We can stop worrying about the Polar Bears. Also, somebody might want to, once again, tell those deluded folk at NIST that their ice cores' rings are intraday, not decades... sigh...
Increases in CO2 - Causes Cooling
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We can stop worrying about the Polar Bears. Also, somebody might want to, once again, tell those deluded folk at NIST that their ice cores' rings are intraday, not decades... sigh...
you are correct... that is the best chart... because it has a distorted perspective but even that charts shows co2 lags temps by 9 mos to a year... because that is what even the nutter data shows.
the ice has been melting since the last ice age... this is a nasa chart of sea levels.
This is too easy. Speaking of deluded. You are a poster boy.
Its looks like its cloud cover...
Late Twentieth-Century Warming and Variations in Cloud Cover
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John McLean
Department of Physics, College of Science Technology and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
ABSTRACT
From 1950 to 1987 a strong relationship existed between the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and HadCRUT4 global average temperature anomaly, interrupted occasionally by volcanic erup-tions. After 1987 the relationship diverged, with temperature anomaly increasing more than ex-pected, but was re-established after 1997 at an offset of ~0.48°C higher. The period of increased warming from 1987 to 1997 loosely coincided with the divergence of the global average tempera-ture anomalies over land, which are derived from observation station recordings, and the global average anomalies in sea surface temperatures. Land-based temperatures averaged 0.04°C below sea temperatures for the period 1950 to 1987 but after 1997 averaged 0.41°C above sea tempera-tures. The increase in the global average temperature anomaly and the divergence of land and sea surface temperatures also coincided with two significant changes in global average cloud cover. Total cloud cover decreased during the period from 1987 to 1997 and, for most of the remainder of the period from 1984 to 2009, decreases in low-level cloud were accompanied by increases in middle and upper level cloud. These changes can be found in both global average cloud cover and in each of the six 30°C-latitude bands. The impact of these changes in cloud cover can account for the variations in HadCRUT4 global average temperature anomalies and the divergence between land and sea temperatures.
Late Twentieth-Century Warming and Variations in Cloud Cover
Download as PDF (Size:4457KB) PP. 727-742DOI: 10.4236/acs.2014.44066 1,798 Downloads 3,562 Views
Author(s) Leave a comment
John McLean
Department of Physics, College of Science Technology and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
ABSTRACT
From 1950 to 1987 a strong relationship existed between the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and HadCRUT4 global average temperature anomaly, interrupted occasionally by volcanic erup-tions. After 1987 the relationship diverged, with temperature anomaly increasing more than ex-pected, but was re-established after 1997 at an offset of ~0.48°C higher. The period of increased warming from 1987 to 1997 loosely coincided with the divergence of the global average tempera-ture anomalies over land, which are derived from observation station recordings, and the global average anomalies in sea surface temperatures. Land-based temperatures averaged 0.04°C below sea temperatures for the period 1950 to 1987 but after 1997 averaged 0.41°C above sea tempera-tures. The increase in the global average temperature anomaly and the divergence of land and sea surface temperatures also coincided with two significant changes in global average cloud cover. Total cloud cover decreased during the period from 1987 to 1997 and, for most of the remainder of the period from 1984 to 2009, decreases in low-level cloud were accompanied by increases in middle and upper level cloud. These changes can be found in both global average cloud cover and in each of the six 30°C-latitude bands. The impact of these changes in cloud cover can account for the variations in HadCRUT4 global average temperature anomalies and the divergence between land and sea temperatures.
Looks like a cloud alright. Clouds are cool.
Greenhouse theory failing the test of the data....
An Empirical Review of Recent Trends in the Greenhouse Effect
Anthony Watts / 2 days ago November 8, 2014
Guest essay by Robin Pittwood, Kiwi Thinker
Abstract
The core of the human caused global warming proposition is that an increasing level of greenhouse gases acts to reduce heat loss from the planet making the atmosphere here warmer. The amount of warming anticipated by the IPCC models is from about one to several degrees C for a doubling of CO2 concentration. But a conundrum has arisen lately: While CO2 has continued rise significantly the temperature has not. There has been no global warming since about 1997. Scientists on both sides of the debate have noticed this and have offered something like 55 explanations as to why this could be so. Some of those explanations lock into the dogma built into the IPCC models, taking for certain that the greenhouse effect is increasing, but because there is no atmospheric temperature rise, they then have to explain the retained heat is somewhere else.
But is the greenhouse effect occurring as the IPCC models propose?
This study analysed two important factors directly associated with the greenhouse effect; atmospheric temperature and outgoing radiation, and finds that outgoing radiation has not declined. The missing heat has gone back to space as usual. But more importantly the (lack of a) trend observed in an empirical derivation of the Stefan Boltzmann relative emissivity factor directly contradicts the greenhouse theory built into the IPCC models.
Article
Regular readers at any of the main climate change blogs will be aware that since about 1997 there has been nearly no global temperature rise. And they will know too, that this is despite atmospheric CO2 concentration continuing to rise. To date there are some 55 ideas to explain this slowdown in global warming. Some of the ‘explanations’ presume the so-called ‘greenhouse effect’ must still be increasing as the IPCC models calculate; it’s just that the heat has hidden elsewhere, maybe deep in the ocean.
This study, based on 34 years of satellite data; outgoing longwave infrared radiation (OLWIR) and temperature, demonstrates otherwise.
I used three data sets, OLWIR from NOAA, and the average of both UAH and RSS for global temperature.
I obtained monthly average OLWIR (W/m2) for each 2.5 degree latitude by 2.5 degree longitude area of the globe. After converting the netCDF files to Excel, I scaled each 2.5*2.5 area’s OLWIR to account for the varying size of its area, resulting in a global average OLWIR. (There was some missing data mid 1994 to early 1995. I populated this by a linear interpolation). The resulting annual average OLWIR is shown in the graph below for the years 1979 to 2012. While there is some variation, OLWIR has generally increased over the period, maximising lately at around 233 W/m2.
The temperature data is also plotted on the graph below.
It is noted that while there is some variation, temperature also has generally increased over the period, maximising lately at around 0.2 oC.
The relationship between temperature and emitted radiation should follow a universal law of physics. Stefan Boltzmann’s law states the emitted radiation is the product of the fourth power of absolute temperature and an emissivity factor. A reduction in the emissivity factor means less outgoing radiation for a given temperature, and that would indicate a stronger greenhouse effect. An increase in the emissivity factor means more outgoing radiation for a given temperature, and that would indicate a more transparent atmosphere. The study derived earth’s emissivity factor for each of the 34 years and the results displayed.
Using an average global temperature of 287 Kelvin added to the temperature anomaly, the relative emissivity has been derived for each year using the formula:
RE = j / (k*T^4)
where RE is the relative emissivity, j is OLWIR, k is the Stefan Boltzmann constant, and T is the temperature.
If the greenhouse effect was increasing, relative emissivity should be declining. A quick look at the graphs shows clearly this is not the case. Our planet’s relative emissivity has been flat-lining, despite increasing CO2 concentration over the study period. The derived emissivity factor, being basically constant, directly contradicts all of the IPCC models. No increased greenhouse effect is observed.
Findings:
The two primary findings of this empirical study are:
· Outgoing radiation has not declined over this period as expected by IPCC models. In fact it has increased. The missing heat has gone back to space – as usual and in the quantity as per Stefan Boltzmann’s law, via OLWIR, and
· The increasing greenhouse effect expected by IPCC models, is not evident in the measurements. It appears there has been no increased greenhouse effect over this period. [A closer inspection of the relative emissivity trend shows the atmosphere is even becoming a little more transparent - though little should be made of this given the variability of the data] and the scale.]
Conclusion:
The core of the human caused global warming proposition is that an increasing level of greenhouse gases acts to reduce heat loss from the planet making the atmosphere here warmer. But is the greenhouse effect occurring as the IPCC models propose? This study analysed two important factors directly associated with the greenhouse effect, atmospheric temperature and outgoing radiation, and finds that the trends observed, along with an empirical derivation of the Stefan Boltzmann relative emissivity factor directly contradicts the greenhouse theory built into the IPCC models.
The original post on this study may be found here.
An Empirical Review of Recent Trends in the Greenhouse Effect
Anthony Watts / 2 days ago November 8, 2014
Guest essay by Robin Pittwood, Kiwi Thinker
Abstract
The core of the human caused global warming proposition is that an increasing level of greenhouse gases acts to reduce heat loss from the planet making the atmosphere here warmer. The amount of warming anticipated by the IPCC models is from about one to several degrees C for a doubling of CO2 concentration. But a conundrum has arisen lately: While CO2 has continued rise significantly the temperature has not. There has been no global warming since about 1997. Scientists on both sides of the debate have noticed this and have offered something like 55 explanations as to why this could be so. Some of those explanations lock into the dogma built into the IPCC models, taking for certain that the greenhouse effect is increasing, but because there is no atmospheric temperature rise, they then have to explain the retained heat is somewhere else.
But is the greenhouse effect occurring as the IPCC models propose?
This study analysed two important factors directly associated with the greenhouse effect; atmospheric temperature and outgoing radiation, and finds that outgoing radiation has not declined. The missing heat has gone back to space as usual. But more importantly the (lack of a) trend observed in an empirical derivation of the Stefan Boltzmann relative emissivity factor directly contradicts the greenhouse theory built into the IPCC models.
Article
Regular readers at any of the main climate change blogs will be aware that since about 1997 there has been nearly no global temperature rise. And they will know too, that this is despite atmospheric CO2 concentration continuing to rise. To date there are some 55 ideas to explain this slowdown in global warming. Some of the ‘explanations’ presume the so-called ‘greenhouse effect’ must still be increasing as the IPCC models calculate; it’s just that the heat has hidden elsewhere, maybe deep in the ocean.
This study, based on 34 years of satellite data; outgoing longwave infrared radiation (OLWIR) and temperature, demonstrates otherwise.
I used three data sets, OLWIR from NOAA, and the average of both UAH and RSS for global temperature.
I obtained monthly average OLWIR (W/m2) for each 2.5 degree latitude by 2.5 degree longitude area of the globe. After converting the netCDF files to Excel, I scaled each 2.5*2.5 area’s OLWIR to account for the varying size of its area, resulting in a global average OLWIR. (There was some missing data mid 1994 to early 1995. I populated this by a linear interpolation). The resulting annual average OLWIR is shown in the graph below for the years 1979 to 2012. While there is some variation, OLWIR has generally increased over the period, maximising lately at around 233 W/m2.
The temperature data is also plotted on the graph below.
It is noted that while there is some variation, temperature also has generally increased over the period, maximising lately at around 0.2 oC.
The relationship between temperature and emitted radiation should follow a universal law of physics. Stefan Boltzmann’s law states the emitted radiation is the product of the fourth power of absolute temperature and an emissivity factor. A reduction in the emissivity factor means less outgoing radiation for a given temperature, and that would indicate a stronger greenhouse effect. An increase in the emissivity factor means more outgoing radiation for a given temperature, and that would indicate a more transparent atmosphere. The study derived earth’s emissivity factor for each of the 34 years and the results displayed.
Using an average global temperature of 287 Kelvin added to the temperature anomaly, the relative emissivity has been derived for each year using the formula:
RE = j / (k*T^4)
where RE is the relative emissivity, j is OLWIR, k is the Stefan Boltzmann constant, and T is the temperature.
If the greenhouse effect was increasing, relative emissivity should be declining. A quick look at the graphs shows clearly this is not the case. Our planet’s relative emissivity has been flat-lining, despite increasing CO2 concentration over the study period. The derived emissivity factor, being basically constant, directly contradicts all of the IPCC models. No increased greenhouse effect is observed.
Findings:
The two primary findings of this empirical study are:
· Outgoing radiation has not declined over this period as expected by IPCC models. In fact it has increased. The missing heat has gone back to space – as usual and in the quantity as per Stefan Boltzmann’s law, via OLWIR, and
· The increasing greenhouse effect expected by IPCC models, is not evident in the measurements. It appears there has been no increased greenhouse effect over this period. [A closer inspection of the relative emissivity trend shows the atmosphere is even becoming a little more transparent - though little should be made of this given the variability of the data] and the scale.]
Conclusion:
The core of the human caused global warming proposition is that an increasing level of greenhouse gases acts to reduce heat loss from the planet making the atmosphere here warmer. But is the greenhouse effect occurring as the IPCC models propose? This study analysed two important factors directly associated with the greenhouse effect, atmospheric temperature and outgoing radiation, and finds that the trends observed, along with an empirical derivation of the Stefan Boltzmann relative emissivity factor directly contradicts the greenhouse theory built into the IPCC models.
The original post on this study may be found here.
Only one problem with Robin's (what are his qualifications?) "thinking". The earth has not stopped or even slowed down in it's warming trend. In fact recent studies show that not only is the earth still warming, but the rate of warming is increasing. But this article is what we have come to expect from LOLWUWT. Crap.