Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:58:27 PM
When it comes to "climate change", it appears so.
Their latest press release on global temperatures for June 2008 appears to have completely disregarded their own satellite data.
It was the eighth warmest June on record for the globe, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Wednesday in the 129 years since records were begun in 1880. And the first six months of the year were the ninth warmest since record keeping began in 1880, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center reported. The planets average temperature for June was 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit, 0.9 degrees warmer than average for the month.
DON’T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT. Just a few days ago, the University of Alabama, Hunstville came out with their global assessment and they reported the 22nd warmest in the 30 years of recrods in their data base (in other words the 9th coldest). In fact, their global mean was actually below the average (base period 1979-1998) with a value of -0.11C (-0.19F). The other NASA satellite source, RSS had June as the 13th coldest out of the last 30 years
NOAA uses the same temperature data from the satelites that everyone else does, Hadley, UAH, etc. The problem comes in when NOAA "adjusts" those numbers using formulations they don't let anyone see. That NASA/NOAA connection needs some independent verification as ICECAP points out.