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Publication Of “Reply to “Comment On ‘Ocean Heat Content And Earth’s Radiation Imbalance. II. Relation To Climate Shifts’ ” by Nuccitelli Et Al. By Douglass and Knox 2012

David Douglass alerted me to his reply to Dana Nuccitelli, Robert Way, Rob Painting, John Church, John Cook: 2012: Comment on “Ocean heat content and Earth’s radiation imbalance. II. Relation to climate shifts” . Physics Letters A in D.H. Douglass, R.S. … Continue reading

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Grappling With Reality – A Comment On The Skeptical Science Post By Dana1981 “Modeled and Observed Ocean Heat Content – Is There a Discrepancy?”

source of image  Skeptical Science has a post by dana1981 [where he presents his profile online, but not his name; his photo – sort of – is above – July 24 2012 –  found out from Twitter that is name is Dana Nuccitelli] titled … Continue reading

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Comment On Ocean Heat Content “World Ocean Heat Content And Thermosteric Sea Level Change (0-2000), 1955-2010” By Levitus Et Al 2012

I was alerted by March Morano and others today to a new paper on changes in upper ocean heat content between 1955 and 2010. The new paper is Levitus, S., et al. (2012), World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level … Continue reading

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New Paper “Ocean Heat Content And Earth’s Radiation Imbalance II. Relation To Climate Shifts” By Douglass And Knox 2012

I am pleased to announce a very important new paper which effectively uses the ocean heat data analyses to assess shifts in the Earth’s radiation imbalance. The paper is D.H. Douglass, R.S. Knox, 2012: Ocean heat content and Earth’s radiation imbalance. II. … Continue reading

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Upper Ocean Heat Content Change By Bob Tisdale

Bob Tisdale – Climate Observations continues to provide us with excellent analyses of the preferred  metric to monitor global warming and to compare with the multi-decadal global climate model predictions. His latest post is July to September 2011 NODC Ocean … Continue reading

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Response To Gavin Schmidt’s Post Of October 3 2011 “Global Warming And Ocean Heat Content”

Follow-Up #3 –  On Real Climate Comment #98 Alex Harvey asked a question. Below is my answer: Alex Harvey Thank you for your question “Could you elaborate on why you believe that Argo should be able to detect the movement … Continue reading

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2011 Update Of The Comparison Of Upper Ocean Heat Content Changes With The GISS Model Predictions

UPDATE #2 June 16 2011: Caroline Katsam has sent us a new paper that has been accepted for publication which addresses the issue of how long lack of warming in the upper ocean should be expected based on the model … Continue reading

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Comment On Gavin Schmidt’s Statement of Jan 21 On Real Climate Regarding Upper Ocean Heat Content

In the Real Climate post 2010 updates to model-data comparisons in answer to the question by Dan H. “……any comment as to why the ocean heat content has appeared to level off during the post 2003 period?” Gavin replies “As … Continue reading

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New Paper “On Potential Causes For An Under-Estimated Global Ocean Heat Content Trend In CMIP3 Models” By Cai Et Al 2010

There is a new paper on the comparison of model and observed global ocean heat content changes for the period 1951 to 1999 (thanks to Josh Willis for alerting us to it!). The paper is Cai, W., T. Cowan, J. M. Arblaster, … Continue reading

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E-mail Exchange With Joshua Willis On The Diagnosis Of Global Warming From Ocean Heat Content Changes

With the permission of Joshua Willis of JPL, I have posted a set of e-mails that he and I have exchanged over the last month. I present from the earliest to the latest Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:43:10 -0600 (MDT) … Continue reading

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