ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING UNSETTLED SCIENCE Presented to the Lyncean Group 24 February 2010 by Hugh Kendrick.

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ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING UNSETTLED SCIENCE Presented to the Lyncean Group 24 February 2010 by Hugh Kendrick

OUTLINE  GREENHOUSE GAS PHYSICS  TEMPERATURE RECORDS  TEMPERATURE PREDICTIONS  CO2 RECORDS  WEATHER TRENDS  REFERENCES

Source:Summary for Policymakers of the 2001 UN IPCC report. See

GREENHOUSE GAS PHYSICS

Source: Jack Barrett, Energy & Environment · Vol. 16, No. 6, 2005

HITRAN DATABASE CONTAINS PARAMETERS FOR ABOUT 2.8 MILLION SPECTRA OF 39 MOLECULES Source: Jack Barrett, Energy & Environment · Vol. 16, No. 6, 2005

Earth’s surface radiance at 288 K. Radiance in watts/sq.m/cm- 1/steradian. Source: Jack Barrett, Energy & Environment · Vol. 16, No. 6, 2005 RADIANCE OF EARTH’S SURFACE and GHG ABSORPTION

Source: Jack Barrett, Energy & Environment · Vol. 16, No. 6, 2005

Earth’s Annual Global Mean Energy Budget Source: J.T.Kiehl and K.E.Trenberth, Bull.Am.Met.Soc., 78, 197 (1997)

Source: Jack Barrett, Energy & Environment · Vol. 16, No. 6, 2005

HITRAN Zastawny calculated GHG contributions in the atmosphere: clouds 66%; water vapour25%;CO2 6.7%; CH4 0.7% Doubling CO2 yielded ‘forcing” of 2.5 w/m2, or about 0.5K; 60% IPCC value Source: A.Zastawny, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics,

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein. See

TEMPERATURE RECORDS

TEMPERATURE ISSUES  LONG TERM  SITING  URBAN HEAT ISLAND  DIRECT HEAT SOURCE  AUTOMATION  TECHNOLOGY  REVISION & UPDATING TEMPERATURE RECORDS  US HISTORICAL CLIMATE NETWORK  CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT (IPCC)  RADIOSONDE (1958)  SATELLITE (1979) See discussions in: CLIMATE OF EXTREMES By Patrick Michaels and Robert Ballings Jr. Cato Institue, 2009, and Joseph D’Aleo and Anthony Watts. SURFACE TEMPERATURE RECORDS: POLICY DRIVEN DECEPTION? Science and Public Policy Institute. January 27, Data Bases at: (SURFACE) (BALLOON) http;//vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/msu/t2lt/tlglhmam_5.2 (SATELLITE)

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein. see

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein. see

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein. see

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein. see

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein. see

I IPCC 1990 IPCC 2001 W. Happer Amherst 2009

Source:Summary for Policymakers of the 2001 UN IPCC report. See: http//

Source:Edward J.Wegman, David W.Scott, and Yasmin Said, “Ad Hoc Committee Report on the “Hockey Stick” Global Climate Reconstruction.” See: http//

Source: “Is the Earth still recovering from the Little Ice Age? A Possible cause of global warming”: Syun-Ichi Akasofu, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Red – global average change (IPCC Reports). Blue – data from stations along the coastline of the Arctic Ocean (Polyakov et al., 2002). The figure shows also the amount of various sources of energy used during the last century; gas, oil, and coal all release CO2.

TEMPERATURE PREDICTIONS

Source:”Is the Earth still recovering from the Little Ice Age? A Possible cause of global warming”: Syun-Ichi Akasofu, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2009.

Models show an increase in the warming trend with altitude, but balloon and satellite observations do not. Source: Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate The Heartland Institute. See Douglass et al A Comparison of tropical temperature trends with model predictions. Intnl. Journal of Climatology (Royal Meteorology Soc.) DOI; /joc.1651

Source: Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate The Heartland Institute.

NCEP/NCAR:National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research Source: “Climate Change: Driven by the Ocean not Human Activity” by William M. Gray Professor Emeritus, Dept of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Prepared for the 2nd Annual Heartland Institute sponsored conference on Climate Change. New York City, March 8-10, 2009 See also:

Source: “Climate Change: Driven by the Ocean not Human Activity” by William M. Gray Professor Emeritus, Dept of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Prepared for the 2nd Annual Heartland Institute sponsored conference on Climate Change. New York City, March 8-10, See also:

Source: “Climate Change: Driven by the Ocean not Human Activity” by William M. Gray Professor Emeritus, Dept of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Prepared for the 2nd Annual Heartland Institute sponsored conference on Climate Change. New York City, March 8-10, See also:

Idealized estimate of the deep water Global Ocean Conveyor Belt showing the typical locations in the Southern Hemisphere of the required return cold upwelling circulation (areas 1, 2, 3) to balance the North Atlantic thermohaline ocean subsidence (H areas). Figure courtesy of John Marshall, of MIT. Source: Hurricanes and Climate Change: Assessing the Linkages Following the 2006 Season. William M. Gray Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science Department of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University. The George Marshall Institute

1. With a weaker Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation (THC) for some decades, the Southern Hemisphere oceans upwell less cold water into their upper mixed layer, and the globe gradually warms. 2. With a stronger than normal Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC), the cold global deep water upwelling circulation into the Southern Hemisphere upper-mixed layer is enhanced for long periods and the globe gradually cools Source: Hurricanes and Climate Change: Assessing the Linkages Following the 2006 Season. William M. Gray Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science Department of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University. The George Marshall Institute

SOLAR WIND CAN MODULATE CLOUD COVER Increased solar wind reduces cosmic ray flux, reduces cloud cover, increases temperature Source: Nir J.Shaviv (2009). Cosmic Rays and Climate. PHYSICAPLUS. Issue No. 5 See:

Source: R.M.Carter “The Myth of Dangerous Human-caused Climate Change,” The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy New Leaders’ Conference and references therein, see

Source: New geologic evidence of past periods of oscillating, abrupt warming, and cooling Guest post by Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Emeritus Professor at Western Washington University. See

Source: New geologic evidence of past periods of oscillating, abrupt warming, and cooling Guest post by Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Emeritus Professor at Western Washington University. See