As global temperatures rise, so too
do average sea surface temperatures.
Not exact matches
Since 1850, CO2 levels rose, as
did the «globally and annually
averaged land and
sea surface temperature anomaly» (for what it's worth), but nobody knows whether or not the increase in CO2 had anything whatsoever to
do with the warming.
Did we have a better «globally and annually
averaged land and
sea surface temperature anomaly» in 1900 -LRB--0.142 C) than today (+0.339 C in 2011)?
We (that includes you and me plus Hansen, Trenberth, Jones and the IPCC) don't have an earthly notion what is going to happen to our «globally and annually
averaged land and
sea surface temperature anomaly» over the next two years, let alone the next few hundred years.
On the previous
sea surface temperature thread, I stated «
Do you for one minute believe that the uncertainty in global
average sea surface temperature in the 19th century is 0.3 C?
I found that when LOD data is added to integrated sunspot numbers departing from the long term
average, a curve can be produced which matches the
sea surface temperature record from 1850 significantly better than the co2 curve
does.
I would rate «
Average Earth Land -
Sea Surface Temperature» (even on any given day, no less a century long time series) a serious «We don't know to any degree of usable accuracy.»
Doing this on a year - to - year basis shows NO apparent correlation with the absolute «globally and annually
averaged land and
sea surface temperature anomaly» (i.e. HadCRUT3), but
does show a weak correlation with the CHANGE in
temperature from the previous year, for example:
Since annual land
surface temperatures are on
average less than
sea surface temperatures, the
temperature difference between land and ocean is decreasing, not increasing, but don't let the facts get in the way of your evaluation.