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May 03, 2006
Climate Change Scientists Clear Up Some Confusion
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published a report that clears up some discrepancies between climate change models and real life data. These discrepancies had previously been used to challenge climate change models and the reality of man-made climate change. From the summary of the report:Specifically, surface data showed substantial global-average warming, while early versions of satellite and radiosonde data showed little or no warming above the surface. This significant discrepancy no longer exists because errors in the satellite and radiosonde data have been identified and corrected. New data sets have also been developed that do not show such discrepancies.These are the natural forcing factors for climate change:
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For recent decades, all current atmospheric data sets now show global-average warming that is similar to the surface warming. While these data are consistent with the results from climate models at the global scale, discrepancies in the tropics remain to be resolved. Nevertheless, the most recent observational and model evidence has increased confidence in our understanding of observed climatic changes and their causes.
Source: NOAA
Posted by dymaxion at May 3, 2006 10:11 PM