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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1750 on: May 13, 2018, 04:29:22 PM »
Yes Oren, that paper does support my claims that increasing temperatures are due much more to increased minimum temperatures, especially during the winter, and much less to maximum temperatures, especially in the summer.  With regards to the Arctic (one of my post you referenced), they state, "Practically all warming must be attributed to Tmin increase." 

Thank you for your supporting evidence.
I hate feeding, but for the protection of innocent readers again (if any such still exist in regards to certain posters): is this really what they state? I almost took your word for it. But then I checked.
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Table 1. Assessment of changes in the temperature extremes and range for the diurnal cycle as published in the literature.
Reference: Tuomenvirta et al. (2000) ; Period and geographical area: 1910–1995; Greenland, Nordic Seas, Scandinavia ; Conclusions: Practically all warming must be attributed to Tmin increase
So, the paper says nothing of the sort. All it does is cite a reference that says this, and not in regards to the arctic but to certain northern locations, and using data 15 years older.

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« Reply #1751 on: May 13, 2018, 05:03:40 PM »
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« Reply #1752 on: May 13, 2018, 06:07:40 PM »
In the total absence of anthropogenic aerosols (air pollution from fossil fuels)  The earth will experience (median estimate) +0.8C of warming.

Currently there is a massive amount of residual warming locked in from historic emissions of GHGs.  This is determined by the Earth's energy imbalance which is now +0.9 Watts per meter-squared.  This energy is primarily being absorbed by the world's oceans and is equivalent to 600,000 Hiroshima bombs' worth of energy per day being absorbed.  This energy imbalance will not go away until surface temperatures have reached equilibrium.  Moderate estimates of climate sensitivity to this energy show that this means we have locked in an additional +0.7C of warming to equilibrium.

We are at 1.2C now + 0.8C (aerosols) + 0.7C (energy imbalance) = 2.7C

This does not include the 3C that the aerosols are currently cooling the Arctic
This does not include the 9C (Early Fall) warming that the Arctic will necessarily experience under the ice-free conditions that an additional 3C of warming (aerosols) and 30% (from 1980) sea ice volume loss that will occur in the absence of aerosols.

This does not include the carbon cycle feedbacks that recently published field-studies show will be much worse than the current models project.  This is significant especially WRT the Arctic, since the models do not include emissions from permafrost.

The difference between the actual carbon cycle emissions projected from the best science published in the last 2 years and the models working from data that is 10 years old is approximately +400GtC of emissions which is approximately 3/4th the total carbon emitted to the Earth's atmosphere by humans since 1880.

This additional emissions of carbon will likely produce at least 150 ppmv of CO2 into the earth's atmosphere between now and 2100

This figure of 150 ppmv of CO2 is a conservative estimate since it projects current carbon cycle land and ocean sinks to stay at their current rates but these carbon cycle sinks are (in the last 2 years) being observed to go into decline.

This does not include future human emissions of CO2 between now and when we stop (including land-use changes).

The additional 150 ppmv of CO2 from carbon cycle emissions will raise the earth's temperature by an additional 0.8C (forcing and warming of atmospheric CO2 follows a logarithmic, not a linear scale).

So, in the absence of ANY future CO2 emissions from humans (if we all magically stopped burning fossil fuels today we would:

Experience a massive shift of warming and circulation changes (PDO, ENSO, AMO, Amazon and Pacific tropical rainfall patters, monsoon shifts, Arctic regional warming) within 7 years
We would also experience a complete loss of Arctic sea ice within 2 years

The Earth's surface temperature would rise by 60% of the additional warming from aerosols and energy imbalances (combined total +1.5C) = +0.9C by 2030.  Yielding a globally averaged surface temperature of 2.1C.

By 2100 the majority of this full warming will be achieved plus Arctic regional warming from albedo decreases and carbon cycle feedbacks producing a globally averaged warming of 3.6C.

By 2200 the full carbon cycle emissions from melting permafrost and equilibrium temperature will be close to achieved with a warming above pre-industrial of >4.5C.

Without any further human emissions of CO2 and land use changes.
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« Reply #1753 on: May 13, 2018, 11:02:14 PM »
Yes Oren, that paper does support my claims that increasing temperatures are due much more to increased minimum temperatures, especially during the winter, and much less to maximum temperatures, especially in the summer.  With regards to the Arctic (one of my post you referenced), they state, "Practically all warming must be attributed to Tmin increase." 

Thank you for your supporting evidence.

without knowing too much on the matter i'd say you're right that minima get faster higher and maxima raise more moderately.

what i can't see what that would matter when we observe that the planet is warming up. even if minima would (in theory) reach the level of current maxima and maxima would remain on current levels we would face global warming and all it's effects, hence as far as i can see with my limited knowledge of course, this discussion whether it's the minima or both that contribute more to global warming is useless when it comes to debates about solutions.

or in short, what's the point and i promise to listen to your reply ;)

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« Reply #1754 on: May 13, 2018, 11:23:46 PM »
Yes Oren, that paper does support my claims that increasing temperatures are due much more to increased minimum temperatures, especially during the winter, and much less to maximum temperatures, especially in the summer.  With regards to the Arctic (one of my post you referenced), they state, "Practically all warming must be attributed to Tmin increase." 

Thank you for your supporting evidence.

without knowing too much on the matter i'd say you're right that minima get faster higher and maxima raise more moderately.

what i can't see what that would matter when we observe that the planet is warming up. even if minima would (in theory) reach the level of current maxima and maxima would remain on current levels we would face global warming and all it's effects, hence as far as i can see with my limited knowledge of course, this discussion whether it's the minima or both that contribute more to global warming is useless when it comes to debates about solutions.

or in short, what's the point and i promise to listen to your reply ;)

As far as the overall temperature rise, it is immaterial.  The average global temperature will be the same whether it is entirely the minimum rising, maximum, or equally split.  Where it may make a difference is assessing heat waves, and whether we can expect any change in the future; either more or less.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1755 on: May 13, 2018, 11:46:11 PM »
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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1756 on: May 13, 2018, 11:57:06 PM »
in the future?

http://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/increased-extreme-heat-and-heat-waves
Looks like a cooling signal is becoming more pronounced across the lower edge of the Canadian Shield...


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« Reply #1758 on: May 14, 2018, 04:05:14 PM »
Thank you jai. Disturbing but informative. Given the mass of the oceans and its ability to absorb energy relative to the atmosphere, could it serve as the earth's air conditioner for some time? Sure, the warming at depth will alter the ocean food chain but, if we continue to use surface temperature as the prime measure of global warming, (foolish in my opinion) would this delay the final day of reckoning under near BAU conditions by slowing surface temperature rise?

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« Reply #1759 on: May 14, 2018, 04:08:08 PM »
in the future?

http://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/increased-extreme-heat-and-heat-waves
Looks like a cooling signal is becoming more pronounced across the lower edge of the Canadian Shield...

The last two ice sheets (Greenland and the Antarctic) will persist and become prominent features in a drastically warming world and their influence on the surrounding regions will serve as a last refuge for life on a dying planet.

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« Reply #1760 on: May 14, 2018, 04:11:43 PM »
in the future?

http://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/increased-extreme-heat-and-heat-waves

Hmmmmm.....

Seems pretty straightforward. As global mean temperatures rise, we see peak temperatures rise with them. Pesky thing.....facts and data.

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« Reply #1761 on: May 14, 2018, 05:04:40 PM »
I'm not sure there's anything very controversial about the max/min temperature issue:

On average, daily minimum temperatures are rising faster than daily maximums, and winter temperatures are rising faster than summer ones, and this is reflected in record-breaking temperatures - we are breaking more "high minimum" temperature records than "high maximum" records. However, both maximums and minimums are rising, and we are setting more "high maximum" than "low maximum" records, again indicative of rising maximum temperatures. This is a slightly separate issue from the question of extreme weather events, and the extent to which they are becoming more common.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1762 on: May 14, 2018, 08:58:40 PM »
in the future?
Yes.
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-high-and-low-temperatures
No. Just read your own link.
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Heat waves in the 1930s remain the most severe heat waves in the U.S. historical record (see Figure 1). The spike in Figure 1 reflects extreme, persistent heat waves in the Great Plains region during a period known as the “Dust Bowl.” Poor land use practices and many years of intense drought contributed to these heat waves by depleting soil moisture and reducing the moderating effects of evaporation.
Nationwide, unusually hot summer days (highs) have become more common over the last few decades (see Figure 2). The occurrence of unusually hot summer nights (lows) has increased at an even faster rate. This trend indicates less “cooling off” at night.
The 20th century had many winters with widespread patterns of unusually low temperatures, including a particularly large spike in the late 1970s (see Figure 3). Since the 1980s, though, unusually cold winter temperatures have become less common—particularly very cold nights (lows).
The two maps show where changes in the number of days with unusually hot (above the 95th percentile) and cold (below the 5th percentile) days have occurred since 1948. Unusually high temperatures have increased in the western United States and in several areas along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, but decreased in much of the middle of the country (see Figure 4). The number of unusually cold days has generally decreased throughout the country, particularly in the western United States (see Figure 5).
If the climate were completely stable, one might expect to see highs and lows each accounting for about 50 percent of the records set. Since the 1970s, however, record-setting daily high temperatures have become more common than record lows across the United States (see Figure 6). The most recent decade had twice as many record highs as record lows.
Combining data from the Dust Bowl period and recent decades is very misleading. The dust bowl happened primarily due to man-made mistakes which vastly aggravated a not uncommon drought.
Ignoring that period, the warming signal is very much pronounced, as stated in the key points above.

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« Reply #1763 on: May 14, 2018, 09:42:37 PM »
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The timelines in my writing take those delayed impacts into account.  If we stopped all emissions today the equilibrium temperature won't be reached until after 2200.  However, there is more than enough locked in warming to ensure that that final temperature is greater than 4.5C above pre-industrial and the near term impacts of loss of aerosol cooling and arctic albedo/carbon cycle emissions will ensure that we cross 2C before 2030 (especially if China works diligently to reduce their air pollution).
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« Reply #1764 on: May 14, 2018, 10:14:05 PM »
in the future?
Yes.
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-high-and-low-temperatures
No. Just read your own link.
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Heat waves in the 1930s remain the most severe heat waves in the U.S. historical record (see Figure 1). The spike in Figure 1 reflects extreme, persistent heat waves in the Great Plains region during a period known as the “Dust Bowl.” Poor land use practices and many years of intense drought contributed to these heat waves by depleting soil moisture and reducing the moderating effects of evaporation.
Nationwide, unusually hot summer days (highs) have become more common over the last few decades (see Figure 2). The occurrence of unusually hot summer nights (lows) has increased at an even faster rate. This trend indicates less “cooling off” at night.
The 20th century had many winters with widespread patterns of unusually low temperatures, including a particularly large spike in the late 1970s (see Figure 3). Since the 1980s, though, unusually cold winter temperatures have become less common—particularly very cold nights (lows).
The two maps show where changes in the number of days with unusually hot (above the 95th percentile) and cold (below the 5th percentile) days have occurred since 1948. Unusually high temperatures have increased in the western United States and in several areas along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, but decreased in much of the middle of the country (see Figure 4). The number of unusually cold days has generally decreased throughout the country, particularly in the western United States (see Figure 5).
If the climate were completely stable, one might expect to see highs and lows each accounting for about 50 percent of the records set. Since the 1970s, however, record-setting daily high temperatures have become more common than record lows across the United States (see Figure 6). The most recent decade had twice as many record highs as record lows.
Combining data from the Dust Bowl period and recent decades is very misleading. The dust bowl happened primarily due to man-made mistakes which vastly aggravated a not uncommon drought.
Ignoring that period, the warming signal is very much pronounced, as stated in the key points above.

And the recent period is not man-made?  Sure, ignoring some of the data will get you the trend you seek, but is it honest and accurate?

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« Reply #1765 on: May 14, 2018, 11:24:39 PM »
April 2018 was tied for 3rd warmest on JMA’s release.  Notice the 5-year running mean has been above the linear trend for 20+ years. 

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« Reply #1766 on: May 15, 2018, 07:47:13 AM »
Although the fact that winters are warming up faster than summers may be good news from a human comfort point of view, nights warming faster than days is not.  Warm temps at night are a major contribution to health risks from heatwaves - the human body needs its recovery time in a cooler night and not getting as much is dangerous.
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« Reply #1767 on: May 15, 2018, 12:17:05 PM »
On the question of whether warmer winters/nights are good, in many places cold winters help to kill off all kinds of nasty critters, maintaining the fragile balance that exists in all ecosystems. They also act as triggers for plants and animals, in the same way that daily minima do. If you upset this, the consequences are hard to predict, but in certain places they are likely to be catastrophic. Some people and places may benefit, but the general consensus is that if change is too quick, it's difficult for ecosystems to adjust, and hence the average impact will almost certainly be detrimental.

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« Reply #1768 on: May 15, 2018, 01:13:21 PM »
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April 2018 was tied for 3rd warmest on JMA’s release.  Notice the 5-year running mean has been above the linear trend for 20+ years. 

To say it a different way...... we have slowly been entering the next phase UP in temperatures over the past 20+ years.

I showed the same post as this about a year ago (without the 2017 years results).  The underlying fundamentals are worsening:  More ice melting, more heat being absorbed by the oceans, more CO2 being emitted......rinse and repeat.

The night time temperatures going up at a faster rate than the day time temps is of little comfort to me...... and clearly of little comfort to mother earth.

On this chart I have drawn in a new, accelerated "channel" which I expect to provide a better approximation of where we are headed over the next 5 - 10 years (in black).

As well ...... I have circled in GREEN the short term LOWS in the 5 year average blue line.  Again ..... you can see where we are headed.  Facts and truth really are stubborn little guys that never go away.

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« Reply #1769 on: May 15, 2018, 01:33:40 PM »
And of course ...... if the air temperatures have been rising at a HIGHER RATE..... guess what happens to melting?

Yes.... it goes up at a FASTER RATE AS WELL.  Unless you are a Republican senate candidate in Florida..... and then you just IGNORE IT (Right Rick Scott?).

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« Reply #1770 on: May 15, 2018, 03:38:13 PM »
I believe they passed a law in North Carolina that prohibited the seas from rising faster than the average annual increase for the last century so no problem there.

Oh...wait. Just checked. The law simply said they couldn't talk about accelerating sea level rise nor use it in any planning efforts to accommodate it.

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« Reply #1771 on: May 16, 2018, 06:15:10 PM »
GISS LOTI came in lower than expected for April: +0.86°C.  On NCEP reanalysis it was one of the warmest(anomaly) of the last 12 months but it was down from March’s +0.88°C. 

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« Reply #1772 on: May 16, 2018, 07:34:15 PM »
While the absolute anomaly was lower for April it was the third warmest April on record. March on the other hand was the sixth warmest on record.

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« Reply #1773 on: May 17, 2018, 06:51:49 AM »
Remember when the deniers obsessed over "the pause."  The running 12-month average has been above the long term trend since the start of this century.  After 2 weak/moderate La Niñas the running 12-month average is just now approaching the 30-year linear trend. 

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« Reply #1774 on: May 23, 2018, 01:31:22 AM »
Katharine Hayhoe:  “The ‘global temperature’ blanket is becoming quite a thing in knitting and crochet circles!”

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« Reply #1775 on: June 07, 2018, 09:55:32 PM »
Contiguous U.S., month of May.

“Every part of every state had near/above normal temperatures last month -- the warmest May in our country's recorded history. ”
https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1004384345442934784
     “oh, whoops, one tiny part of SW Florida was slightly cooler than normal. so... you know... carry on with your Wednesday. No transformatively existential permanent changes to our global atmosphere happening here or anything.”

NOAA: “JUST IN: Contiguous USA had warmest May on record per @NOAANCEIclimate (link: https://bit.ly/2kUSM1c) #StateOfClimate ”
https://twitter.com/NOAA/status/1004378541142827008
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“Nighttimes during the shoulder seasons + winter are the fastest warming for a simple reason: The atmosphere is retaining more heat, especially overnight and during the coldest times of the year.

Sep 2017 - May 2018 is another datapoint confirming that trend in the United States. ”
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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1776 on: June 08, 2018, 07:56:41 AM »
Same data but with a 5-year smooth.  Really clears out the noise.

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« Reply #1777 on: June 16, 2018, 10:24:15 PM »
I expected temps to climb now La Nina is well over, but it looks like they have been dropping since March /April.


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« Reply #1778 on: June 17, 2018, 04:47:06 AM »
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/ioap-ect052318.php

Earth’s climate to increase by 4 degrees by 2084

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« Reply #1779 on: June 17, 2018, 06:28:02 AM »
Thanks wili.

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« Reply #1780 on: June 19, 2018, 03:22:16 AM »
Highly optimistic as usual IMO. More and more feedbacks kicking in at a faster rate should have us at 4 C well before then no? Not to mention economic shocks will take out the cooling effect of aerosols.

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« Reply #1781 on: June 19, 2018, 08:13:08 AM »
NASA Giss for May is in at +0,82oC. This makes May 2018 to the fourth warmest May behind 2016,2017 and 2014.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1782 on: June 19, 2018, 12:56:34 PM »
Thanks wili.



Should the model lines be moved up or down so they go through 2017 temp (perhaps as adjusted for ENSO) in 2017?

Not sure that makes a huge difference to the date range range, so probably OK as is, but I thought I would mention it to see what others think.


I was a little surprised at the median sharply accelerating from about now: 0.7C in last 50 years to 3C in 66 years. I would expect acceleration over this period but more smoothly not so much jerk just about now. Is that likely to really happen soon or is it just random wiggle in median line that is not likely to happen?

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1783 on: June 19, 2018, 02:06:52 PM »
I suspect random wiggle, but who knows?

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« Reply #1784 on: June 19, 2018, 06:42:51 PM »
I think that inflection won't happen until the Arctic sea ice is gone because  the Arctic serves as a heat sink for the world. That heat sink is getting depleted as we speak and when it is no longer there the inflection will happen very, very fast.
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« Reply #1785 on: June 19, 2018, 07:05:06 PM »
I think that inflection won't happen until the Arctic sea ice is gone because  the Arctic serves as a heat sink for the world. That heat sink is getting depleted as we speak and when it is no longer there the inflection will happen very, very fast.
The Arctic is only a heat sink for a small part of the year. The continents are a heat sink for far longer and take up much more area. Changes to albedo will ensure that we are at maximum warming between now ~2025 or so and increased continental albedo due to snowfall will quickly overwhelm everything else (providing an optimal spring heat sink and more than buffering the Arctic's dwindling capacity).

Oceanic temps may keep rising for a bit longer than that but I think rather than an "inflection" point upwards we are about to see major shifts to the other direction. At first they will be regional but as the absolute anomalies keep increasing they will become increasingly pan-continental.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1786 on: June 20, 2018, 04:55:16 AM »
Running 12-month mean GISS LOTI back down to the 30-year linear trend.  Was above for the last 3 years.   If El Niño does develop, October/November will be the first months of notable sfc temp. impacts.  So wouldn’t be shocked if we drop below the 30-year trend the next 6 months or so. 

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« Reply #1787 on: June 20, 2018, 06:25:12 AM »
The Arctic is only a heat sink for a small part of the year. The continents are a heat sink for far longer and take up much more area. Changes to albedo will ensure that we are at maximum warming between now ~2025 or so and increased continental albedo due to snowfall will quickly overwhelm everything else (providing an optimal spring heat sink and more than buffering the Arctic's dwindling capacity).

All that water vapor may eventually fall as rain, as temperature increases. And then, goodbye continental albedo.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1788 on: June 20, 2018, 09:27:58 AM »
The Arctic is only a heat sink for a small part of the year. The continents are a heat sink for far longer and take up much more area. Changes to albedo will ensure that we are at maximum warming between now ~2025 or so and increased continental albedo due to snowfall will quickly overwhelm everything else (providing an optimal spring heat sink and more than buffering the Arctic's dwindling capacity).

All that water vapor may eventually fall as rain, as temperature increases. And then, goodbye continental albedo.
Greenland is "too big to fail" i.e. will provide sufficient buffering, and does so especially when the sea ice is low.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1789 on: June 21, 2018, 02:52:56 AM »
Thanks wili.



Why does the acceleration on that chart look unreasonable to me?

This chart looks more reasonable:



But it reaches close to 8 degrees, in contrast to the 5 of the first chart (land only vs land/ocean?).  I think somehow the combination of higher scale, and more jagged detail somehow makes the first chart look scarier than the second charts lower scale, focus on 2000-2100 only, and smoothed trend, even though the second one reaches a higher number.  Funny how the mind works....
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« Reply #1790 on: June 21, 2018, 03:25:35 AM »
The image just provided uses Fahrenheit while the one above it uses Celsius.
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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1791 on: June 21, 2018, 05:58:38 AM »
The Arctic is only a heat sink for a small part of the year. The continents are a heat sink for far longer and take up much more area. Changes to albedo will ensure that we are at maximum warming between now ~2025 or so and increased continental albedo due to snowfall will quickly overwhelm everything else (providing an optimal spring heat sink and more than buffering the Arctic's dwindling capacity).

All that water vapor may eventually fall as rain, as temperature increases. And then, goodbye continental albedo.
Greenland is "too big to fail" i.e. will provide sufficient buffering, and does so especially when the sea ice is low.

I sincerely doubt Greenland alone and some snow on land will buffer the loss of the Arctic Sea Ice albedo. On the other hand, Greenland may be "too big not to fail". But of course, i'd rather be wrong on this.

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« Reply #1792 on: June 22, 2018, 02:53:44 PM »
The Arctic is only a heat sink for a small part of the year. The continents are a heat sink for far longer and take up much more area. Changes to albedo will ensure that we are at maximum warming between now ~2025 or so and increased continental albedo due to snowfall will quickly overwhelm everything else (providing an optimal spring heat sink and more than buffering the Arctic's dwindling capacity).

All that water vapor may eventually fall as rain, as temperature increases. And then, goodbye continental albedo.
Greenland is "too big to fail" i.e. will provide sufficient buffering, and does so especially when the sea ice is low.

I sincerely doubt Greenland alone and some snow on land will buffer the loss of the Arctic Sea Ice albedo. On the other hand, Greenland may be "too big not to fail". But of course, i'd rather be wrong on this.

As the Arctic becomes increasingly seasonally ice free, the persistent ice sheet on Greenland will begin to have outsized impacts on NH climate and weather patterns IMHO as will the large expanses of open water. This is already happening and I find it one of the most interesting things to follow. To think that a persistent, yet lonely, ice covered Greenland in an increasingly ice free NH and a rapidly warming world will somehow tip the balance towards global cooling doesn't make sense to me.

And saying that it will over and over again is not going to convince me.

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« Reply #1793 on: June 22, 2018, 02:57:12 PM »
I do believe we are seeing an emerging, much cloudier, Arctic as a result of all of the open water. This is driving warmer winters and cooler summers which will likely delay a BOE.

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Re: Global Surface Air Temperatures
« Reply #1794 on: June 22, 2018, 03:20:20 PM »
For sure, more open Arctic waters will cause cloudier summers (due to increased humidity), thus cooler, and will support a delayed BOE.  However, these same open Arctic waters will engender more mixing with warm deeper waters (via storms) which heat the surface and will support an early BOE.

To me, these signal a more chaotic environment, and forecasting an early or late BOE seems to be the devils' errand.
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« Reply #1795 on: June 22, 2018, 04:02:38 PM »
Tor...You are right of course.

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« Reply #1796 on: June 23, 2018, 03:32:11 PM »
Might it be possible that these changes result in ever decreasing winter maxima, but little change in summer minima?

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« Reply #1797 on: June 23, 2018, 04:18:13 PM »
Might it be possible that these changes result in ever decreasing winter maxima, but little change in summer minima?

Why?

Surely shallow water freezes and unfreezes easily as not much depth of water gathering heat during summer. So why not maxima decreasing slightly more slowly than without extra water areas and similar for minima (warm land areas further away) so main difference is larger swings between maxima and minima?


I am not convinced about whether the sea level rise effect on the Arctic sea ice is significant for next couple of decades and after that, well there is so much that can happen that seems much more significant. Are we chasing an irrelevance here?

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« Reply #1798 on: June 23, 2018, 04:25:51 PM »
Might it be possible that these changes result in ever decreasing winter maxima, but little change in summer minima?

eventually this idea is a confusion of cause and effect, i'm sure someone is here to either explain why this is not the case of explain why it is like that. ;)

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« Reply #1799 on: June 24, 2018, 03:15:00 PM »
Might it be possible that these changes result in ever decreasing winter maxima, but little change in summer minima?

Why?

Surely shallow water freezes and unfreezes easily as not much depth of water gathering heat during summer. So why not maxima decreasing slightly more slowly than without extra water areas and similar for minima (warm land areas further away) so main difference is larger swings between maxima and minima?


I am not convinced about whether the sea level rise effect on the Arctic sea ice is significant for next couple of decades and after that, well there is so much that can happen that seems much more significant. Are we chasing an irrelevance here?

I do not doubt that a decreasing temperature range would result in a smaller swing between maximum and minimum.  I believe that the larger temperature change in winter will affect the maximum by a greater amount than the smaller temperature change in summer.  I would not be surprised to see higher minima.  I agree with you about sea levels.