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Re: [Phys-L] Garth Paltridge: Climate Change's Inherent Uncertainties



When passions are involved, too many code words are used. Are you trying to state that Argo is producing legitimate data, or biased and massaged data? They have 3000 probes distributed around the glove, taking data down to 2 km below the surface. The data are presented globally, hemi spherically, and sliced and diced in all kinds of ways. Is the outrage here because the data stream is too long or short? What is the opinion piece? The poster was simply quoting ARGO results.

Perhaps you are not responding to the last post in the thread?

I really didn't understand the posting - it appeared to be critical about something - but it wasn't clear what.

Bob at PC

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From: Phys-l [mailto:phys-l-bounces@phys-l.org] On Behalf Of brian
whatcott
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 2:58 PM
To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org; marx@phy.ilstu.edu
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] Garth Paltridge: Climate Change's Inherent
Uncertainties


On 2/6/2014 11:10 AM, a contributor wrote:
The ARGO project is certainly an excellent program to understand and
measure changes in the world's oceans.

It is very surprising that the available annual data from ARGO from
2003-2012 shows no significant increase in ocean heat content for the
northern hemisphere, while at the same time there was a very
substantial increase in southern hemisphere heat content.
/snip/


First, let's make an opinion piece look like science: then let's pick a recent set
of the temporal
data and show that though the global trend is confirmed, you can pick
hemispheric data
showing a thermal breathing mode. It is indeed, very surprising.
Not globally....
mostly it's US science that seems buffeted by political considerations.
Which reminds me: did you see the reviled Bill Nye the Science guy debating
Hamm,
the 6Kyr Earth guy on Biblical inerrancy?
Now THAT'S Show-Biz!

Brian Whatcott Altus OK
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