date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:32:37 -0000
from: "Roger Coe" <rogercoe804@btinternet.com>
subject: Global temperature data
to: "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Phil,

   Since we last corresponded it has become clear that 2007 will be another year in which the
   global temperature has not risen

   significantly, the 6th year on the HadCRUT3 data series. During this period the atmospheric
   CO2 level has continued to rise

   steadily at 1.9ppm/year and, according to Hansen, sulphate aerosols have declined equally
   steadily thus reducing global dimming.

   The period has therefore been relatively quiet in atmospheric terms except for the solar
   insolation which has declined coincidentally

   by the full solar cycle 23.

   The paper by Camp and Tsung in GRL July 2007 analyses the last four 11 year cycles and
   obtains a global warming signal of

   almost 0.2K  for each cycle. Similarly Scafetta and West in JGR November 2007 identify a
   scenario in which the Sun might have

   contributed up to 50% of the observed global warming since 1900. These and other papers
   suggest that IPCC figure of about

   8% solar contribution is a significant under estimate of a factor which could go a long way
   to explaining the static global temperature data. It is surely important to try to get this
   science right in view of the current emphasis on CO2 mitigation policies.



   Roger Coe.
