Re: Global warming? TEC (fixed the link)
Posted by AW on 5/09/08
On 5/09/08, AW wrote: > > Here is an article and a link to more information that shows the > study over a much longer time period. > > > On 5/09/08, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: >> >> Hey AW, >> >> Regarding your comment, “The chart spans only thirty years; hardly >> long enough to base an evaluation upon it.” The chart is only a >> visual that is trying to explain the difference between climate >> and weather. Thus it is too small for dealing with the whole >> issue of climate change. >> >> Yet, it does make the point (I posted the graph at the bottom). >> The blue trend lines show trends over an eight year period. Some >> of the line show an increase, some a decrease, and some little or >> no change at all. This means that eight years is NOT long enough >> to use in climate work. The span of time does NOT screen out the >> “noise.” In this case the noise is the normal variation caused by >> the weather. >> >> I say noise because it is clear with even a casual glance that the >> temperature is increasing across time on the graph. The idea that >> should come from the graph is that longer time periods are needed >> for climate research. Also, if you read the article I linked to, >> Dr. Kevin Trenberth sums it up with the comment, “Too many think >> global warming means monotonic relentless warming everywhere year >> after year. It does not happen that way.” >> >> PS: A better question would be, “What would be the minimum number >> of years that might be used in climate work?”
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Posts on this thread, including this one
- Global warming? What's up with this?, 5/04/08, by curious.
- Re: Global warming? What's up with this?, 5/04/08, by T.E.C. - Iowa.
- Re: Global warming? Iowa, 5/08/08, by Datum.
- Re: Global warming? What's up with this?, 5/08/08, by aggie'swife.
- Re: Global warming? AW, 5/09/08, by T.E.C. - Iowa.
- Re: Global warming? Datum, 5/09/08, by T.E.C. - Iowa.
- Re: Global warming? TEC, 5/09/08, by AW.
- Re: Global warming? TEC (fixed the link), 5/09/08, by AW.
- Re: Global warming? AW, 5/12/08, by T.E.C. - Iowa.
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