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sbl · 01-11-2010, 09:50 AM

I can't remember, is sun spot activity suppose to increase temps or decrease temps?

Interesting looking at the graphs of global temp averages and the fact that current temps are in the range of a half degree warmer than this day last yr at almost all altitudes--it sure doesn't feel like it here--we obviously do not feel the average!

I do not know much about PDO, but I do not disagree that there may be climate effects stored in the ocean's circulation system. It appears to me that the frequency of El Nino is increasing. The entire ocean circulation loop takes about 1200 yrs, but I think the system is pushed by the sinking of deepwater and responds to temps in the North Atlantic. There are others that think the system is pulled by upwelling driven by winds in the Pacific. Both are clearly involved.

Cloud cover has been a big unknown in climate response for a long time--it is still one of the biggest factors affecting climate and we still do not know which way it will go.

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