2010: tied with 2005 for warmest year in history
The year 2010 was tied with 2005 as Earth's warmest year in history, according to separate calculations performed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Temperatures during 2010 were 1.12°F (0.62°C) above the 20th century average. Reliable global temperature records go back to 1880. NOAA reported that the Northern Hemisphere had its warmest year on record in 2010, the Southern Hemisphere its 6th warmest, land areas their 2nd warmest, and the oceans their 3rd warmest. Global satellite-measured temperatures of the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere during 2010 were virtually tied with 1998 for warmest on record, according to the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH). The 1998 temperatures were 0.01°C warmer than 2010, but the difference is so small that the two years should be considered tied for first place. These measurements are very sensitive to the effect of major El Niño events that warm the waters and atmosphere over the Eastern Pacific. Thus the 1998 El Niño--the strongest such event ever recorded--set a global lower atmospheric temperature record that had been impossible to match until 2010.
Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for 2010. Image credit: NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
Earth's warmest temperatures in 2010, relative to average, occurred in western Greenland and eastern Canada, where record-duration sea ice loss contributed to temperatures that were 9°F (5°C) above average for the year (Figure 1.) The coolest temperatures, relative to average, were in central Siberia, 5.4°F (3°C) below average. In addition to being the warmest year on record globally, it was also the wettest (Figure 4.)
Figure 2. The latest rankings by NOAA of the hottest years globally since 1880. Earth's ten hottest years have all come since 1998, and the decade of the 2000s was by far the warmest decade in the historical record. Image credit: NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
Figure 3. Global departure of temperature from average for 1880-2010, as computed by NASA.
Figure 4. Global departure of precipitation from average for 1900 - 2010. The year 2010 set a new record for wettest year in Earth's history. The difference in precipitation from average in 2010 was about 13% higher than that of the previous record wettest year, 1956. Image credit: NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
A record warm year during a deep solar minimum: an unusual occurrence
The 2010 record warmth was unusual in that it occurred during a period when energy from the sun was at its lowest levels since satellite measurements began in the 1970s. The 11-year sunspot cycle causes a 0.1% variation in the amount of energy reaching the Earth. White et al. (1997) found that sea surface temperatures varied by about 0.04 - 0.07°C on time scales of 11 - 22 years due to this change in solar energy, with temperatures lagging the sunspot cycle by 1.5 - 3 years (because the ocean is slow to heat up and cool down in response.) So, although solar activity began to pick up somewhat in 2010, the 1.5 - 3 year lag in ocean temperature response meant that the record low solar activity of 2008 - 2009 was what affected global temperatures in 2010. Given that the departure of Earth's temperature from average during 2010 was 0.62°C, this difference would have been perhaps 10% greater had we been 2 - 3 years past the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle. The previous global temperature record, set in 2005, occurred 3 - 5 years after the twin-peaked previous solar cycle. It is very difficult to get a record warm year during a deep solar minimum, making the 2010 record one likely to be broken later this decade as the sun begins to exert a greater warming influence on the planet.
Figure 5. During 2008 - 2009, the energy from the sun arriving at the top of Earth's atmosphere (Total Solar Irradiance, or TSI) as measured by satellites fell to its lowest value since satellite measurements began in 1978. Image credit: Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos World Radiation Center.
References
Skepticalscience.com has an in-depth discussion of Solar activity & climate: is the sun causing global warming?
Wunderground climate change blogger Dr. Ricky Rood has a comprehensive 5-part series on how the sun affects climate.
Gray, L.J., J. Beer, M. Geller, J.D. Haigh, M. Lockwood, 2010, "Solar Influences on Climate", Accepted in Rev. Geophys, 2010.
White, W.B., J. Lean, D.R. Cayan and M.D. Dettinger (1997), Response of global upper ocean temperature to changing solar irradiance, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 3255-3266.
Thunderstorms hurl antimatter into space
NASA announced this week that mature thunderstorms can produce antimatter when exceptionally powerful lightning bolts occur. The antimattter beams were detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The amount of antimatter produced is tiny, though, and probably not enough to help power a starship.
"Cap'n, we're running low on antimatter to power the warp engines. Can you fly in low over those thunderstorms to replenish our reserves? We'll use the transporters to gather the antimatter and funnel it into the antimatter containment vessel."
"OK, Scotty!"
I'll have a new post on Tuesday.
Jeff Masters
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Why would they hide information, and that of which was paid with public monies ? Just wait on the UVA item. It will be a doosie :) out>>>>>
Hurricane Force Winds
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25 NM from the center
Storm Force Winds
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40 NM from the center
Gale Force Winds
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180 NM from the center in northern semi-circle, within 120 NM in southeast quadrant, and 60 NM in the southwest quadrant
Additional Information
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Organization has decreased slightly past 24 hours. Primary bands to the north and south decreasing significantly with north band influenced by New Caledonia land mass. Eye remains cloud filled. Outflow fair but decreasing to the north and south. System is being steered southeastward by the deep layer mean northwesterly regime. Cyclone is accelerating into a weak sheared environment and cooler sea surface temperatures.
Dvorak assessment based on embedded center with MG SURR, yielding DT=4.5, MET=4.5, PT=4.0. Final Dvorak T number based on MET.
Dvorak Intensity: T4.5/5.0/W0.5/24HRS.
Most global models eventually move the cyclone southeast with gradual weakening in the next 24 hours and then rapid weakening after 24 hours.
Forecast and Intensity
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12 HRS: 28.9S 168.0E - 65 knots (CAT 3)
24 HRS: 33.2S 170.6E - 50 knots (CAT 2)
48 HRS: 41.3S 177.2E - 30 knots (Tropical Depression)
The next tropical cyclone advisory will be issued at around 7:00 AM UTC By TCWC Wellington..
I went to the 5th one on the list and got back this for the Author but actually in this case Authurs.
G. G. Anagnostopoulosa; D. Koutsoyiannisa; A. Christofidesa; A. Efstratiadisa; N. Mamassisa
Just a little something I couldn't find anything on them because of you know no first names so how did you find so much on them. Unless you magically have their first names you can really find nothing on them an easy google search did it for me.
Loehle "received a B.S. in forest science from the University of Georgia, a M.S. in forest management from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in range management (mathematical ecology) from Colorado State University"
Your character assassination is looking horrible right now.
Edit
Added this. Article 1 and 2 also are from Craig Loehle which are also about tree rings. Get over yourself right now seriously.
Dec and Jan are usually dryseason months.....
from CNN
Extreme weather continues to create havoc all over the place.
Numbers 1-3 are about tree rings the author has a M.S. in forest management seems like he should be allowed to talk about tree rings
Number 4 is by Robert Balling Jr. and the article is about (Redirected from Environmental geoscience)
Environmental geology, like hydrogeology, is an applied science concerned with the practical application of the principles of geology in the solving of environmental problems. Balling is a professor of geology at ASU and also ran the Climatology department there for a while too.
Number 5 has a bunch of authors all of which I can't find anything on them mainly because of no first names so how did he find anything on them?
So one person out of 5 and you think that's enough? I think he didn't write the whole article because he didn't know enough that is why 4 others joined in. ;)
Why?
Were her comments peer reviewed?
No?
Her comments are now ignored.
Thanks you for calling my attention to her post.
Just kidding :-)
At least now there's a link to the paper that uses the image. No data or info as to who ran the simulations.
"...Simulated global temperature in experiments that include human influences (pink line), and model experiments that included only natural factors (blue line)..."
Apparently, none of the models or experiments were able to hind-cast the spike in observed.
BTW, exactly when were these experiments run?
None. And a direct hit is not a landfall:
Direct Hit:
A close approach of a tropical cyclone to a particular location. For locations on the left-hand side of a tropical cyclone's track (looking in the direction of motion), a direct hit occurs when the cyclone passes to within a distance equal to the cyclone's radius of maximum wind. For locations on the right-hand side of the track, a direct hit occurs when the cyclone passes to within a distance equal to twice the radius of maximum wind.
Landfall:
The intersection of the surface center of a tropical cyclone with a coastline.
Glossary of NHC Terms
There were 13 direct hits and 16 landfalls elsewhere.
2010 Atlantic hurricane season
What are those showing ????
David H. Douglass was apart of the 6th article which also has many other authors.
Also he has none of which you posted this is his wikipedia
David H. Douglass is an American physicist at the University of Rochester. Prof. Douglass received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratories and MIT, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. At Chicago, he was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor. Prof. Douglass joined the University of Rochester as a Professor of Physics in 1968. Prof. Douglass was a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Award (junior) for 4 years, the Alfred P. Sloan Award (senior), and the University of Rochester's Bridging Fellowship to the Eastman School of Music. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the New York Academy of Sciences.
Does any of that look what you wrote. Again another lie.
I didn't ask for the real definition of it. Just which hit the U.S. and in fact it still remains as one weak system as all of the storms that hit just south of Texas had the left part of the hurricane just missing the state.
Actually all my points did. I pointed you out as a liar ;)
Number 270 is the greatest example.
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Don't lie. I'm not personally attacking you you said David Douglass did things he never did I just corrected you and said you lied which is true. You did lie to people on this blog.
A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others, often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation, protect someone's feelings or to avoid a punishment or repercussion ...
I'm still waiting for someone to post a list of degrees that they WILL accept as appropriate for "climate science" scientists. There are some who think meteorologists should be included.
And I'd also like to see a list of the "peer-reviewed" journals they'll accept.
I know there's one out there, they keep referring back to it...
Halo...you are arguing with a fool...
and getting real close to making it so he is arguing with one as well.
He obviously doesn't have the education sufficient to provide coherent counter-point to the various presentations before him so he simply does what is left to him.
Doing whatever it takes to silence the opposition.
But you said Douglass was this...
Which he isn't
Sorry I got carried away thanks for bringing me out of that slump I was getting into phew time to take a breathe arguing with these people is stressful enough.
Oh, sorry to over-inform you. I'll go back and delete that part ;-)
Absolutely . :-)
Too bad there's no pictures of those glaciers during the 1800's.
Probably would have seen some change there, too.
About 2/3rds of the population will always, always believe and do whatever someone in authority tells them. Who they see as the authority will depend on their social identity. They do not care about how the world works or why, only that it does. Rules in and of themselves are good and fair.
Most of the rest will go with the flow just to avoid rocking the boat. They may attempt to change things gradually or mitigate losses at the very least. But, they will always do so while working within the previously mentioned leadership framework, and will be largely ineffective. To change broken rules, one must work within the existing ones.
The remaining few are split between analytical people and leaders. Leaders that do not pay homage to the established leadership are branded as criminals. Although, there is often very little difference between the classifications outside of circumstance and impulse control issues. Rules are decrees of authority, something lower people abide by.
So, for what it's worth. There are people out there that are actually interested in how the world works. Chances are, you don't like them. ...not if they are honest with you at least. And, since they aren't "part of the team," much of any team really, it makes them easy targets for leaders the profit from ignorance instead of merit. You can convince these people if you provide them with the information in a format they can swallow. But, usually they are persecuted by people that just want to beat them until they shut up, get back in the line, and start towing. Confront the persecutors about it, and they claim to be teaching the recipients the truth, more like "teaching them a lesson" instead of "why or why not." Rules are merely artificial constructs for organizing people and guiding them towards achieving goals.
So, yes, there are people in this world that do have a strong enough sense of self to think for themselves to some crippled extent. They are rare, and sometimes driven half mad thanks to near continuous rejection of their actual selves. But, they do exist.
The reason for the warming is traced back to pollution, specifically fossil fuels, primarily oil.
The governments who supply us with this fuels for the most part want us all dead.
What better way than to just keep selling us the stuff and encouraging us to use it indiscriminately?
Almost certainly; there would have been even more ice. The terminal ends of those glaciers in their "before" photos show ice many hundreds or even thousands of years old. Pretty amazing--and disturbing, at least to me--just how rapidly a massive chunk of ice hundreds of feet thick, thousands of feet wide, and miles long can simply vanish into nothingness...
Oh!! (Duh!!!)
Thanks for that.
Back to look at them again....
Just because no one has the sorts of records we keep today doesn't mean we don't have other ways of understanding conditions hundreds and even thousands, maybe millions of years ago.
Silly post.
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