Temperature calculations
from weather satellite data
originally had minor errors
in the measurements.
That allegedly led to skepticism
about the methodology.
The real reason for fake skepticism
was the surface temperature
"measurements" were mainly
wild guesses for areas
with no thermometers.
When government bureaucrats
with science degrees
got to wild guess
temperatures for a
majority of the planet's surface,
they could announce any number
they wanted to tell the public.
Weather satellites miss
only small areas above both poles
-- so there is very little opportunity
to wild guess ("infill") numbers.
The fake "science"
of climate alarmism
DEPENDS on the ability
to wild guess numbers,
and "adjust" raw data
frequently!
Minor changes in satellite orbits
were not originally recognized,
but when recognized,
temperature calculations
were changed
Government bureaucrats still ignore
temperature calculations
from weather satellites because they
show significantly less warming
than the mainly wild guessed surface data.
Government bureaucrats
also ignore the fact
that satellite temperature data
are independently verified
by similar weather balloon data.
The same government bureaucrats
jumped to use satellite data
for sea level rise
... because they showed
much faster rise
than land based sea gages.
The bureaucrats include
the UN Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC),
which is a political organization,
and "scientific" organizations
such as US's NASA and NOAA.
All three promote
data-free climate alarmism,
using scary, wrong predictions
of the future climate.
They, and the mainstream media,
ignore 30 years of wrong predictions!
Satellite measurements
of global sea level
have existed since 1992
Complex analyses transform
raw satellite measurements
into sea level variations,
The data are from aging,
and changing, satellites.
Satellite estimates
of sea level changes
have many uncertainties.
More work needs to be done
to calibrate satellite altimeter
measurements against the
global network of tide gauges
-- there are big differences.
And as usual,
government bureaucrats
ALWAYS choose
whatever measurement methodology
shows the most warming,
or the fastest sea level rise!
IPCC and NOAA
needlessly speculate
on an unrealistic
sea level rise predictions.
For one example, from 2016:
Tampa Bay Climate Science Advisory Panel
(CSAP) concluded that the Tampa Bay region
may experience sea level rise
between 1 to 7 feet by 2100.
The 1-foot rise in the next 84 years
was an extrapolation from local tidal gages.
The 7-foot rise was from NOAA satellites
-- the high estimates from IPCC reports.
One foot to seven feet is not a conclusion.
It is wild speculation on sea level rise
by government bureaucrats
who have no idea
what they are talking about.