such were also recorded. Depending on when discipline broke down, there could be years of such data. If the records are indeed present, and can be recovered in good condition, we should have a whole new, detailed dataset for a very specific time and place. What can we do with the logs? 1) Set up a baseline in the mid-1800s (1848) that we can use as a reference for the pre-modern-industrial climate. I recommend September 9, 1848 as the primary baseline. That date may be revised if there is no exact data for that day. 2) Compare against a modern baseline to quantitatively measure the amount of climate change attributed to Anthropomorphic CO2 injection. For the modern baseline, I recommend the date of the press-release (September 9, 2014). 3) Refine climate models by identifying temporal cyclic influences such as the seasons and by refining long-term forcing coefficients. 4) Re-calibrate existing datasets. What can you do? 1) Support the recovery mission. If you can afford it, provide funds. Find some way to volunteer your expertise, resources, and labor. Spread the word. Encourage them to maintain the utmost care in preserving the logs, and in making the data available to the public as early as can be feasible. 2) Start collecting data for the Sept 9, 2014 baseline. Also, collect data for the 1848 baseline. Data from anywhere in the world can be useful in calibrating climate models. Preserve the data. Im sure that it can be crowd-sourced. 3) Be respectful and polite. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition pc.gc.ca/apps/cp-nr/release_e.asp?id=2163&andor1=nr macleans.ca/society/finding-franklin-how-a-169-year-old-mystery-was-solved/
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:25:00 +0000
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