Rather, he says, «I and the first - class scientists I work with are consistently finding excellent correlations between the regular fluctuations of the sun and earthly climate. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
In the case of land and ocean SST I can make a comparison with the observed and there I find excellent correlations using the first differences as was done for the models and the land warms (cools) at a faster rate than the ocean SST. (climateaudit.org)
So, it is not the current mismatch that is a problem for the models, it is the previous excellent correlation between the global temperature record and the models outputs that is the problem for the models. (realclimate.org)