tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post4990013017089231080..comments2024-03-28T13:56:47.604+11:00Comments on moyhu: Stopped warming? Paused?Nick Stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377413236983002873noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-7370563848091752372011-11-11T12:40:42.366+11:002011-11-11T12:40:42.366+11:00On the blog roll at Climate Etc., J N-G's link...On the blog roll at Climate Etc., J N-G's link is gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-27147988809497295312011-11-10T10:46:44.044+11:002011-11-10T10:46:44.044+11:00Hans,
You're right - I used an inclusive sequ...Hans,<br />You're right - I used an inclusive sequence (by mistake), so I calculated 1999:2009. I'll re-do the graphs.Nick Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377413236983002873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-13981896054824735002011-11-10T08:37:05.323+11:002011-11-10T08:37:05.323+11:00Nick, thank you for helping me to find the BEST te...Nick, thank you for helping me to find the BEST temperatures at the Berkeley web page. I made a plot similar to the first plot you have in this blog posting, BEST ten years trend. But I have to process 11 years to get the same values as you have in your plot. As an example, the value at 2009 in my plot is the slope when doing a linear regression analysis of the years starting at 1999 and ending at 2009, i.e. 11 years. It may be a matter of definition. In a ten year trend calculation, do you use ten or eleven yearly temperatures ?Hans Petternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-26806720232349355072011-11-08T21:27:17.202+11:002011-11-08T21:27:17.202+11:00I found an ad hom :)
"As I said in the pre...I found an ad hom :)<br /><br />"As I said in the previous thread, I think Judith likes to make provocative statements and see where they lead. As I also pointed out, it's good for her ratings. ;-)"<br /><br />NathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-52981098151022989522011-11-08T15:36:46.518+11:002011-11-08T15:36:46.518+11:00I don't know that I'm all that sensitive t...I don't know that I'm all that sensitive to "ad hominems", but there have been ad hominems directed towards her. (I personally have to constantly throttle back my own asperberger like tendencies to be honest.)<br /><br />Bu the ad hominems in the comment section are kind of hard to miss actually. Let me know if you need help finding them, I'm here to serve.Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-19857141569030544582011-11-08T14:23:41.777+11:002011-11-08T14:23:41.777+11:00Carrick,
Are you saying that Nick, in this post, ...Carrick,<br /><br />Are you saying that Nick, in this post, is indulging in some form of ad hominem? I fail to find it but you are very sensitive to this sort of thing so perhaps you could be a bit more explicit for those of us less sensitive sorts.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742905742181959851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-66587964721948634792011-11-08T01:35:36.524+11:002011-11-08T01:35:36.524+11:00*inappropriate**inappropriate*Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-58516549300349030312011-11-08T01:35:18.489+11:002011-11-08T01:35:18.489+11:00Maybe she just considers the use of ad hominems in...Maybe she just considers the use of ad hominems in appropriate.Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-13195155476853370842011-11-07T21:03:42.753+11:002011-11-07T21:03:42.753+11:00Ort,
Thanks for the tip. I guess she takes a triba...Ort,<br />Thanks for the tip. I guess she takes a tribal approach to blogrolls - I don't. I think they are for information.Nick Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377413236983002873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-11348960070411132382011-11-07T20:33:05.981+11:002011-11-07T20:33:05.981+11:00Good post, but it must have been seen as offensive...Good post, but it must have been seen as offensive: the link to your blog has just been suppressed at Judith's, as it already happened with the link to Bart's.Ortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-86345631007178280402011-11-07T09:54:15.550+11:002011-11-07T09:54:15.550+11:00Carrick
"Well Nathan isn't saying all th...Carrick<br /><br />"Well Nathan isn't saying all that much, so it's pretty easy to agree with him."<br /><br />ummm, the point is that you weren't saying much...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-121149099896614422011-11-07T09:53:16.805+11:002011-11-07T09:53:16.805+11:00Carrick
"These are well established events, ...Carrick<br /><br />"These are well established events, there is no similar well established event for e.g. 2001-2010. "<br /><br />So what?<br /><br />"My point is exactly that you do need mechanisms (and several have been proposed) to explain any observed data, but what we do know is that whatever behavior didn't have associated eruptive events that led to global cooling."<br /><br />What Global cooling?<br /><br />Who cares if there were no eruptive events?<br /><br />Why is any of this interesting?<br /><br />NathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-82316724057065310792011-11-07T06:03:16.228+11:002011-11-07T06:03:16.228+11:00Thanks for the reference JCH.Thanks for the reference JCH.Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-45597562959165294352011-11-07T05:46:39.886+11:002011-11-07T05:46:39.886+11:00I would say they did, but I can't read this sc...I would say they did, but I can't read this science stuff worth a hoot. Keenlyside et called it an offset, which has, I think, the proper message.<br /><br />http://129.79.46.40/foxd/bamboo/nature06921.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-58740541128213455812011-11-07T04:40:19.656+11:002011-11-07T04:40:19.656+11:00JCH, I pretty much agree with your comments... I w...JCH, I pretty much agree with your comments... I wouldn't say any of those papers really predicted the "pause", just the return to warming afterwards, right?<br /><br />I think we basically all agree that to say "there is no scientific basis" implies the absence of physical mechanisms that could serve as a "basis" for explaining the "absence of warming".<br /><br />As I said in the previous thread, I think Judith likes to make provocative statements and see where they lead. As I also pointed out, it's good for her ratings. ;-)Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-80977316902092240432011-11-07T04:23:42.794+11:002011-11-07T04:23:42.794+11:00NIck: I have to agree with Nathan there. That'...NIck: <i>I have to agree with Nathan there. That's what statistical significance is about. If it's significant, then a lack of explanation is worrying. If it isn't, it isn't.</i><br /><br />Well Nathan isn't saying all that much, so it's pretty easy to agree with him.<br /><br />As I said "We had two eruptions, El Chichon in 1982 and and [sic] Pinatubo in 1991, which lead to periods of global cooling." These are well established events, there is no similar well established event for e.g. 2001-2010. <br /><br />You can't really look at the cooling events during those decades, associated with large, well established events to understand whether the cooling or lack of it during the last decade is interesting or not.<br /><br />Hence, my original comment on "I think there is a certain danger in overanalyzing data without considering the underlying mechanisms that are driving variability."<br /><br />My point is exactly that you <i>do need mechanisms</i> (and several have been proposed) to explain any observed data, but what we do know is that whatever behavior didn't have associated eruptive events that led to global cooling. <br /><br />It becomes overanalyzing if one tries and look at the prior two decades to decide what is typical, when there are non-typical events for those decades, not shared by this one.Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-24066769935148483862011-11-07T04:04:57.445+11:002011-11-07T04:04:57.445+11:00Nathan: Why does the 'flattening off' have...Nathan: <i>Why does the 'flattening off' have to be associated with a 'big bang' of any description. Why can't it just be associated with ordinary, easy to explain things - what most people would call 'obvious'? narrowing the field of 'obvious' to big bangs is a useless investigation technique.</i><br /><br />I never said it didn't, only that it's remarkable---worthy of remark. tamino posited one explanation, others have been presented too.<br /><br />With Pinatubo and el Chinchon there was is specific well established mechanism, so the mechanism was never in question<br /><br />All I'm trying to say is there are a number of plausible models for the flatting off in warming, and we don't know at the moment which of these putative models, if any, is the correct explanation.<br /><br />That it is "worthy of remark" or "remarkable" is hardly a question---otherwise what's the explanation for why there are so many papers published on this topic?Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-44798566947205016022011-11-07T01:08:57.639+11:002011-11-07T01:08:57.639+11:00Okay, if there is no scientific basis for claiming...Okay, if there is no scientific basis for claiming AGW has not stopped in this "pause", then why do all of the papers I can find that predicted a "pause" in the 2000s say AGW does not stop and temperature will eventually rise. Did they have no scientific basis for saying that? If so, how did that get past peer review?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-80655784974541964572011-11-06T19:54:51.540+11:002011-11-06T19:54:51.540+11:00I have to agree with Nathan there. That's what...I have to agree with Nathan there. That's what statistical significance is about. If it's significant, then a lack of explanation is worrying. If it isn't, it isn't.<br /><br />Now I'm no fan of rigid adherence to levels like 95%, and I'm happy to agree that as such levels are approached, the desirability of an explanation gradually increases. But I haven't seen a convincing demonstration of "significant" deviation from expectation. And Judy, at least, isn't claiming one.Nick Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377413236983002873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-35475533101608232142011-11-06T18:08:42.946+11:002011-11-06T18:08:42.946+11:00Carrick
Your statement makes less sense now.
Ba...Carrick<br /><br /><br />Your statement makes less sense now.<br /><br />Basically you're saying that it is remarkable, (but with a clause saying it isn't really remarkable) that the 'flattening' can't be explained by big bangs that haven't been observed. <br /><br />It's a pointless statement of the kind Judith Curry says.<br /><br />Why does the 'flattening off' have to be associated with a 'big bang' of any description. Why can't it just be associated with ordinary, easy to explain things - what most people would call 'obvious'? narrowing the field of 'obvious' to big bangs is a useless investigation technique.<br /><br />NathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-43385588763129423112011-11-06T16:15:53.303+11:002011-11-06T16:15:53.303+11:00Nathan I had actually linked this particular threa...Nathan I had actually linked this particular thread before. And that was an incomplete quote on your part. My comment ended with:<br /><br /> "And by "obivous" I mean something like a <b>big bang like a volcanic eruption</b>"<br /><br />TSI (actually sunspot number which is a terrible proxy for TSI) and MEI are not "big bangs".Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-25188472009443843092011-11-06T11:22:06.169+11:002011-11-06T11:22:06.169+11:00Carrick
"What is remarkable (to the extent a...Carrick<br /><br />"What is remarkable (to the extent anything is remarkable about it) is the "flattening off" of temperatures from 2002 to circa 2010 is the lack of any immediately obvious mechanism to explain the cooling."<br /><br />what is actually remarkable is that you didn't google this first...<br /><br />Check out Tamino's post http://tamino.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/how-fast-is-earth-warming/<br /><br />It can be easily explained by lower TSI and MEI.<br /><br />NathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-91917231747484472632011-11-06T08:25:22.038+11:002011-11-06T08:25:22.038+11:00For the last decade or so, the trend in solar is d...For the last decade or so, the trend in solar is down, ENSO is down, methane concentrations have been flat (until ~2007), and aerosols have started upwards again. The expectation should be less warming than would be expected if these things were not true.ccenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-91055118609753126412011-11-06T04:43:41.597+11:002011-11-06T04:43:41.597+11:00This is OT but I started to think about Steve Mc&#...This is OT but I started to think about Steve Mc's discussions of menne's algorithm for steps in temp data etc... And it got me thinking about a potential method for calculating global temperature that might alleviate some of the common issues. Instead of treating any individual station as a station with a continuous series and combining them together in a gridcell like other methods do or in the way Berkeley does... Why not treat things similar to a GIS framework and treat every monthly temperature measurement as a point on a map with the absolute temperature and incorporate elevation data with a lapse rate model into kriging (or some other interpolation method) to model temperature on the regional scale. To get the global average you could just average the raster cells generated using the kriging model with the elevation lapse rate model surface?Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729093380675162051.post-56754430185704398222011-11-06T03:47:44.712+11:002011-11-06T03:47:44.712+11:00I think there is a certain danger in overanalyzing...I think there is a certain danger in overanalyzing data without considering the underlying mechanisms that are driving variability.<br /><br />We had two eruptions, El Chichon in 1982 and and Pinatubo in 1991, which lead to periods of global cooling. What is remarkable (to the extent anything is remarkable about it) is the "flattening off" of temperatures from 2002 to circa 2010 is the lack of any immediately obvious mechanism to explain the cooling. And by "obivous" I mean something like a big bang like a volcanic erruption, not changes in global sulfate emissions for which we lack the data to confirm or deny their presence.Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476050886656768837noreply@blogger.com