Finally, there are some questions about
the underlying ocean data the researchers used.
Not exact matches
To do this, they combined
ocean wave
data available from measurements taken by
ocean buoys, with nonlinear analysis of the
underlying water wave equations.
The very fact that they can claim «oh the
ocean must be swallowing the heat in a way we didn't account for in the models» but then act as though they can still look at those models for guidance merely because they found some runs that randomly matched reality, suggests a lack of awareness on their part that to be credible models can't merely accidentally curve - fit to a small set of
data, that they actually need to credibly claim to model the
underlying processes involved.
Admittedly the
data is very erratic (Lyman «but the
underlying uncertainties in
ocean warming are unclear, limiting our ability to assess closure of sea - level budgets»)(Trenberth «the messy
data on upper -
ocean heat content for 1993 — 2008 provides clear evidence for warming.