Steve Goddard writes:
Below are animations for the entire year (150 days) so far, based on NOAA SST maps. The videos are presented with minimal commentary. As they say, “150 pictures are worth 150,000 words.”
El Niño has faded and may be switching genders.
The Northern Pacific has been generally below average.
The tropical Atlantic has warmed significantly over the year, heading in to the hurricane season.
The ocean just south of Greenland has been persistently above average temperatures.
Antarctic waters have been getting colder, which is reflected in the growth of ice.
Arctic waters have been warm on the Atlantic side, and cold on the Pacific side. This is reflected in excess ice near Alaska and deficiencies near Greenland and Svalbard.
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Equatorial Upper Ocean Heat anomaly in the Nino regions has fallen to -1.1C last week.
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9408/euohcmay28.png
For the month of May, the EUOHA in the Nino regions was -0.96C
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ocean/index/heat_content_index.txt
These numbers lead the ENSO by about 1 month. Chart of the monthly numbers back to 1979.
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7948/ensovseuohamay10.png
I find that the past 12 months have been supposedly some of the warmest periods this decade despite minimum sun activity. Between 1911-1913 there was also a lull in sun activity which was followed by a spike in temperatures in 1914 and 1915. Is there some sort of pattern here caused by a release of heat from the ocean after such an event?
Just a thought.
The idea of transgender processes in SST evolution is a sign of the times we live in.
wayne says:
May 31, 2010 at 10:48 pm
I’ll buy that the TSI does not vary enough to cause direct heating differences worth the time of day.
However, as others have pointed out, the spectral breakdown of what does get here changes minimum to maximum.
So, you could have the Sun sending out different operating frequencies that change the behavior of Earth’s heat retention/release, and toss in the Solar Wind changes to let in/reject more GCR/ACR’s.