NOAA’s Fake SST’s Not Supported By Atmospheric Data

By Paul Homewood

Between 1979 and 1997, sea surface temperatures, SST’s, increased at a rate of 0.08C/decade, according to NOAA. This was almost exactly the same rate at which the lower atmosphere above the ocean warmed, using UAH data.

This, of course, is exactly what should be expected. As NASA state:

Sea surface temperatures have a large influence on climate and weather. Even changes of just a few degrees Celsius can influence large-scale weather phenomena, such as El Niño or tropical cyclones. One reason for this big influence is that evaporation from the oceans is the primary source of water vapor in the atmosphere. The warmer the water, the greater the evaporation.

It is this process of evaporation which cools the oceans, and subsequently warms the atmosphere via condensation.

However, since 1997 we find a totally different scenario.

While NOAA say that SST’s have continued increasing, atmpospheric temperatures have been falling.

1998 was an anomalous year, so has this skewed the results? Apparently not, because we find the same divergence when we measure from 2001.

Unless the laws of physics have changed, one of the datasets is wrong. UAH trends are very similar to RSS, and their processing methods are consistent and well established. On the other hand, NOAA relies on a mish mash of sparse ship and buoy measurements and missing data, all of which has been heavily adjusted.

I know which I would rather trust.

SOURCES

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/faq/anomalies.php

http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0beta/tlt/uahncdc_lt_6.0beta3