Isotopes of argon also show enrichment of the heavy isotope,
matching previous estimates of atmosphere composition derived from studies of Martian meteorites on Earth.
The BEST decadal variations paper even took a random sample of 2,000 out of 30,000 stations to construct a global average time series that
matched previous estimates back to 1950 (Land data only, obviously)
Not exact matches
Although the
previous study was able to roughly
estimate the star's elemental composition, the measurements were not detailed enough to determine if the elements
match stars in our galaxy, or are characteristic of stars from the Large Magellanic Cloud.
With over 2bn swipes and 40m
matches made through the Paktor in Southeast Asia,
previous estimates about the industry may be undervaluing the region.
One is that the IPCC forcing central
estimate is 40 % larger than that from CO2 alone since 1950 (due to other GHGs and possibly reduced aerosol impacts relative to
previous reports), so if you are going to use CO2 alone, you should really add this other 40 % to
match what has happened since 1950 and that is what they did.
Hi again, Fred, If I were to answer a different question: - to what extent are the P&J results likely to influence attempts to derive ECS from a
match to realworld data, I would be inclined to say that they should have a small negative effect on ECS
estimates, since this is energy which is coming into the «surface» system in addition to energy from flux imbalance, and which therefore needs to be discounted from
previous estimates of flux imbalance.