tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post5223944056010142970..comments2024-01-16T13:06:15.270-06:00Comments on Climate Change: The Next Generation: James Hansen et al: Global Temperature Update Through 2013Tenney Naumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-88360781703467026172014-01-22T14:05:02.987-06:002014-01-22T14:05:02.987-06:00If you are referring to global average surface tem...If you are referring to global average surface temperatures, I believe they are calculated from instruments that measure at a height of 2 meters. There are some extrapolations made and some measuring stations' data is eliminated if considered faulty.<br /><br />The extra energy you are referring to may be something that is used in climate models, however. Although, I think modeling of the Arctic is not very good, and we can see from the newest CMIP5 modeling results. CMIP5 models are better than CMIP3, but not by much.<br /><br />Ocean temperatures are measured and stated by depth. Latest data shows the depth of 700 meters is retaining a lot of the extra heat, but the ocean is so very large that this amounts to about a 0.1 degree Celsius increase. However, much of the heat is going into the deep ocean. But worse, some heat is not passing from the surface to depth and is heating up a lot in the western Pacific, causing a 20 cm rise in sea level and increasing storm frequency, intensity, and rainfall, with all the attendant consequences, none good.Tenney Naumerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-54256499532048220102014-01-21T12:48:21.683-06:002014-01-21T12:48:21.683-06:00I am curious, do the temperature readings used to ...I am curious, do the temperature readings used to measure the global temperature add in the additional planetary heat absorbed to allow the polar ice melts? Because it takes much more heat absorption to melt ice than to raise the temperature of water. So, I suspect that the ocean temperature will rise much faster as planetary ice melts. Is this not a correct assumption?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com