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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:06:05 +0200 (CEST)

Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
>and say hello to the cool:  Oooo ... /this/ is going to cause some stir ...

Of course not.  Some people just don't want to be confused by the facts.


>SUMMARY
>
>As part of an ongoing NASA/UAH joint project, Dr. John Christy of UAH
>and Dr. Roy Spencer of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center use data
>gathered by microwave sounding units (MSUs) on National Oceanic and
>Atmospheric Administration TIROS-N satellites to get accurate, direct
>measurements of atmospheric temperatures for almost all regions of the
>Earth [...]

But some plonker will come up with yet another computer model
predicting global warming and storms and floods in 50 years even
though it can't predict next week's weather.  And predict widespread
cooling in some parts of the globe (which is now part of global
"warming").  And will get plenty of publicity for even more conclusive
scaremong^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H proof.


>[...]
>Globally, however, the satellite data show a cooling trend of 0.03
>degrees Celsius per decade since the first NOAA TIROS-N satellites
>went into service.

Umpteen studies have already shown that temperature variations, when
even detectable in the noise, go either way depending on which data
you look at.


>Of great concern to scientists is the lack of consistency in the way
>readings are taken [...] the construction of
>nearby roads, parking lots, runways and buildings may cause the
>temperature to rise a little due of urbanization. This temperature
>change may be an artifact of a local "asphalt effect" rather than a
>long-term widespread climate change.

One study from Vienna showed long-term warming from thermometers at
the airport, and none from other sites.  Another study with data from
Antarctica which was touted as supporting global warming while being
free from this urbanization effect later turned out to be dominated by
the time of day at which the airplane that made the measurements flew
(I may have mentioned this one b4...)


"There are no facts, only interpretations."
- Friedrich Nietzsche.
"Bullshit!"
- Rob.

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