Using global average temperatures to convey the impacts of climate change may not be getting across the urgency of reducing CO2 emissions, a new study says.
But don't
use the global average temperature because you haven't done that for Ceres or Pluto.
Not exact matches
IPCC estimates,
using the best and longest record available, show that the difference between the 1986 - 2005
global average temperature value
used in most of the Panel's projections, and pre-industrial
global average temperature, is 0.61 °C (0.55 - 0.67).
While the
temperature spiral showed the
global average temperature, Lipponen's animation
uses NASA data to show individual countries separated by regions.
But rather than
using the baselines those agencies employ, Climate Central compared 2016's
temperature anomalies to an 1881 - 1910
average temperature baseline, the earliest date for which
global temperature data are considered reliable.
There are more than a dozen widely
used global climate models today, and despite the fact that they are constantly being upgraded, they have already proved successful in predicting seasonal rainfall
averages and tracking
temperature changes.
The second simulation overlaid that same weather data with a «pseudo
global warming» technique
using an accepted scenario that assumes a 2 - to 3 - degree increase in
average temperature, and a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Global surface
temperatures in 2016
averaged 14.8 degrees Celsius (58.64 °F), or 1.3 C (2.3 F) higher than estimated before the Industrial Revolution ushered in wide
use of fossil fuels, the EU body said.
That's the finding of a new study published on Thursday in Science, which
uses updated information about how
temperature is recorded, particularly at sea, to take a second look at the
global average temperature.
After this process was
used by the researchers to determine new normal conditions for
global average temperatures, it was
used again to examine record hot seasonal
temperatures at a regional level.
Third,
using a «semi-empirical» statistical model calibrated to the relationship between
temperature and
global sea - level change over the last 2000 years, we find that, in alternative histories in which the 20th century did not exceed the
average temperature over 500-1800 CE,
global sea - level rise in the 20th century would (with > 95 % probability) have been less than 51 % of its observed value.
The graphic displays monthly
global temperature data from the U.K. Met Office and charts how each month compares to the
average for the same period from 1850 - 1900, the same baselines
used in the most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Ray, I think Lee Grable's point is important: The fact that we
use the term «
global temperature» to mean the
average temperature on a two - dimensional surface rather than the three - dimensional ocean plus land plus atmosphere system of the earth has the potential to allow confusion.
Here is a zonally
averaged mean
temperature plot for six model configurations
using GISS - E2 that have a range of about 1ºC in their
global mean
temperature.
This letter is to seek the involvement of the World Meteorological Society (WMO) in advancing world climate monitoring by a significant improvement in the method of gathering the
temperature measurements
used to calculate
global average temperature at the Earth's surface so that the precision of this calculation can be increased.
Using monthly -
averaged global satellite records from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP [5]-RRB- and the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) in conjunction with Sea Surface
Temperature (SST) data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) extended and reconstructed SST (ERSST) dataset [7] we have examined the reliability of long - term cloud measurements.
Nonetheless, there is a tendency for similar equilibrium climate sensitivity ECS, especially
using a Charney ECS defined as equilibrium
global time
average surface
temperature change per unit tropopause - level forcing with stratospheric adjustment, for different types of forcings (CO2, CH4, solar) if the forcings are not too idiosyncratic.
I regularly speak to public audiences about climate change (see http://www.andrewgunther.com/climate-change/#talks for details), and
use the NASA / GISS dataset to discuss
global average temperature of the atmosphere.
My amateur spreadsheet tracking and projecting the monthly NASA GISS values suggests that while 2018 and 2019 are likely to be cooler than 2017, they may also be the last years on Earth with
global average land and ocean surface
temperature anomaly below 1C above pre-industrial
average (
using 1850 - 1900 proxy).
If one takes the MBH98 / 99 reconstruction as base, the variation in the pre-industrial period was ~ 0.2 K, of which less than 0.1 K (in
average) from volcanic eruptions, the rest mostly from solar (I doubt that land
use changes had much influence on
global temperatures).
The dominant driving force of «climate change» as the term is being
used in public policy is «
global warming», an
average increase in
global temperature.
«Another recent paper
used a different NOAA ocean surface
temperature data set to find that since 2003 the
global average ocean surface
temperature has been rising at a rate that is an order of magnitude smaller than the rate of increase reported in Karl's paper.»
As critics of «
global warming» science have pointed out for years, there are serious issues with the surface
temperature datasets that result in corrupted
global average temperatures that are currently
used by policymakers.
The researchers
used a climate - vegetation model that showed (like several similar studies) a clear increase in Amazonian drought following a
global average temperature rise — leading to a large - scale die - back of rainforest, switching to grassland and savanna climate suitability.
The HadCRUT4 dataset, compiled from many thousands of
temperature measurements taken across the globe, from all continents and all oceans, is
used to estimate
global temperature, shows that 2017 was 0.99 ± 0.1 °C above pre-industrial levels, taken as the
average over the period 1850 - 1900, and 0.38 ± 0.1 °C above the 1981 - 2010
average.
When the IPCC claimed that the GCM models (with GHG forcing included) could replicate the observed changes in
global average temperatures do you know if they were referring to a truly
global measurement or were they just
using the US temp record?
Please note that I don't rule anything out («The terms
global temperature and regional
temperature will be
used here to refer to some kind of
averaged surface
temperature for the globe or for a region.
Only 908 stations
used for the October 2008 GISS analysis whereas some 40 yerars ago there were double the number of stations
used to derive an
average global temperature.
(ppm) Year of Peak Emissions Percent Change in
global emissions Global average temperature increase above pre-industrial at equilibrium, using «best estimate» climate sensitivity CO 2 concentration at stabilization (2010 = 388 ppm) CO 2
global emissions
Global average temperature increase above pre-industrial at equilibrium, using «best estimate» climate sensitivity CO 2 concentration at stabilization (2010 = 388 ppm) CO 2
Global average temperature increase above pre-industrial at equilibrium,
using «best estimate» climate sensitivity CO 2 concentration at stabilization (2010 = 388 ppm) CO 2 - eq.
Note: The terms
global temperature and regional
temperature will be
used here to refer to some kind of
averaged surface
temperature for the globe or for a region.
Arbetter, 4.7, Statistical A statistical model
using regional observations of sea ice area and
global NCEP air
temperature, sea level pressure, and freezing degree day estimates continues the trend of projecting below -
average summer sea ice conditions for the Arctic.
dCO2 / dt happens with little or no lag when compared to
temperature (both
using global averages — which introduces its own complexities).
The right - hand panel shows ranges of
global average temperature change above pre-industrial,
using (i) «best estimate» climate sensitivity of 3 °C (black line in middle of shaded area), (ii) upper bound of likely range of climate sensitivity of 4.5 °C (red line at top of shaded area)(iii) lower bound of likely range of climate sensitivity of 2 °C (blue line at bottom of shaded area).
Should the veracity of the GH theory not have to answer to these far more detailed predictions then to a simple estimation of increased surface
temperature, and
using whichever of the various means of arriving at a
global average best matches that one parameter?
The thick line in figure A shows the underlying trend in
global average temperatures obtained
using such a «pattern - recognizing» statistical technique.2 It isn't a straight line, but it clearly indicates a warming trend.
The scientists,
using computer models, compared their results with observations and concluded that
global average annual
temperatures have been lower than they would otherwise have been because of the oscillation.
«To summarize -
Using the 60 and 1000 year quasi repetitive patterns in conjunction with the solar data leads straightforwardly to the following reasonable predictions for
Global SSTs 1 Continued modest cooling until a more significant
temperature drop at about 2016 - 17 2 Possible unusual cold snap 2021 - 22 3 Built in cooling trend until at least 2024 4 Temperature Hadsst3 moving average anomaly 2035 — 0.15 5Temperature Hadsst3 moving average anomaly 2100 — 0.5 6 General Conclusion — by 2100 all the 20th century temperature rise will have been reversed, 7 By 2650 earth could possibly be back to the depths of the litt
temperature drop at about 2016 - 17 2 Possible unusual cold snap 2021 - 22 3 Built in cooling trend until at least 2024 4
Temperature Hadsst3 moving average anomaly 2035 — 0.15 5Temperature Hadsst3 moving average anomaly 2100 — 0.5 6 General Conclusion — by 2100 all the 20th century temperature rise will have been reversed, 7 By 2650 earth could possibly be back to the depths of the litt
Temperature Hadsst3 moving
average anomaly 2035 — 0.15 5
Temperature Hadsst3 moving average anomaly 2100 — 0.5 6 General Conclusion — by 2100 all the 20th century temperature rise will have been reversed, 7 By 2650 earth could possibly be back to the depths of the litt
Temperature Hadsst3 moving
average anomaly 2100 — 0.5 6 General Conclusion — by 2100 all the 20th century
temperature rise will have been reversed, 7 By 2650 earth could possibly be back to the depths of the litt
temperature rise will have been reversed, 7 By 2650 earth could possibly be back to the depths of the little ice age.
Using new computer models, the Met Office now believes
global temperatures up to 2017 will most likely be 0.43 C above the 1971 - 2000
average, with an error of plus or minus 0.15 C.
Using computer climate models, scientists estimate that by the year 2100 the
average global temperature will increase by 1.4 degrees to 5.8 degrees Celsius (approximately 2.5 degrees to 10.5 degrees Fahrenheit).
Global average temperature rise is limited to between 2.4 °C (50 % probability) and 2.7 °C (66 % probability) by 2100 in this scenario — far below the BAU trajectory towards 4 °C and beyond
used by fossil fuel companies.
It
used a simple mathematical model, and IPCC data, to suggest that even if CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere doubled, which might take the rest of the century,
average global temperature would not rise by much more than 1 degree Celsius.
Using global climate models and the various IS92 emissions scenarios, the SAR projected the future
average global surface
temperature change to 2100 (Figure 4).
The challenge will be settled
using the NASA GISS mean
global land surface
temperatures for the conventional climate
averaging period (defined by the World Meteorological Organization as 30 years) ending on December 31, 2016.
It showed, if I remember correctly, how a pretty good correlation between calculated and actual
global average temperatures could be obtained for the last century
using the NASA graphs of various forcings, here: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/RadF.gif
In other words, these are 3D
global simulations from which globally
averaged TOA fluxes and
temperatures are determined, which are then
used to determine the climate sensitivity.
For paleo estimates, many different proxies are
used to estimate the change in
global average temperature and the change in external forcing, from which one can estimate the ECS.
If we could stop wasting our time trying to convince all the people incapable of logical thought, maybe we could
use our ability to control the
global average temperature to our advantage.
They looked at
global temperature anomalies — deviations from an
average or standard
temperature — for 73 sites distributed across the planet,
using fossils in sediments as a proxy for
temperature.
Global average temperatures are also estimated using reanalysis systems, which use a weather forecasting system to combine many sources of data to provide a more complete picture of global tempera
Global average temperatures are also estimated
using reanalysis systems, which
use a weather forecasting system to combine many sources of data to provide a more complete picture of
global tempera
global temperatures.
This is the standard source
used in most journalistic reporting of
global average temperatures.