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The paper's author, University of Alabama, Huntsville researcher Roy Spencer, is a climate change skeptic and controversial figure within the climate research community.


Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, called Spencer a "controversial figure" within the climate research community. He argued that Spencer's paper is neither new nor correct.

 

""He's taken an incorrect model, he's tweaked it to match observations, but the conclusions you get from that are not correct,"" Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, said of Spencer's new study.


The study finds a mismatch between the month-to-month variations in temperature and cloud cover in models versus the real world over the past 10 years, said Gavin Schmidt, a NASA Goddard climatologist. ""What this mismatch is due to — data processing, errors in the data or real problems in the models — is completely unclear.""

Other researchers pointed to flaws in Spencer's paper, including an ""unrealistic"" model placing clouds as the driver of warming and a lack of information about the statistical significance of the temperatures observed by the satellites.

 

""I cannot believe it got published,"" said Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

 

 

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Originally Posted by Winston Niles Rumfoord:

The warmers are desperate. Their repu tations and livelihoods are at risk.  

 

(That dammed robotic censor even does Spanish). 

You are correct, except that you have your facts exactly backwards. it is the deniers whose livelihoods are at risk. That is why they deny the truth and you blindly follow, just are you follow the republicans who are fighting for the top 2% while you bend over for them.

I don't want to minimize this thread but with what is going on in Washington in politics (and I can understand all the deflection by interventor about ANYTHING to NOT face up to the fiasco that is going on thanks to the rethugliteacons)

But it seems like a lot of folks on this political forum seem to want to discuss the weather.

That is WAAAAAAAAAAAAY down the list right now.

Who cares?????????????

The warmers are misstating Spencer's work as to clouds being a driver of warming.  In certain situations, clouds deflect heat from the globe.  In others, they cause heat to stay trapped and not radiate into space.  Its the second effect Spencer's work is on.  The NASA models show clouds out to sea trapping the heat.  However, the clouds weren't actually there and the heat radiated into space away from the globe.

 

Interesting that its the same scientist who's work is supported by the IPCC.

Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:
Originally Posted by Winston Niles Rumfoord:

The warmers are desperate. Their repu tations and livelihoods are at risk.  

 

(That dammed robotic censor even does Spanish). 

You are correct, except that you have your facts exactly backwards. it is the deniers whose livelihoods are at risk. That is why they deny the truth and you blindly follow, just are you follow the republicans who are fighting for the top 2% while you bend over for them.

Why should I believe anyone totally ignorant of science on this issue? 

 

Tell us about your science education, jimi. 

 

You, too, Rocky, and Dittohead. 

Originally Posted by Mr.Dittohead:

""I cannot believe it got published,"" said Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

 

This quote is from a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize with all Gore so he couldn't have and skin in the game.....................Completely objective I'm sure..........

Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:
There is no other explanation for you and Skippy and dog soldier and a few other nitwits. You all know who you are. I am not going argue with you. I will simply tell the truth about you and move on.

But you CAN'T 'move on'.  You simply cannot turn down any opportunity to call someone a name that dares disagree with you.  You're like a dog that constantly chases its own tail...simply because it's there.

 

If you were a soldier, as you claim, how in the hell you stayed out of the brig is anyone's guess, because I guarantee you you didn't shoot off your mouth when you disagreed with your C.O. .

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