Comments on: Tear-stained letter #2 http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tear-stained-letter-2 Global warming and the future of New Zealand Thu, 24 May 2012 08:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Steve Bloom http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/#comment-4317 Steve Bloom Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:32:50 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/#comment-4317 See the discussion about solar influence included <a href="http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2007/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The upshot seems to be that while the effect is hard to measure exactly, the forcing is large enough that it must be doing something. See the discussion about solar influence included here. The upshot seems to be that while the effect is hard to measure exactly, the forcing is large enough that it must be doing something.

]]> By: Gareth http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/#comment-4316 Gareth Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:42:29 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/#comment-4316 Nitpick 1 accepted (and clarified in the text). Nitpick 2 may be true, but I rather thought the ±0.1ºC attributed to TSI change over the solar cycle was still speculative rather than established (one paper?). It makes sense, but the signal is difficult to tease out of the data. Nitpick 1 accepted (and clarified in the text). Nitpick 2 may be true, but I rather thought the ±0.1ºC attributed to TSI change over the solar cycle was still speculative rather than established (one paper?). It makes sense, but the signal is difficult to tease out of the data.

]]> By: Steve Bloom http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/#comment-4315 Steve Bloom Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:28:13 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/tear-stained-letter-2/#comment-4315 Great post. These are uncomfortable times for the libertarians to be promoting their economic ideas, so I suppose this sort of thing makes them feel better. Nitpicks: 1) Strictly speaking the fingerprint is stratosphere cooling in combination with troposphere warming. 2) The solar minimum gets part of the credit for current temps. Great post. These are uncomfortable times for the libertarians to be promoting their economic ideas, so I suppose this sort of thing makes them feel better.

Nitpicks: 1) Strictly speaking the fingerprint is stratosphere cooling in combination with troposphere warming. 2) The solar minimum gets part of the credit for current temps.

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