Steve Goddard (10:23:22): So
Tamino suggests that winter snow extent might have been decreasing leading up to the current record high.
So
Tamino suggests that winter snow extent might have been decreasing leading up to the current record high.
I believe what you are calling a «peripheral glitch» is the artifactual broadening of the anomaly distribution which
Tamino suggests is due to spatial variance.
Not exact matches
I'm sure that
Tamino will have more to say in response, but in the meantime, perhaps you'd care to
suggest what selection rule for PCs you would use?
McKinney gave a response to the
Tamino post
suggesting that the satellite data also has major problems, that seems to be a minority opinion.
This, like
Tamino's graph, is inconsistent with the linear growth (that is, a decelerating growth rate)
suggested by the satellite data.
I
suggest you contact Dr. Church or Dr. White (or
Tamino, as this is his post) for advice.
Perhaps
Tamino can step out from behind the shield of anonymity (which too often fuels vitriol) and confirm if he is indeed Grant Foster (quoted on Climate Central), as some have
suggested.
If
Tamino says it's raining outside, I
suggest that you look out the window before you go any further... and if you plan to do anything on Tammy's site other than to osculate his fundamental orifice, don't expect a warm welcome.
I
suggest you read Greg Laden's post about global warming getting worse, and
Tamino's post about the faux pause.
Interesting the amount of data being pulled in at
Tamino's to
suggest that other factors are not independent sbBCP growth factors.
Judith,
Tamino makes some pretty strong points against your analysis, also
suggesting that you would not respond to them.
I was pointed here from
Tamino's blog, where it was
suggested that I post this link: http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2008/8/11/caspar-and-the-jesus-paper.html
My guess is you don't want to make your apology public because it contains conditional language, much as your post over at
Tamino's
suggested.
Tamino, last August, posted graphs (here) which
suggest that a spike in both Arctic and Antarctic methane started in the last couple of years.
I
suggest that you take
Tamino seriously when he runs the data and says it is declining at 36,000 km2 per year, and is statistically significant.