Tag Archives: Sea Surface Temperature

Jason and the Argo Notes

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Like Jason, I proceed into the unknown with my look at the Argo data, and will post random notes as I voyage. Come, my friends, ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on Foster and Rahmstorf – take 2

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Bob has asked me to carry this post, and I’m happy to do so. For those who want to criticize without contributing anything but criticism, I offer this insight: The only real mistake is the one from which we learn … Continue reading →

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UAH global Temperature for December – no change

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

UAH Global Temperature Update for Dec. 2011: +0.13 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for December, 2011 remained about the same November, +0.13 deg. C (click on the image for the full-size version): … Continue reading →

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SST’s cooler now than in the Medieval Warming Period

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

From “The Hockey Schtick“, some inconvenient truth that breaks Mann’s already broken hockey stick into even smaller pieces. A new paper finds significant cooling of Atlantic Ocean over past millennium, making the MWP warmer in terms of sea surface temperature … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on IPCC Models Versus Sea Surface Temperature Observations During The Recent Warming Period

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW This post compares satellite-based Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies to the hindcasts and projections of the multi-model mean of CMIP3 models. CMIP3 is the archive the IPCC used as the source of their models … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on Climate Models Confirming Or Contradicting AGW

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Part 2 – Do Observations and Climate Models Confirm Or Contradict The Hypothesis of Anthropogenic Global Warming? Guest Post by Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW This is the second part of a two-part series. There are, however, two versions of part 1. The … Continue reading →

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RealClimate’s Steig: Pacific SST’s influencing Antarctic melt, no link to human causes demonstrated

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

WUWT readers may recall the Nature cover with this picture of Antarctica at left, followed by the subsequent falsification of the Antarctic warming claims made by Steig et al using the dicey Mannomatic math employed. We owe thanks to O’Donnell … Continue reading →

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November 2011 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

by Bob Tisdale HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY REYNOLDS OPTIMUM INTERPOLATION (OI) SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA The Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature data now covers a time period from November 1981 to November 2011. Will NOAA now be changing the climatology for … Continue reading →

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SST data “so unreliable we don’t know GMT for that period”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

Email 536 An excerpt of email from David Thompson of Colorado State to Phil Jones: …As for the dip in 1945. After iterating with John Kennedy, it appears that the dip in 1945 corresponds to a sudden drop in US … Continue reading →

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Shades of Foster Grant

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Tamino Misses The Point And Attempts To Distract His Readers By Bob Tisdale The obvious intent of my recent post “17-Year And 30-Year Trends In Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies: The Differences Between Observed And IPCC AR4 Climate Models” was to illustrate … Continue reading →

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Santer’s “17 years needed for a sign of climate change” compared against the IPCC models

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

I recently covered a press release from Dr. Ben Santer where it was claimed that: In order to separate human-caused global warming from the “noise” of purely natural climate fluctuations, temperature records must be at least 17 years long, according … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on model initialization in wake of the leaked IPCC draft

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Should Climate Models Be Initialized To Replicate The Multidecadal Variability Of The Instrument Temperature Record During The 20th Century? Guest post by Bob Tisdale The coupled climate models used to hindcast past and project future climate in the IPCC’s 2007 report … Continue reading →

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The Texas ENSO Bassmaster Classic

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

A bit of a tiff developed over at Dr. Roger Pielke’s place over disagreements on the recent Texas heatwave being attributed to AGW or to ENSO. Bob Tisdale has something to say about that. Bob writes: “In one email, Roger referred … Continue reading →

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An Initial Look At The Hindcasts Of The NCAR CCSM4 Coupled Climate Model

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW This post compares the instrument observations of three global temperature anomaly datasets (NINO3, Global, and North Atlantic “Plus”) to the hindcasts of the NCAR couple climate model CCSM4, which was used in a couple … Continue reading →

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Red-shifting the oceans

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Unisys Is Changing Their Color Scaling On Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Maps by Bob Tisdale A couple of weeks ago, Unisys announced they are changing the color scaling on their daily Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomaly maps. The new Unisys SST … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on debunking AGW intensification claims about Irene

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Previously on WUWT we saw this: Now Bob Tisdale does a numeric analysis along the track, finding some interesting results. Bill McKibben’s wacky claim seen here Climate activist McKibben bizarrely blames Hurricane Irene on global warming is now dead and buried. … Continue reading →

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Montana’s new big sky discovery – El Niño casts a wide net

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

From Montana State University  and the “weather is not climate” department: Montana State researcher discovers link between Montana weather, ocean near Peru BOZEMAN, Mont. – A Montana State University researcher who analyzed 100 years of data has found a significant … Continue reading →

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What do sea measurements reveal about Earth’s temperature trend?

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

From the AGU highlights Despite the fact that average temperatures on land have been increasing from year to year, globally averaged surface temperatures from 2000 to 2010 have shown only moderate warming. This is because sea surface temperatures over the … Continue reading →

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Tisdale: An Introduction To The Hadley Centre’s New HADSST3 Sea Surface Temperature Data

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

 by Bob Tisdale The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) has added the Hadley Centre’s new Sea Surface Temperature (SST) dataset HADSST3 to their Climate Explorer. (Thanks to Dr. Geert Jan van Oldenborgh for the update.) The following post is a … Continue reading →

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Yet Even More Discussions About The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale INTRODUCTION I’ve written numerous posts that describe the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), what the PDO represents, and, just as important, what it does not represent. For those new to the PDO and for those needing … Continue reading →

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El Niño – a global warming survivor

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

From the AGU Weekly highlights: El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability persisted in warmer world Changes in the distribution of sea surface temperature associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cause significant changes in weather. In the past 40 years it has … Continue reading →

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Earth, fire, air, and water

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Guest post by J Storrs Hall This is a reply and extension to Pat Frank’s “Earth Abides” post (sorry, couldn’t resist) which appeared here recently. The post features an intriguing interpretation of the temperature record to deduce climate sensitivity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged | 64 Comments

UAH global temperature anomaly – up in April

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

As La Niña fades, this is not surprising. Dr. Roy Spencer is back at work and reports the new lower troposphere number. Note also the global sea surface temperature graph below, which is quite interesting. I’m sure Bob Tisdale will … Continue reading →

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Are Gulf Of Mexico Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Near To Record Levels?

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Bob Tisdale shows that once again, the devil is in the details. Guest post by Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW This post illustrates Gulf of Mexico Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data and discusses the post by Jeff Masters at his www.wunderground.com blog … Continue reading →

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ENSO report and forecast

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

  Summary: La Niña conditions continued across the equatorial Pacific. The magnitude of negative sea surface temperature anomalies continued to decrease across the Pacific Ocean. A transition to ENSO-neutral conditions is expected by June 2011. Ensemble forecast: All models indicate … Continue reading →

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