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  • NOAA Study: Atmosphere Warming At Half The Rate Predicted By Climate Models

    04/14/2023 11:19:44 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    climatechangedispatch.com ^ | APR 13, 2023 | BY ROSS MCKITRICK
    An important new study on climate change came out recently. I’m not talking about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis Report with its nonsensical headline, “Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all.” No, that’s just meaningless sloganeering proving yet again how far the IPCC has departed from its original mission of providing objective scientific assessments. [emphasis, links added] I’m referring instead to a new paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres by a group of scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headed by Cheng-Zhi Zou, which presents a new satellite-derived temperature...
  • Earth's lower atmosphere is expanding due to climate change

    11/14/2021 5:03:12 PM PST · by blueplum · 59 replies
    Live Science ^ | 12 November 2021 | Ben Turner
    Earth's atmosphere is rising because of climate change, a new study shows. Weather balloon measurements, taken in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 40 years, reveal that the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere — called the troposphere — has been expanding upward at a rate of roughly 164 feet (50 meters) per decade, and climate change is the cause, according to findings published Nov.r 5 in the journal Science Advances. ... ...Climate change isn't the only human-made driver of the rising tropopause. The stratosphere — the layer above the troposphere — is also shrinking....
  • Some convergence of global warming estimates (Dr. Roy Spencer discusses revised atmospheric data)

    08/16/2005 11:14:50 AM PDT · by cogitator · 64 replies · 1,240+ views
    Tech Central Station ^ | August 11, 2005 | Dr. Roy W. Spencer
    In one of a trio of new global warming papers in Science, Mears & Wentz (2005) address what they consider to be a large source of uncertainty in our (University of Alabama in Huntsville, "UAH") satellite estimate for global lower tropospheric ("LT") temperature trends since 1979. The satellite measurements come from the Microwave Sounding Units (MSUs) and Advanced Microwave Sounding Units (AMSUs) flying on NOAA's polar orbiting weather satellites. The UAH estimate of the globally averaged trend since 1979 to the present has been +0.09 deg. C/decade, considerably below the surface thermometer estimate that has been hovering around +0.20 deg....
  • Key claim against global warming evaporates; Satellite, balloon data based on faulty analyses

    08/12/2005 8:20:24 AM PDT · by cogitator · 89 replies · 2,512+ views
    MSNBC LiveScience ^ | August 12, 2005 | Ker Than
    For years, skeptics of global warming have used satellite and weather balloon data to argue that climate models were wrong and that global warming isn't really happening. Now, according to three new studies published in the journal Science, it turns out those conclusions based on satellite and weather balloon data were based on faulty analyses. The atmosphere is indeed warming, not cooling as the data previously showed. ... Argument evaporatesAccording to Santer, the only group to previously analyze satellite data on the troposphere -- the lowest layer in Earth's atmosphere -- was a research team headed by Roy Spencer from...
  • May global temperature trend report from U-Alabama-Huntsville (John Christy)

    06/28/2005 12:12:03 PM PDT · by cogitator · 25 replies · 990+ views
    UAH/NASA ^ | June 10, 2005 | John Christy, Roy Spencer
    Small map (go to Web site for larger version): Vol. 15, No. 1 For Additional Information: Dr. John Christy, UAH, (256) 961-7763 christy@nsstc.uah.edu Dr. Roy Spencer, UAH, (256) 961-7960 roy.spencer@msfc.nasa.gov Global Temperature Report: May 2005 Global temperature trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.12 C per decadeMay temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.23 C (about 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit) above 20-year average for May. Northern Hemisphere: +0.23 C (about 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit) above 20-year average for May. Southern Hemisphere: +0.23 C (about 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit) above 20-year average for May. April temperatures (revised): Global Composite: +0.41 C above 20-year average Northern Hemisphere:...
  • Climate: Hockey Sticks and Hobby Horses

    04/07/2005 7:32:05 AM PDT · by cogitator · 5 replies · 491+ views
    Washington TIMES ^ | April 4, 2005 | Dan Whipple
    Boulder, CO, Apr. 4 (UPI) -- UPI's Climate was reminded the other day there is a broad spectrum of interpretations of the science behind global climate change. Roger Pielke Jr., a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder and the author of an excellent science Web log called Prometheus, took to task a recent column on adapting to warming, saying, "You equate 'climate skeptics' with those who support adaptation. Most climate skeptics do not support adaptation because it would mean admitting that there is a problem needing to be adapted to in the first place." ......
  • Delta II Rocket with "Aura" Satellite Launch Set For 3:02 a.m. PST 15 July 2004 Vandenberg AFB

    07/15/2004 2:38:43 AM PDT · by bd476 · 40 replies · 680+ views
    If all goes well, a Delta II rocket will take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 3:01:59. This will be the fourth attempt. Live coverage right now in countdown mode on NASA TV webstream. Image is clear on dial-up ISP. Listen for a loud sonic boom on the West Coast. "Image : Aura's Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) is designed to profile atmospheric chemistry across the globe. Aerosols are one of the trace gases humans introduce into the atmospheric chemistry through pollution. Credit: NASA" "Aura is part of the Earth Observing System (EOS), a program dedicated to monitoring the...
  • (Update: Scrubbed) NASA Launches Delta Rocket in One Hour 3:02 a.m. PST 14 July 2004

    07/14/2004 2:01:13 AM PDT · by bd476 · 26 replies · 562+ views
    NASA TV ^ | July 14, 2004 | Self
    The satellite on top of the Delta II rocket will observe Earth's climate changes and reveal processes which affect local and global air quality. NASA TV is broadcasting live web stream showing the rocket on the launch pad at Vandenburg Air Force Base. My slow dial-up ISP is getting superb clarity on RealOne Player. Launch time is 3:02 a.m.