More record heat

[editec]

MARK HARRISON / THE SEATTLE TIMES

People from hotter parts of the country may snort, but in Seattle, anyway, Wednesday's heat broke a record set 57 years ago.

The temperature hit 90 degrees Wednesday at the National Weather Service's measuring station at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to meteorologist Chris Burke.

The previous record of 88 degrees was set in 1953. Record-keeping at the airport began five years before that, in 1948.

Thursday, meanwhile, is set to shatter records. With a strong high-pressure ridge sitting over the Northwest, the weather service is predicting temperatures will reach 94 degrees Thursday. The previous record for July 8 is 87 degrees.

Local News | Wednesday heat broke record set in 1953 | Seattle Times Newspaper

Yup.

Heard from the boy (who's doing landscaping this summer in Seattle) that the weather there is sweltering this summer.

His having been raised in Maine makes him a real pussy when it comes to temperatures over 80.

I suppose that the fact that he's digging ditches and installing irrigation systems might also exascerbate that heat problem somewhat, though.

Ah...it's good for him (if it doesn't kill him, of course).

 

[Old Rocks]

Seattle weather is seldom above 80, and ussually cloudy to boot. So in a normal summer, he would have been right at home in Seattle. Portland, Oregon is often ten degrees warmer than Seattle, except in the winter.

 

[Old Rocks]

Yep. Weather. And when you have enough years of it, it is called climate. And when the climate has warmed signicantly for 180 years, it is called a warming climate. And that climate is controlled by forcings. Solar radiation, orbitual and planetary inclination, and retained heat from GHGs.

The TSI has changed but little in the last 180 years, in fact, has declined slightly in the last 30 years. The Milankovic Cycles have started what would normally be a slow decline toward another ice age. Only the GHGs have increased, and that increase is what has caused the increase in temperature, exceeding the other forcings.

So you should have no problem whatsoever showing us in a lab how a 400PPM increase in sensitive CO2 will raise the temperature by a degree or two, right?

Been shown already, dingbat.

Papers on laboratory measurements of CO2 absorption properties AGW Observer

 

[westwall]

Yep. Weather. And when you have enough years of it, it is called climate. And when the climate has warmed signicantly for 180 years, it is called a warming climate. And that climate is controlled by forcings. Solar radiation, orbitual and planetary inclination, and retained heat from GHGs.

The TSI has changed but little in the last 180 years, in fact, has declined slightly in the last 30 years. The Milankovic Cycles have started what would normally be a slow decline toward another ice age. Only the GHGs have increased, and that increase is what has caused the increase in temperature, exceeding the other forcings.

And you've been warning us for 30 years old fraud and still NOTHING Psychics could do better!

 

[Old Rocks]

Now faux geologist, the last decade was the warmest on record. The second warmest was the prior decade. The third warmest, the decade before that. Kind of looks like a trend.

In the meantime, the glaciers are receding worldwide. Both the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Caps are losing ice by the gigaton. The past decade has seen a significant increase in precipitation events.

Northeast hit by record global-warming-type deluge Climate Progress

The Northeast has been walloped with record-smashing deluges and flooding.

I have called this type of rapid deluge, “global warming type” record rainfall, since it is one of the most basic predictions of climate science — and it’s an impact that has already been documented to have started, as I’ll discuss.

Of course, in this country, you’ll be hard pressed to find any discussion of global climate change in connection with this deluge. The Today Show ran 3 stories this morning and never mentioned climate change at all. But is it too much to ask after so many in the media mislead the public into thinking that the record snow was somehow evidence against human-caused global warming?

Other countries don’t have a problem explaining to the public that extreme weather is already becoming common, just as scientists said it would (see “Must re-read statement from UK’s Royal Society and Met Office on the connection between global warming and extreme weather&#8220. Indeed, at the very same time all the U.S. records were being smashed, the UK’s Guardian reported that China is taking action to deal with warming-driven extreme weather:

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yep. Weather. And when you have enough years of it, it is called climate. And when the climate has warmed signicantly for 180 years, it is called a warming climate. And that climate is controlled by forcings. Solar radiation, orbitual and planetary inclination, and retained heat from GHGs.

The TSI has changed but little in the last 180 years, in fact, has declined slightly in the last 30 years. The Milankovic Cycles have started what would normally be a slow decline toward another ice age. Only the GHGs have increased, and that increase is what has caused the increase in temperature, exceeding the other forcings.

So you should have no problem whatsoever showing us in a lab how a 400PPM increase in sensitive CO2 will raise the temperature by a degree or two, right?

Been shown already, dingbat.

Papers on laboratory measurements of CO2 absorption properties AGW Observer

I've warned you time and again, I'm not intimidated by the science and unlike you I take the trouble to read the articles people link.

Just to maximize your embarrassment, I will post each article you linked to, but not ONE of them dared to experiment with a small (200-400PPM) increase in CO2

What you posted is the equivalent of saying "Paper. It burns. So therefore we can use crumpled NY Times newspapers as the propellant in a Saturn V booster!"

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yep. Weather. And when you have enough years of it, it is called climate. And when the climate has warmed signicantly for 180 years, it is called a warming climate. And that climate is controlled by forcings. Solar radiation, orbitual and planetary inclination, and retained heat from GHGs.

The TSI has changed but little in the last 180 years, in fact, has declined slightly in the last 30 years. The Milankovic Cycles have started what would normally be a slow decline toward another ice age. Only the GHGs have increased, and that increase is what has caused the increase in temperature, exceeding the other forcings.

So you should have no problem whatsoever showing us in a lab how a 400PPM increase in sensitive CO2 will raise the temperature by a degree or two, right?

Been shown already, dingbat.

Papers on laboratory measurements of CO2 absorption properties AGW Observer

Spectroscopic database of CO2 line parameters: 4300–7000 cm−1 – Toth et al. (2008) “A new spectroscopic database for carbon dioxide in the near infrared is presented to support remote sensing of the terrestrial planets (Mars, Venus and the Earth). The compilation contains over 28,500 transitions of 210 bands from 4300 to 7000 cm−1…”

Does not show temperature increase from deminimus increases in CO2

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[CrusaderFrank]

Yep. Weather. And when you have enough years of it, it is called climate. And when the climate has warmed signicantly for 180 years, it is called a warming climate. And that climate is controlled by forcings. Solar radiation, orbitual and planetary inclination, and retained heat from GHGs.

The TSI has changed but little in the last 180 years, in fact, has declined slightly in the last 30 years. The Milankovic Cycles have started what would normally be a slow decline toward another ice age. Only the GHGs have increased, and that increase is what has caused the increase in temperature, exceeding the other forcings.

So you should have no problem whatsoever showing us in a lab how a 400PPM increase in sensitive CO2 will raise the temperature by a degree or two, right?

Been shown already, dingbat.

Papers on laboratory measurements of CO2 absorption properties AGW Observer

Line shape parameters measurement and computations for self-broadened carbon dioxide transitions in the 30012 ← 00001 and 30013 ← 00001 bands, line mixing, and speed dependence – Predoi-Cross et al. (2007) “Transitions of pure carbon dioxide have been measured using a Fourier transform spectrometer in the 30012 ← 00001 and 30013 ← 00001 vibrational bands. The room temperature spectra, recorded at a resolution of 0.008 cm−1, were analyzed using the Voigt model and a Speed Dependent Voigt line shape model that includes a pressure dependent narrowing parameter. Intensities, self-induced pressure broadening, shifts, and weak line mixing coefficients are determined. The results obtained are consistent with other studies in addition to the theoretically calculated values.”

Does not show temperature increase from deminimus increases in CO2

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[CrusaderFrank]

Spectroscopic challenges for high accuracy retrievals of atmospheric CO2 and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) experiment – Miller et al. (2005) “The space-based Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission will achieve global measurements needed to distinguish spatial and temporal gradients in the CO2 column. Scheduled by NASA to launch in 2008, the instrument will obtain averaged dry air mole fraction (XCO2) with a precision of 1 part per million (0.3%) in order to quantify the variation of CO2 sources and sinks and to improve future climate forecasts. Retrievals of XCO2 from ground-based measurements require even higher precisions to validate the satellite data and link them accurately and without bias to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) standard for atmospheric CO2 observations. These retrievals will require CO2 spectroscopic parameters with unprecedented accuracy. Here we present the experimental and data analysis methods implemented in laboratory studies in order to achieve this challenging goal.”

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(They can measure it accurately, they simply refuse to perform the experiment that reduces all of the variables except an increase in CO2...make ya wonder why they won't do it, no?)

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Etc. etc. etc.

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Near infrared spectroscopy of carbon dioxide I. 16O12C16O line positions – Miller & Brown (2004) “High-resolution near-infrared (4000–9000 cm-1) spectra of carbon dioxide have been recorded using the McMath–Pierce Fourier transform spectrometer at the Kitt Peak National Solar Observatory. Some 2500 observed positions have been used to determine spectroscopic constants for 53 different vibrational states of the 16O12C16O isotopologue, including eight vibrational states for which laboratory spectra have not previously been reported. … This work reduces CO2 near-infrared line position uncertainties by a factor of 10 or more compared to the 2000 HITRAN line list, which has not been modified since the comprehensive work of Rothman et al. [J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 48 (1992) 537].” [Full text]

Spectra calculations in central and wing regions of CO2 IR bands between 10 and 20 μm. I: model and laboratory measurements – Niro et al. (2004) “Temperature (200–300 K) and pressure (70–200 atm) dependent laboratory measurements of infrared transmission by CO2–N2 mixtures have been made. From these experiments the absorption coefficient is reconstructed, over a range of several orders of magnitude, between 600 and 1000 cm−1.”

Collisional effects on spectral line-shapes – Boulet (2004) “The growing concern of mankind for the understanding and preserving of its environment has stimulated great interest for the study of planetary atmospheres and, first of all, for that of the Earth. Onboard spectrometers now provide more and more precise information on the transmission and emission of radiation by these atmospheres. Its treatment by ‘retrieval’ technics, in order to extract vertical profiles (pressure, temperature, volume mixing ratios) requires precise modeling of infrared absorption spectra. Within this framework, accounting for the influence of pressure on the absorption shape is crucial. These effects of inter-molecular collisions between the optically active species and the ‘perturbers’ are complex and of various types depending mostly on the density of perturbers. The present paper attempts to review and illustrate, through a few examples, the state of the art in this field.”

On far-wing Raman profiles by CO2 – Benech et al. (2002) “Despite the excellent agreement observed in N2 here, a substantial inconsistency between theory and experiment was found in the wing of the spectrum. Although the influence of other missing processes or neighboring bands cannot be totally excluded, our findings rather suggest that highly anisotropic perturbers, such as CO2, are improperly described when they are handled as point-like molecules, a cornerstone hypothesis in the approach employed.”

Collision-induced scattering in CO2 gas – Teboul et al. (1995) “Carbon-dioxide gas rototranslational scattering has been measured at 294.5 K in the frequency range 10–1000 cm−1 at 23 amagat. The depolarization ratio of scattered intensities in the frequency range 10–1000 cm−1 is recorded. The theoretical and experimental spectra in the frequency range 10–470 cm−1 are compared.”

The HITRAN database: 1986 edition – Rothman et al. (1987) “A description and summary of the latest edition of the AFGL HITRAN molecular absorption parameters database are presented. This new database combines the information for the seven principal atmospheric absorbers and twenty-one additional molecular species previously contained on the AFGL atmospheric absorption line parameter compilation and on the trace gas compilation.”

Broadening of Infrared Absorption Lines at Reduced Temperatures: Carbon Dioxide – Tubbs & Williams (1972) “An evacuated high-resolution Czerny-Turner spectrograph, which is described in this paper, has been used to determine the strengths S and self-broadening parameters γ0 for lines in the R branch of the ν3 fundamental of 12C16O2 at 298 and at 207 K. The values of γ0 at 207 K are greater than those to be expected on the basis of a fixed collision cross section σ.”

Investigation of the Absorption of Infrared Radiation by Atmospheric Gases – Burch et al. (1970) “From spectral transmittance curves of very large samples of CO2 we have determined coefficients for intrinsic absorption and pressure-induced absorption from approximately 1130/cm to 1835/cm.”

Absorption of Infrared Radiant Energy by CO2 and H2O. IV. Shapes of Collision-Broadened CO2 Lines – Burch et al. (1969) “The shapes of the extreme wings of self-broadened CO2 lines have been investigated in three spectral regions near 7000, 3800, and 2400 cm−1. … New information has been obtained about the shapes of self-broadened CO2 lines as well as CO2 lines broadened by N2, O2, Ar, He, and H2.”

High-Temperature Spectral Emissivities and Total Intensities of the 15-µ Band System of CO2 – Ludwig et al. (1966) “Spectral-emissivity measurements of the 15-µ band of CO2 were made in the temperature range from 1000° to 2300°K.”

Line shape in the wing beyond the band head of the 4·3 μ band of CO2 – Winters et al. (1964) “Quantitative absorpance measurements have been made in pure CO2 and mixtures of CO2 with N2 and O2 in a 10 m White Perkin-Elmer cell. With absorbing paths up to 50 m-atm, results have been obtained from the band head at 2397 cm−1 to 2575 cm−1.”

Emissivity of Carbon Dioxide at 4.3 µ – Davies (1964) “The emissivity of carbon dioxide has been measured for temperatures from 1500° to 3000°K over the wavelength range from 4.40 to 5.30 µ.”

Absorption Line Broadening in the Infrared – Burch et al. (1962) “The effects of various gases on the absorption bands of nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor have been investigated.”

Total Absorptance of Carbon Dioxide in the Infrared – Burch et al. (1962) “Total absorptance… has been determined as a function of absorber concentration w and equivalent pressure Pe for the major infrared absorption bands of carbon dioxide with centers at 3716, 3609, 2350, 1064, and 961 cm−1.”

Rotation-Vibration Spectra of Diatomic and Simple Polyatomic Molecules with Long Absorbing Paths – Herzberg & Herzberg (1953) “The spectrum of CO2 in the photographic infrared has been studied with absorbing paths up to 5500 m. Thirteen absorption bands were found of which eleven have been analyzed in detail.”

The Infrared Absorption Spectrum of Carbon Dioxide – Martin & Barker (1932) “The complete infrared spectrum of CO2 may consistently be explained in terms of a linear symmetrical model, making use of the selection rules developed by Dennison and the resonance interaction introduced by Fermi. The inactive fundamental ν1 appears only in combination bands, but ν2 at 15μ and ν3 at 4.3μ absorb intensely.”

Carbon Dioxide Absorption in the Near Infra-Red – Barker (1922) “Infra-red absorption bands of CO2 at 2.7 and 4.3 μ. – New absorption curves have been obtained, using a special prism-grating double spectrometer of higher resolution (Figs. 1-3). The 2.7 μ region, heretofore considered to be a doublet, proves to be a pair of doublets, with centers at approximately 2.694 μ and 2.767 μ. The 4.3 μ band appears as a single doublet with center at 4.253 μ. The frequency difference between maxima is nearly the same for each of the three doublets, and equal to 4.5 x 1011. Complete resolution of the band series was not effected, even though the slit included only 12 A for the 2.7 μ region, but there is evidently a complicated structure, with a “head” in each case on the side of shorter wave-lengths. The existence of this head for the 4.3 μ band is also indicated by a comparison with the emission spectrum from a bunsen flame, and the difference in wave-length of the maxima of emission and absorption is explained as a temperature effect similar to that observed with other doublets.” [For free full text, click PDF or GIF links in the linked abstract page]

Ueber die Bedeutung des Wasserdampfes und der Kohlensäure bei der Absorption der Erdatmosphäre – Ångström (1900)

Observations on the Absorption and Emission of Aqueous Vapor and Carbon Dioxide in the Infra-Red Spectrum – Rubens & Aschkinass (1898) “Our experiments carried out as described above on the absorption spectrum carbon dioxide very soon showed that we were dealing with a single absorption band whose maximum lies near λ = 14.7 μ. … The whole region of absorption is limited to the interval from 12.5 μ to 16 μ, with the maximum at 14.7 μ.” [For free full text, click PDF or GIF links in the linked abstract page]

On the absorption of dark heat-rays by gases and vapours – Lecher & Pernter (1881) Svante Arrhenius wrote in his famous 1897 paper: “Tyndall held the opinion that the water-vapour has the greatest influence, whilst other authors, for instance Lecher and Pernter, are inclined to think that the carbonic acid plays the more important part.”.

The Bakerian Lecture – On the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gases and Vapours, and on the Physical Connexion of Radiation, Absorption, and Conduction – Tyndall (1861) 150 years ago John Tyndall already showed that carbon dioxide absorbs infrared radiation. [Full text] [Wikipedia: John Tyndall]

Closely related

The HITRAN Database – The laboratory work results on the absorption properties of carbon dioxide (and many other molecules) is contained in this database.

 

[westwall]

Damn you type FAST! And accurately too!


Here are some charts the cultists may find interesting.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/images3/glbT2mSea.gif

 

[skookerasbil]

Its summer assholes..........been through about 49 of them. In summertime, it gets hot. Always has.........always will.

I do remember two years ago on August 10th the temperature dropped to 52 degrees and I was like, WTF??!!! Thats something I'd not recalled seeing like ever...........then I thought of the k000ks. Here just the day before th doomsday scenario was being drummed up by some k00ks and here I was in New York freezing my balls off in the dead of summer.

 

[Chris]

July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s public-health chief urged companies to adopt a siesta regime for workers struggling to cope with a record heat wave.

“Employers should consider moving shifts to earlier and later hours and allowing extended breaks during the peak of the heat,” Gennady Onishchenko said on Rossiya 24 state television.

Temperatures have broken July records in dozens of cities in European Russia, including Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. Moscow on July 15-16 may break the all-time record of 36.8 degrees Celsius (98.2 Farenheit) set in August 1920, Tatiana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist at the Moscow Meteorological Service, said by phone.

The government has declared a state of emergency in 16 grain-producing regions as the worst drought in at least a decade damages crops and livelihoods. Russia, which is vying with Canada to rank as the largest wheat exporter after the U.S., expects this year’s grain harvest to decline at least 12 percent to 85 million metric tons.

Russia Urges Siesta Regime for Workers Amid Record Heat Wave - BusinessWeek

 

[boedicca]

And here in CA, we continue with cooler than normal temperatures. Last night, a local weatherman compared forecasted temps to the records highs in the region, which all occurred in 1972. The record highs were all at least 30 degrees higher than the forecasts for today.

 

[JWBooth]

Record heat roasts eastern United States July 7, 2010

New York roasted in record temperatures on Tuesday as a heat wave rolled across the eastern United States, pushing power companies to the limit and driving residents to municipal "cooling centres".

The National Weather Service (NWS) measured 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.45C) in Central Park in mid-Manhattan, easily breaking the 101 degrees record set for July 6 back in 1999.

Soaring temperatures, often in the triple-digit range, also afflicted Washington, DC; Richmond, Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and reached as far as Montreal, Canada.

Record heat roasts eastern United States

 

[Hugidwyn]

Colossal leakage of oil from damaged wells of the company «BP» at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico large quantities of oil on water and education in the vast territory of the oil film, which prevents the evaporation of water from a large area, thereby violating the vapor exchange in the world.

This will change the seasonal cyclones moving air masses, changing currents and water temperature the Gulf Stream, which ultimately will lead to unbalance the global climate on Earth.

Abnormal heat in Europe and Russia may be related to this.

 

[rdean]

Record heat?

Republicans say it's not true so it must not be true.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Record heat?

Republicans say it's not true so it must not be true.

Climategate U-turn: Astonishment as scientist at centre of global warming email row admits data not well organised | Mail Online

 

[konradv]

Record heat?

Republicans say it's not true so it must not be true.

Climategate U-turn: Astonishment as scientist at centre of global warming email row admits data not well organised | Mail Online

If he's not well organized, how can we believe there hasn't been any warming in the last 15 years? You can't have it both ways, Frank.

 

[westwall]

Record heat?

Republicans say it's not true so it must not be true.

Climategate U-turn: Astonishment as scientist at centre of global warming email row admits data not well organised | Mail Online

If he's not well organized, how can we believe there hasn't been any warming in the last 15 years? You can't have it both ways, Frank.

Konrad,

This is for the learning impaired.

Phil Jones is the LEADING AGW proponent on the planet (and has to date recieved 22 million dollars from US taxpayers) and he is the "scientist" who has been claiming that there is record heat. He has had to admit however that his record keeping was crap (in fact he claims to have lost all of the raw data that he has accumulated over the last 25 years, completely farcical in the academic community.) and further had to admit that there has been no warming in the last 12 years.

IT"S YOUR OWN SIDE SAYING THIS YOU BOOB!