Tag Archives: Stratosphere

El Niño and Cold

Posted on 13 August 2015 by

What does The Blob of warm water off of California mean? It’s hot, so is that evidence of “warming”? Or cooling? Continue reading →

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Fascinating Solar, AO, QBO, Cold NH Winter link

Posted on 21 April 2015 by

A pointer to a site and paper talking about a correlation between low solar output and cold northern hemisphere weather, plus a link to a possible connected mechanism. Continue reading →

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From ‘The Models Need More…’ department

Posted on 21 April 2015 by

Stratospheric changes can cause ocean current changes. I speculate that solar UV shifts might be a driver of stratospheric changes, and through that influence ocean currents. Continue reading →

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Gonzo Gonzalo and Cyclone Up, Vortex Down

Posted on 17 October 2014 by

Radiative Physics does not matter to surface temperatures, cyclones and vortex mass flow does. Continue reading →

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Snow, Polar Night Jets, and Cold

Posted on 13 December 2012 by

A grab bag of things about snow, the Polar Night Jet, the Stratosphere and both cooling and mass flow, along with some selected grousing about cold. Continue reading →

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Tropopause Rules

Posted on 12 December 2012 by

Why the Tropopause matters and what it has to say about CO2 and heat radiation. Continue reading →

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Stratopause Emissions

Posted on 19 January 2012 by

All the action with IR is in the stratosphere, well above the “CO2 blanket”. Surface temperatures are measuring our weather, long after the stratosphere has done what it will do. Continue reading →

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