By JR on Saturday, March 05, 2016
Be Prepared For Latest UAH Satellite Global Temperature Data
At last El Nino has shown up in the satellite data. Warmists will say it was due to CO2 but since the 2015 temperature rise was WHOLLY due to El Nino and natural influences (see above), we must expect the same for this rise too. We don't have the CO2 figures for February yet but January showed only a tiny rise.
The media will be spreading catastrophic global warming news from the latest satellite temperature data from March 1, 2016.
The University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) posted its latest satellite global temperature data that spans until the end of February 2016. This is a data set from 1979 until present when satellite temperature measurements were first made. The data follows:
Latest Global Average Tropospheric Temperatures
Due to the super El Nino weather system along the Equator on the Western side of South America, this February was the hottest global temperature measured over the history of satellite temperature measurements from 1979.
The ocean temperature of the El Nino for December 2015 surpassed the highest temperature for the 1998 super El Nino. Ocean cooling started January 2016. What is in store for the rest of 2016 remains to be seen.
As seen for the 1998 El Nino, rapid cooling took place after the peak temperature early 1998. This was caused by the El Nino turning into the ocean cooling La Nina. Possibly the same temperature drop may take place in the future for 2016. This remains to be seen.
The satellite temperature data shows a temperature rise since 1979 of 0.12 degree C. per decade; or 1.2 degrees per century which places the earth's warming below the recommended limit on global warming of the 2015 Paris Climate Accord.
Data over thousands of years have shown approximate 500-year cycles of planet warming and cooling. We are currently in the Current Warming Period which commenced approximately 1850. This was preceded by the Little Ice Age from approximately 1350 to 1850. Thus continued global warming should be anticipated until after the start of the 22 century.
Email from James H Rust, professor of nuclear engineering and policy advisor The Heartland Institute