Computer models of the climate
are the foundation of the hysterical
calls to ban inexpensive, reliable
fossil fuel energy.
But the climate models
are a house of cards foundation.
Real-world data does show
mild, intermittent global warming,
mainly at night, and mainly in the
six coldest months of the year.
But actual warming has been
at a much slower rate than
"confuser" models predicted.
And there has been
no increase in the frequency
of extreme weather events,
except for the false claims
made by liars.
Long term NOAA tide gauges
reflect no obvious change
in sea level rise from
adding CO2 to the air.
The rise in sea level,
since peak glaciation
20,000 years ago,
continues, but there
was no acceleration of
the rate of sea level rise
in the past 125 years,
from rising CO2 levels.
Consider actual temperatures
since 1979, versus what the
32 families of climate models
used in the latest U.N. IPCC
report had predicted.
Atmospheric scientist
John Christy, PhD.,
compared models
with observations
( measurements )
for a House Science
Committee hearing
in March 2017.
Christy compared
global measurements
made by weather satellites,
and weather balloons,
in the upper levels
of the lower atmosphere.
( troposphere )
Dr. Christy concluded
the projected GLOBAL
warming by the models
averaged three times
what has been measured.
Over the vast tropics
the models predicted
7 times as much warming
as has been measured.
These are HUGE errors.
The tropical climate,
is very important.
Most atmospheric
moisture originates
in the tropical ocean.
The temperature
difference between
surface and upper
atmospheric temperature
determines how much
of the moisture rises
into the atmosphere.
Most agriculture
is dependent on
transfer of moisture
from the tropics
to milder regions.
Dr. Christy was NOT looking
at surface temperatures,
because those records
have been compromised
by arbitrary "adjustments"
that create more warming
out of thin air:
EXAMPLES:
(1)
Surface thermometer records
originally showed -0.3 degrees C.
global cooling from 1940 to 1975,
even as CO2 levels rose.
The last time I looked,
the cooling
had been "adjusted"
to only -0.1 degree C.,
and I expect that some day
the cooling period will
be "gone" ( one can't show cooling
when CO2 is rising -- because
that might "confuse" some people! )
(2)
Surface thermometer records
originally showed warming
had stopped from 2000 to 2014.
Until
"adjustments"
wiped out
that "pause"
in 2015.
The first "adjustment"
changed how ocean surface
temperature was calculated,
by replacing temperatures
from ships’ engine cooling
water intakes, with
drifting ocran buoys.
The size of the ship
had always determined
how deep the water
intake tube was, and
steel ships also warm up
under sunny, hot conditions.
The buoy temperatures,
measured by sensitive
electronic thermistors,
were adjusted upwards
to match the questionable
ship intake water data.
The buoy network
was growing during the
2000 - 2014 "pause",
so the warming "adjustments"
creating artificial warming
in the buoy data.
(3)
Another big "adjustment"
was over the Arctic Ocean,
where there are no
weather stations.
Even in warm summers,
there’s plenty of ice
over much of the
Arctic Ocean.
Temperatures were "infilled"
(guessed), based on nearby
land weather stations.
Extending land readings
over the Arctic Ocean
adds nonexistent warming
to the record.
(4)
Surface thermometers
are housed in standardized
instrument shelters, called
Stevenson Screens.
They are supposed to be kept
a specified shade of white.
Shelters in poorer countries
are rarely repainted, or cleaned,
... and a darker surface
absorbs more of the sun’s energy.