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2008-12-06 Science & Technology

How Not To Measure Temperature - part 78

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Posted by Seafarious 2008-12-06 00:36|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I think we can reduce global warming simply by reducing air traffic at a few key airports!

Posted by gorb 2008-12-06 02:13|| 2008-12-06 02:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Paint your roof white. That will do it.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-12-06 03:53|| 2008-12-06 03:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes Em, that sucker is detail oriented, ran down Siberian weather stations located next to steam pipes.

Posted by .5MT 2008-12-06 05:35|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-12-06 05:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The 'close enuf' weather...within acceptable governmental margins of error.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-06 07:27|| 2008-12-06 07:27|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not REALLY about weather anyway, is it?
It's about forcing other people to do and live like you think is best for them. How much energy they use, how big of a house they live in, what kind of shoes they wear, and lately we've even heard rumblings about stipulating what people should be allowed to eat or drink.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-06 10:28|| 2008-12-06 10:28|| Front Page Top

#6
Not long ago I listened to a guy who looked at all of the global warming temperature data worldwide, and dis some analysis of the sensor sites themselves, not the recording. overwhelmingly the data come from US stations at parts of western Europe. Most of the data comes from stations erected in the past 100 years, with lesser data going back as much as 200 years.

Most of the sites outside the US are suspect for continuity and maintenance, but overwhelmingly, the sites with higher confidence levels were built and maintained in some level of proximity to human habitation. No compensation for the data is reflected in the baseline records for urban encroachment, differences in the actual structures housing the collection mechanisms ( paint color, material for the containment box, proximity to other systems like roof tops of buildings with differing roofing materials over time), nor for the encroachment of urban environments.

In essence, the fundamental data from which warming trends is extrapolated is corrupt or suspect. Over the years, all those tar roofs, pavement, HVAC systems, smog, all reflective of the disporportionate heat-sink that is an urban environment, has not been correlated into the baseline data.

Sounds like convenient oversight doesn't it?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2008-12-06 14:13|| 2008-12-06 14:13|| Front Page Top

#7 It might be quite funny then as a global depression causes those things to be used less and the sensor data looks like catastrophic cooling!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-12-06 17:11|| 2008-12-06 17:11|| Front Page Top

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