It is not meant to contradict the study. It is just the data.
You can use the second link to view the trends in the satellite data (Troposphere & Stratosphere) as determined by NOAA and the NCDC.
The OP study, if I read it correctly, attempts to overlay and correlate the satellite data with...
Here is access to the source data...have at it. :smile:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/msu.html"
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=global"
This discussion demonstrates the effectiveness of the contraian movement in obfuscating the science of climate change. The only thing this study seeks to do is raise doubt as to the reliability of climate modeling and by inference the level of certainty held by the mainstream climate science...
I did not use Sourcewatch. He is a member of the Heartland Institute as is clearly evident by his bio posted on their webpage which I cited. I will never trust the science of a researcher clearly associated with a political group (think tank) known to be part of a disinformation campaign in...
I must maintain proper etiquette, so I will merely suggest that you do some research into what the Heartland Institute is all about. Anyone affiliated with them has allowed political leanings to strongly influence their decision making. The front these people put up in the guise of legitimacy is...
A definition of GWP could be stated something like: the total radiative forcing produced by a given amount (such as one kilogram) of a particular GHG over the entire course of a specified time period (most commonly a century) as compared with the same amount of carbon dioxide.
RF is typically...
Andre,
From Post#6:
Global Warming Potential (GWP) adds one more factor into the consideration of the relative importance or "effectiveness" of the various GHGs. Some gases linger in the atmosphere far longer than others before natural processes remove them. In the case of a GHG, the Global...
The claim of irreversibility should contain the caveat that this pertains to a time period of from centuries to more than 1,000 years.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090126_climate.html"
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/01/28/0812721106.full.pdf+html"
To the contrary it would seem that these two papers help to confine the climate sensitivity to within closer bounds. One paper gives reason to expect a lesser probability of low climate sensitivity while the other reduces the likelihood of a high sensitivity. Something in the vicinity of +3C...
sylas,
You introduced the concept of lapse rate feedback to me in the above discussion. Interesting that it is thought to impose a negative radiative forcing on average. The forcing seems to be positive in the mid to high latitudes while negative in the tropics, with the negative winning out...
The Earth's effective temperature of 255K is reached at approximately 16,000' above the surface on average. By raising this level, we effectively increase the temperature at all lower levels at the environmental lapse rate, ie. 6.5 deg C/1000 meters (3.6 deg F/1000 feet). This involves no...
sylas,
Your description of the atmospheric greenhouse effect is as detailed and well stated as I have come across anywhere. Thank you!
But the ocean is a source of heat. It radiates in the infrared because of it's temperature. The photosphere of the Sun is not a source of heat by your...
Dr. Spencer hopes to extrapolate the high ice cloud feedback suspected of altering long wave radiation flux over the short term MJO http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/mjo.shtml" to the longer time scales associated with global warming.
He hedges his bet on this in his...