Ouroboros Rex wrote:

Falcon wrote:
Ouroboros Rex wrote:

Falcon wrote:
Roger Coppock wrote:

On Oct 28, 12:53 am, Last Post wrote:
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If it comes from NASA those numbers are
meaningless since September is the beginning
of spring in the Southern hemisphere.

September was beginning of Spring in the Southern Hemisphere for
every one of the last 130 years. NASA data say this September was
the warmest in all those 130 years.

Global SST anomalies fell slighty between August and September, the
majority of the decline in the Northern Hemisphere.

September 2009 Southern Hemisphere SST Anomalies:
Monthly Change = -0.019 deg C
http://i34.tinypic.com/5ocuw4.png

The Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Temperature Data (OISST) are
available through the NOAA National Operational Model Archive &
Distribution System (NOMADS).
http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh?lite

Thanks, that's sea surface temperature.

IPCC AR4 has something to say about SSTs.

I suspect it does.

It does. It's pretty well connected according to the IPCC. Their sea level
rise predictions are based on global atmospheric temperature predictions.
The predicted rise in global air temperature (but see UAH below) leads to a
rise in global SST and a corresponding rise in sea levels.

Neither AR4 or SSTs are the subject, do you have
anything on the September southern hemisphere in general? SSTs have been
rising predicably with the new record having been set this past June.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate...lob-jun-pg.gif

Curious. I could be mistaken but it doesn't appear show the dip to near zero
global SST anomaly recorded in the NOMADS dataset for 2000. see
http://i33.tinypic.com/33e0vao.png I'd like to see the data on which they
base this analysis. It doesn't look like they used the NOMADS data
(published by the NOAA) at all, unless it's been heavily corrected for some
reason.

SST readings were particularly suspect prior to the start of the Argos Buoy
project in 2003. Even now they're considered inaccurate enough to be subject
to 'correction' by the Argos team prior to release.

You might be interested in this.
UAH Globally averaged temps - lower atmosphere.
http://tinypic.com/r/mwql39/4

Not sure about the southern hemisphere alone. Do you mean land-based station
temperature, lower atmosphere, or SST?

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