While those similarities and the correlation maps do not prove the KOE and SPCZ Extension SST anomalies cause those addition rises in surface temperature, they imply that natural factors are
causing the upward steps in global temperatures illustrated in Figure 4.
One thing is certain; the 1997/98 El Nino
caused upward steps in both datasets.
Not exact matches
When you embark upon this process, you'll notice that once you are able to discard everything you think you know about church, and begin the adventure of reimagining church (
step 1), your life begins to spiral
upward in some new and interesting ways (
step 2), which then
causes you to both seek more from Scripture (
step 1) but also desire to run from risk and return to what is safe and known (
step 3).
This is a physically incorrect argument which is easily refuted with one simple question - if El Niños
cause abrupt temperature
step changes
upward, why wouldn't La Niñas
cause equivalent abrupt temperature
step changes downward?
Actually, as a noted in the post about Chen and Tung (2014) at my blog... http://bobtisdale.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/will-the-next-el-nino-bring-an-end-to-the-slowdown-in-global-surface-warming/... which was also cross posted at WUWT, the vast majority of the warming of the surface of the global oceans during the satellite era is associated with the
upward steps (staircases)
caused by the residuals from the 1986/87/88, the 1997/98 and the 2009/10 El Nino events.