Comments on: Gulf Stream Myths http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/gulf-stream-myths/ Not Your Usual Take in the Climate Debate... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ArndB http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/gulf-stream-myths/#comment-254 ArndB Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:45:24 +0000 http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-254 RE: omnologos (20:27:57) : YOU MAY KNOW: Due to the Gulf Stream, high in the North Atlantic, at Spitsbergen, a climate revolution took place 90 years ago. Over a very short period of time, from the winter of 1915/16 to the winter of 1921/22, winter temperatures had risen by about 10ºC, never coming back to pre 1918/19 level, but increasing at a lower level until ca. 1940. One of the first scientists who highlighted the extraordinary temperature development at the ‘Green Harbour’ Spitsbergen station was the Norwegian scientist B.J.Birkeland, in 1930 . He was very surprised of what he discovered. He finishes his brief essay with this statement: “In conclusion I would like to stress that the mean deviation results in very high figures, probably the greatest yet known on earth”. According Brooks (1938): The Spitsbergen branch of the North Atlantic Current has greatly increased in strength and the surface layer of cold water in the Arctic Ocean has decreased in thickness from 200 to 100 metres. Further details at: http://www.arctic-warming.com/cp.php RE: omnologos (20:27:57) :
YOU MAY KNOW: Due to the Gulf Stream, high in the North Atlantic, at Spitsbergen, a climate revolution took place 90 years ago. Over a very short period of time, from the winter of 1915/16 to the winter of 1921/22, winter temperatures had risen by about 10ºC, never coming back to pre 1918/19 level, but increasing at a lower level until ca. 1940. One of the first scientists who highlighted the extraordinary temperature development at the ‘Green Harbour’ Spitsbergen station was the Norwegian scientist B.J.Birkeland, in 1930 . He was very surprised of what he discovered. He finishes his brief essay with this statement: “In conclusion I would like to stress that the mean deviation results in very high figures, probably the greatest yet known on earth”.
According Brooks (1938): The Spitsbergen branch of the North Atlantic Current has greatly increased in strength and the surface layer of cold water in the Arctic Ocean has decreased in thickness from 200 to 100 metres.
Further details at: http://www.arctic-warming.com/cp.php

]]> By: omnologos http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/gulf-stream-myths/#comment-243 omnologos Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:27:57 +0000 http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-243 ArndB I am sure you're aware both of your claims are far outside present understanding of oceanic currents, and the weather. ArndB

I am sure you’re aware both of your claims are far outside present understanding of oceanic currents, and the weather.

]]> By: ArndB http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/gulf-stream-myths/#comment-242 ArndB Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:47:02 +0000 http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-242 (1) The claim that the Gulf Stream is wind driven is weak: Even wind with hurricane force does not have any direct effect lower than 50 metres below the sea surface. (2) The claim that the Gulf Stream does not provide milder weather to Northern Europe than North American regions at similar latitudes can easily be dismissed by comparing summer and winter temperatures, and when paying attention to the extraordinary Arctic Warming from winter 1918/19 to winter 1939/40, as explained at: http://www.arctic-warming.com (1) The claim that the Gulf Stream is wind driven is weak: Even wind with hurricane force does not have any direct effect lower than 50 metres below the sea surface.
(2) The claim that the Gulf Stream does not provide milder weather to Northern Europe than North American regions at similar latitudes can easily be dismissed by comparing summer and winter temperatures, and when paying attention to the extraordinary Arctic Warming from winter 1918/19 to winter 1939/40, as explained at: http://www.arctic-warming.com

]]> By: Gulf Stream Myths (2) « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/gulf-stream-myths/#comment-223 Gulf Stream Myths (2) « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:42:01 +0000 http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-223 [...] half-truths about the Gulf Stream. I do not believe it is a coincidence that I wrote about gulf stream myths a year ago, quoting also Richard Seager, Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University’s [...] [...] half-truths about the Gulf Stream. I do not believe it is a coincidence that I wrote about gulf stream myths a year ago, quoting also Richard Seager, Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University’s [...]

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