Comments on: Warming Of The Global Ocean: 2018 is the warmest year so far

By: Li D

Li D — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:26:40 +0000

In reply to StevoR. Check out sea surface temps in the gulf of carpentaria on Nullschool!

By: StevoR

StevoR — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 05:37:35 +0000

Meanwhile here in Australia where we’ve just had a massive heatwave and are coming into another heatwave – including some extremely hot nights :

The record for Australia’s all-time highest overnight temperature was smashed last night, just one of the marks to fall in what is becoming a heatwave for the history books. Dr Blair Trewin, senior climatologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said a minimum of 35.9 degrees Celsius was recorded at Noona, between Wilcannia and Cobar in western New South Wales, while 35.6C was measured at Borrona Downs.”

(Emphasis added.)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/hottest-night-on-record-noona/10725886?fbclid=IwAR2xpuAOvtHmjGiVcFdnZU96zgk5ifNocPC4aBKDFo8NcxL4D8wdtABzZDc

For those clinging to the Fahrenheit scale that’s 96.62 F and for the more scientifically
minded its 309.05 degrees Kelvin.

Hasn’t been quite that bad where I live in Adelaide but we’ve still had four days in a row of over forty degrees (Celsius – 104 F) and minimum temperatures overnight in the mid twenties. (77 F)

By: Li D

Li D — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:18:38 +0000

On the subject of OHC, has anyone quantified
roughly the negative feedback of an ice free summer arctic, which allows more heat to escape arctic waters? It’s a terrible thing really, a small silver lining in a really shitty cloud, but I’m curious as to that potential moderating forcing. I’m guessing it’s very small but dunno at all. Anyone know?

By: Li D

Li D — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:56:33 +0000

Um. Hmmm. I’m a big believer in the idea that
it not enough to do things correctly, but one should show that stuff has been done correctly. I hate to be bloody picky, but when somethings of import there shouldn’t be anything to pick,at least not for idiots off the street like me. Everyone and his dog knows how easy it is to create the appearance of something they wish to appear ( exact opposite of science method , supposed to be looking for things against ya idea as far as I know, the harder the better. Give ya idea a damn good kicking and then give it to ya mates to kick it too!) by friggen around with base lines.
It should be bloody mandatory for a short description on why a baseline was chosen.
There usually very good reasons, unless your name is Heller from USA, or Viscount Cunthead of Goggleye from UK, but it would be nice to have it spelt out in a couple of lines.
People sit down and consciously choose how to present their anomaly data via baseline and it’s damn reasonable imo to display their reasoning for their choice. I’m amazed this is not a statistical standard. A couple of bloody lines. I’d very much like to hear an argument for why this should not be a standard. Choose whatever baselines ya want, but be prepared to validate it to people that kick hard.

With that in mind…
Figure 1. No baseline described at all, or reason given for whatever was chosen.
The second Figure 1. No reason given for chosen baseline 1981_2010.
It’s irksome, and I don’t wanna be irked. It distracts from the data, which is rather alarming.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:58:44 +0000

“The publicaions” Please correct spelling, otherwise, informative and horrific.