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From: Trawley Trash on 13 Apr 2010 14:55
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:32:34 -0700 (PDT)
Meteorologist <dchristainsen(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem is conflicting authorities on whether the
> past 14 years show warming or cooling.

Look at the data and decide for yourself. I see slight
warming.

> Now, 14 years is a short time frame; so, one could
> stretch it out to the standard 30 years. Do you agree?

The satellite data goes back thirty years, and over those
years it shows warming. But then it slowed down around 2002.

> Bottom line - our ignorance of the climate system is
> massive. IOW I am taking a I-don't-know approach
> as to what factors have caused the SLIGHT global
> warming the past 30 years; further, my scope is
> only the global warming - not regional problems or
> anything else.
>
> David Christainsen

I feel the same way. We have a long way to go before we
understand climate change well enough to control or stop it.

One of my favorite data sets is the sea level data collected
by the JASON satellites. Here we have no UHI corrections
or roving stations to wonder about. Tide gage measurements
have been gathered for over a century, and they are important
enough for the operation of ports that they are more complete
and accurate than temperature readings. In the area of overlap
they pretty much agree with the satellite data.

http://sealevel.colorado.edu


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