Chapters of the FOD of the AR5 are starting to appear at David Appells. I’m seeing one on Paleoclimate. Although I am not going to host copies of the documents, discussing it does not violate the policies of this blog.
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ch 8, end:
“Therefore, although carbon dioxide is the main control knob on climate, water vapour is a strong and fast feedback that amplifies any initial forcing by a factor of typically three.”
Plus ca change…
O/T but the “Contact Lucia” doesn’t seem to be working.
Dr Roy has Jan TLT out:
2012 01 -0.093
FredN–
Yep. What a surprisingly low value. I was dealing with family issues from10 am Tuesday until 11:30 pm last night. So…. I’m a little behind on this. (Also, I’m having to do slight updates to the script to deal with my overlooking that proper “if” for adding Roys extra value in January, and… well… the cat is interfering. The poor thing was so company deprived that today he is being the love kitty from hell. I can barely type without him pawing and trying to get me to pet him!)
I should get it out… soon… if I get no calls!
Actually, the UAH figure isn’t really surprising to those of us who have been keeping an eye the AQUA CH5 temp.
A bit on the high side really 😉
It is beginning to look as though the insiders leaking the WG ZODs, FODs etc will ensure that the IPCC lives up to its “Open and transparent” promise in spite of the efforts of Phil Jones and Stocker to maintain secrecy.
Power to the leakers!
I’m sure others have noticed, but that isn’t actually a chapter. It’s just the figures for the chapter. It’s still interesting to see, but it doesn’t contain anywhere near as much information as the full chapter will.