Not exact matches
In the new set - up, a real - world seasonal forecast driven by data on
current sea -
surface temperatures will be run alongside a simulated «no
global warming» seasonal forecast, in which greenhouse gas emissions have been stripped out.
The corresponding intensification of the atmospheric Walker circulation is also associated with
sea surface cooling in the eastern Pacific, which has been identified as one of the contributors to the
current pause in
global surface warming.
Cazenave, A., D. P. Chambers, P. Cipollini, L. L. Fu, J. W. Hurell, M. Merrifield, R. S. Nerem, H. P. Plag, C. K. Shum, and J. Willis, 2010: The challenge of measuring
sea level rise and regional and
global trends, Geodetic observations of ocean
surface topography, ocean
currents, ocean mass, and ocean volume changes.
When sceptics look at statistical data, whether it is recent ice melt, deep
sea temperatures,
current trend in
global surface temperatures, troposphere temperatures, ice core records etc. they look at the data as it is without any pre-conceptions and describe what it says.
However you slice it, lolwot, there is a
current «pause» (or «standstill») in the warming of the «globally and annually averaged land and
sea surface temperature anomaly» (used by IPCC to measure «
global warming»), despite unabated human GHG emissions and CO2 levels (Mauna Loa) reaching record levels.
The sun,
currents and energy transfer processes affect the
global pattern of
sea surface temperatures.
Combined with data from satellites, the
Global Drifter Network now provides scientists with twice - weekly updates on
currents and
sea surface temperatures throughout the world.
We highlight the existence of an intriguing and to date unreported relationship between the
surface area of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) of the geomagnetic field and the
current trend in
global sea level rise.
The important question is what is causing the
current pause in temperatures, both
global air temperatures and
global sea surface temperatures, and whether or not the 15 year pause is meaningful or not.