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To: Brumar89 who wrote (758414)12/20/2013 11:10:28 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 1578281
 
Denier weirdness: Russian steam pipes are causing global warming, sez Anthony Watts @wattsupwiththat
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Shades of " Airport UHI Disease".

Today Anthony Watts muses whether one reason this November was the hottest in the instrumental record is because of Russian steam pipes!

Here's the global temperature anomaly according to NASA GISTemp:

Data source: NASA


Here's a chart of the global temperature anomaly for November 2013:

Source: NOAA

In an article protesting the record warm November, Anthony wrote ( archived here):
Addendum: I have been wondering about that Russian red spot for 5 years. I’ve seen this red spot come and go in Russia, and I don’t know what the reason is. I do know this: neither I nor NOAA has a good handle on the siting characteristics of Russian weather stations. I do know one thing though, the central heating schemes for many Russian cities puts a lot of waste heat into the air from un-insulated steam pipes...and he proceeded to post a lot of photos of steam pipes in Russian cities.

I guess the Russians only turn on their steam pipes in hot Novembers, not cooler Novembers like last year?

Source: NOAA Nov 2013 and Nov 2012

It looks as if they turn on the steam pipes in outback Australia when it's a cold November worldwide. This year Alaska (and south west USA) turned on the steam pipes but last November they neglected to turn them on in Alaska. They didn't turn them on in north east North America this year, either - I bet they were wishing they were in northern Russia last month, where they could warm themselves up with the steam pipes!


Here's more PROOF that the steam pipes are only turned on in hot Novembers:



Source: NOAA Nov 2011 and Nov 2010

Once again, when it's a colder November worldwide, they turn on the steam pipes in Australia - but in different parts of the country. In northern Canada they are quite inconsistent about turning on the steam pipes.

Here's an animation with a map of world population distribution together with the global surface temperature anomaly for November this year. Those Russians are dreadfully inefficient piping all the steam into unpopulated areas of the country, aren't they.

Sources: NOAA and Maps.com




Kenji, the scientific dog, is probably feeling rather embarrassed again.

Remember when Anthony decided that China was getting hotter because of UHI disease? Trouble was that the warm anomalies were greatest in parts where almost no-one lived!

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