DARWIN TEMPERATURES: UNSCRAMBLING THE ACORN SAT 2 SERIES By Bob Irvine There have been a number of adjustments made to the Darwin temperature record in recent years that have significantly increased its trend from 1910 to 2016. This trend increase is largely due to the lowering of historical temperatures. The BOM has achieved this significant…
By Bob Irvine Darwin Australia is one of only two temperature stations in an entire NASA grid and, therefore, has a disproportionate influence on the NASA-GISS global temperature reconstruction. The other station used by NASA in this grid is Gove (Stn. # 014508). Gove only goes back to 1985 which leaves Darwin as the only…
Guest post by Erl Happ The Southern Oscillation Index is a reference point for the strength of the Trade winds. It represents the difference in atmospheric pressure between Tahiti and Darwin. In figure 1 the SOI is the red line with its values on the right axis. A negative SOI reflects slack trade winds and…