Sentences with phrase «noise over this timeframe»

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However, as Dikran noted in response, it's entirely possible that over such a short timeframe, short - term noise such as ENSO and solar cycles may have masked the continuing long - term global warming trend.

Thus the IPCC multi-model average of simulations do not reflect these short - term temperature influences, which is not a problem for long - term predictions, because positive and negative short - term cycles and noise average out to zero over long timeframes.

As SkS has discussed at length with Dr. Pielke Sr., over short timeframes on the order of a decade, there is too much noise in the data to draw any definitive conclusions about changes in the long - term trend.