Open Thread Weekend

India hits U.S., China with solar imports anti-dumping duties
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/23/uk-india-solar-idINKBN0E30YI20140523
(Reuters) – India will impose anti-dumping duties on solar panels imported from the United States, China, Taiwan and Malaysia to protect domestic solar manufacturers, according to a government statement seen by Reuters on Friday.
The order, almost certain to anger India’s trading partners, sets duties of between 11 and 81 U.S. cents per watt and comes after a investigation which started in 2011. The ruling by a quasi-judicial body has to be published by the Finance Ministry before it takes effect.
The decision adds to India’s growing trade disputes just before Narendra Modi takes office as prime minister on Monday.
“Imposition of anti-dumping measures would remove the unfair advantages gained by dumping practices,” said India’s Anti-Dumping Authority in its order released on Thursday.
Local manufacturers have long complained that U.S., Chinese and Malaysian companies enjoy state subsidies and are selling their products at artificially low prices to capture the Indian market.
India also believes that anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese solar producers by the European Union and the United States have further driven down the price of Chinese solar products, to the detriment of Indian suppliers.

“North Pole Camera” #1 has fallen over and lies on its side, viewing the world like a drunk with one cheek against the snow. Even from that angle it has captured the building of a pressure ridge in the distance. (I have no idea why the camera fell. Maybe a bear thought it was a good toy, and maybe the ice shook when a collision between two floes occurred.)
Will someone please shell out the money to fly someone up there in a helicopter, to prop the camera back up? A lot of interesting stuff is happening up there, this year.
“North Pole Camera” #2 shows a new crack in the ice in the mid distance.
http://sunriseswansong.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/arctic-sea-ice-melt-the-pulverized-pole/
The ice is very bashed-up this year, but I don’t think that means it will melt faster. One odd thing, at this time of year, is that the ice can be warmer than the water it floats on, because the ice contains fresher water than the sea-water. You can have 31 degree ice floating on 29.5 degree water.
In the Sea-ice post before this post “Just The Facts” pasted this great video, which shows how smashed-up the ice is, even where the ice is thick, (and also shows how swiftly the cracks “heal”).
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/beaufortictn_nowcast_anim30d.gif

Late May the situation in the Balkans (jet stream) will be repeated.
http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=650&c=5
Here you can see how the jet stream will move over the Balkans.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/strat_a_f/gif_files/gfs_t100_nh_f120.gif

It was good to learn of the sting on Begley and the others. It seems a bit heavy handed, but I think it is okay to do once in a while, get them to show their true colors. What I would rather see is photos and vids of the McKibbens and Manns and Hansens and Lewandowskis driving cars and buying gasoline and flying on jets and heating their homes, etc. Begley lives pretty frugally to begin with, but he was an easy target because of his connection to Hollywood. I am very happy to have found WUWT, a great resource on the climate debate. Best regards to all.

Andrewmharding
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/antarctic.sea.ice.interactive.html

Walt Allensworth says:
May 24, 2014 at 8:37 am
Opinions sought on this topic:
How good a proxy for world temperatures is the GISP-2 Ice Core data?

I’d say it’s pretty good, especially for the Northern Hemisphere (the real amplitude is probably less). Keep in mind that it ends in 1854 and you must add on some amount of warming to get to present day. It is the amount of warming that is likely to be more questionable. Anywhere from .2C to about .8C depending on your views.