North Atlantic Drift - Drifted?

[missouriboy]

ARGO Update Results for Atlantic (thru July, 2017)

Trends in near-surface (100-300 m) ocean temperatures since 2004 show N Hemisphere declines and S Hemisphere neutrality






A West-East Cross-Section View of the N Atlantic from Sixty N Latitude to the Equator at 100-300 m

 Sixty to Fifty N Latitude - 2013-16 loss of -1 C, slight rebound to 2017.



Fifty to Forty-five N Latitude - 2013-16 cold water (-1 C) passes through basin east of 44 W,  One degree rebound 2017.  Latitude at which MOC separates from Gyre at 42-40 W.





Forty-five to Thirty-five N Latitude - Heat pent up west of Labrador Current Intersection to +1 C from 2014-2017.  Strong cold water discharges 2010-2013 in area of Labrador Current.  Eastern gyre modifies any cold water inflows.  Surplus seems to be working its way eastward with some of it going north.


Thirty-five to Twenty N Latitude - Cold water discharges of 2008-12 settled into western basin south of the Labrador Current.  2014-17 temperature temperature increase of 0.8 C.  Cooler discharges still occurring in east.


Twenty N Latitude to Equator - Colder water channel west basin.  2014-17 colder water mid-basin.  Could be north or southern flows

[Ratty]

Thanks MB ..... for everything you contribute.

[blustnmtn]

MAGA MoBoy!

[mondeoman]

To put that into perspective, that’s 0.5c drop over some 77m km2. Equates to 64.5 BILLION Tw.

By comparison, annual global primary energy consumption is a paltry 170,000 Tw.

Now, if global temps have flatlined, as shown by satellite temp record, then that’s a cack load of energy that has left the system....

Can’t see us having to worry about rising temps any time soon.

[sigurdur]

If the Arctic area is warmer than average, that heat is GONE!

[douglavers]

Mondeoman,

I am still confused as to why the satellites are showing rising global temps over the last two months.

www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/

[acidohm]

Nov 4, 2017 5:27:19 GMT douglavers said:

Mondeoman,

I am still confused as to why the satellites are showing rising global temps over the last two months.

www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/

Have a look at HadCRUT 4.5, shows no such thing....

[Ratty]

I'm just confused .....

[nonentropic]

noise, just let the moving average give it some stability.

the change of season usually give the greatest fluctuations also.

Astro may wish to update also. it would add texture and discussion.

[mondeoman]

[blustnmtn]

I was really surprised to see the satellite data also. I wonder if the heat sucked up by the hurricanes could have spiked the atmospheric data compared to the surface. Roy Spencer is puzzled by this too so we are in good company.

[jopo]

My observations have been that TLT Satellite data lags surface data when in the monthly format by about 2 months

[missouriboy]

Nov 4, 2017 13:10:44 GMT jopo said:

My observations have been that TLT Satellite data lags surface data when in the monthly format by about 2 months

Any opinions as to why?

[nautonnier]

Nov 5, 2017 2:07:39 GMT missouriboy said:

Nov 4, 2017 13:10:44 GMT jopo said:

My observations have been that TLT Satellite data lags surface data when in the monthly format by about 2 months

Any opinions as to why?

Perhaps that gives a clue to the overall conductivity of the atmosphere. Not talking about local convection but the general heating effect of a warm surface on an atmosphere that is mainly made up of non-radiative gases. I would suspect that as the heat engine gets going the delay would become less as convection increases.

[missouriboy]

Principal Scientist position on RAPID project at NOC

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Today, 11:59 AM

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