"Where?"
jeez, you posted the article, and I posted a response to it, then elaborated a bit later on. Funny you pick on something I responded to and not on any that I didn't respond to. You have also chosen not to respond to several of my queries, so it is pretty funny that you make a big deal out of this.
"While you're working on that, you can check out some more long term data."
Ok, shows a spike since industrial times. It is well documented that much, if not most of this is clearly a result of a large number of measuring stations being compromised by man-made heat island effect. This ranges from stations being locally placed near heat retaining structures such as sidewalks, buildings, etc., up to the larger island effects that urban areas generate.
Here is documentation of the striking heat island effect of a small urban area:
nwas.org
From the abstract of the above paper:
"When examining the monthly mean temperatures, there is a distinct urban influence on the local surface temperatures. In particular, the inner city region and the urbanized area of south Columbia were approximately 2 – 3 oF warmer in the mean than the surrounding environment. This difference grows to 3 – 6 oF when comparing the mean of the warmest station in the city to the mean of coolest station outside Columbia."
The site listed below has been meticulously documenting the fact that much of the U.S. network of weather stations are biased towards spuriously high temperature data due to improper station location. But, he's just a lowly blogger, ha!
wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com
Lot's of information for you to catch up on there, but it doesn't come from any of your government approved holy scriptures.
Straight forward and simple to understand, but ignored by the gatekeepers of knowledge. |
