Dessler should have read Hansen’s paper before rushing to press. So should JGR’s editor. He should do the honorable thing and resign like Wagner.
Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications
James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Pushker KharechaAerosol climate forcing today is inferred to be ‒1.6 ± 0.3 W/m^2, implying substantial aerosol indirect climate forcing via cloud changes.
Every time I read one of these papers, it strikes me as a bunch of clueless children playing half-assed mathematics games, and trying to make it sound like they know what they are talking about. Their time would be better spent playing WOW or Battlefield 3.
They may think they are playing those games!
Maybe this will help the folks a Columbia get back to basics:
SM has requested and received study data from both Spencer and Dessler for analysis and has found that the Dessler data really shows that clouds have a negative feedback when correct lag times are employed. Check it out.
http://climateaudit.org/2011/09/06/the-stone-in-trenberths-shoe/
You mean 2, Battlefield 3 isn’t due until October:
Exactly.
lol, nice one Steve!
They should be playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution now.