The fact that he uses climategate as one of his tab labels on his site already discredits him...that and he is a TV Meterologist.
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 17:00 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming One assistant professor != 100,000 of thousands of people http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/02/08/a-cherry-picker%E2%80%99s-guide-to-tem perature-trends-update-warming-crisis-not/#more-33563 On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > In the Northern Hemisphere since 1979, the average temperature rose by > about > 0.7 degrees Celsius, whereas the global average temperature rose by > about > 0.45 degrees, Flanner said. > > For every 1 degree Celsius rise in the Northern Hemisphere, Flanner > and his colleagues calculated an average of 0.6 fewer watts of solar > radiation reflected to space per square meter because of reduced snow > and sea ice cover. In the 18 models taken into consideration by the > International Panel on Climate Change, the average was 0.25 watts per > square meter per degree Celsius over the same time period. > > Flanner points out that the models typically calculate this feedback > over > 100 years-significantly longer than this study, which could account > for some of the discrepancy. Satellite data only goes back 30 years. > > To further put the results in context, each square meter of Earth > absorbs an average of 240 watts of solar radiation. These new > calculations show that the Northern Hemisphere cryosphere is > reflecting .45 watts less per square meter now than it did in 1979, > due mostly to reduced spring snow cover and summer sea ice. > > "The cryospheric albedo feedback is a relatively small player > globally, but it's been a surprisingly strong feedback mechanism over the past 30 years," > Flanner said. "A feedback of this magnitude would translate into > roughly 15 percent more warming, given current understanding of other > feedback mechanisms." > > To avoid the worst effects of climate change, the scientific consensus > is that the global average temperature should stay within 2 degrees > Celsius, or > 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, of pre-industrial levels. Scientists are still > trying to quantify the extent to which the planet will warm as > greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
