tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post6570847993906166019..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: UAH Temperatures Continue to SoarDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-50063561518096797872014-05-08T08:57:39.226-07:002014-05-08T08:57:39.226-07:00Bob: UAH picks the baseline period, not me.
The ...Bob: UAH picks the baseline period, not me. <br /><br />The entire period's change (since 1979) is +0.49 C (= +0.88 F). That's very measurable and noticeable.<br /><br />The trends are independent of the baseline chosen. I don't see how expressing them as a percentage is at all useful -- we think of temperature in terms of degrees, not percentages. <br /><br />There is no evidence that solar changes are driving up temperatures. <br />David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-22553703224496571332014-05-08T06:43:54.135-07:002014-05-08T06:43:54.135-07:00It seems to me that to get an updated 30-year grap...It seems to me that to get an updated 30-year graph, your anomaly should be figured on 1985-2014, not 1981-2010, because the anomalies past 2010 that are not included now skew the graph.<br /><br />Further, the use of the word "soar" to describe a temperature anomaly CHANGE from about 0.18 in 2013 to the current 0.21, a relatively paltry change of 0.03, is an EXTREME exaggeration. The entire period temp change is barely measurable or noticable! The same goes for calling the 0.08 degree current UAH-RSS differential (at the end of the graphs) a "big difference".<br /><br />It would be much more informative if the anomaly graph baseline temperature was noted on the plot. Ie, if it was 50 degrees, and with the indicated anomaly, the 30-year trend of 0.17 degrees/decade would equate to a 0.33% temp change/decade, giving a better perspective on the relatively minor change.<br /><br />For such a small change in ave temp over 30 years to be called the driver of climate "change" and extreme weather events is beyond ludicrious. A paltry temp change does NOT drive weather or climate.<br /><br />There is a strong solar and El Nino signature in this graph - not from CO2!<br /><br />Why do UAH and RSS diverge and swap trajectories in 2007?Bob Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278605975286148007noreply@blogger.com