cc: <schoenfeld@nytimes.com>, <marsh@nytimes.com>
date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:32:18 -0000
from: "Tett, Simon" <simon.tett@metoffice.gov.uk>
subject: RE: best example of trend to choose that hints at greenhouse 
to: "Andy Revkin" <anrevk@nytimes.com>, <dshindell@giss.nasa.gov>, <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>, "Stott, Peter" <peter.stott@metoffice.gov.uk>, <john.f.mitchell@metoffice.gov.uk>

   Andy,

       apologies for not responding earlier (and I suspect rather too late).



   I think a good case is that models forced with human and natural forcings do a surprisingly
   good job of reproducing a range of things (mainly temp related).

       So surface temp, long-time-scale ocean heat content changes, NH sea-ice (SH is poorly
   observed) while models forced with natural only forcings do a poor job. SO I'd show some
   simple plot with obs, model with natural only, model with natural + human.



   Simon



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   From: Andy Revkin [mailto:anrevk@nytimes.com]
   Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:31 AM
   To: dshindell@giss.nasa.gov; p.jones@uea.ac.uk; Stott, Peter; Tett, Simon;
   john.f.mitchell@metoffice.com
   Cc: schoenfeld@nytimes.com; marsh@nytimes.com
   Subject: best example of trend to choose that hints at greenhouse forcing being at play in
   recent warming

   Hi all,
   Our Week in Review folks want to (on short notice) pull together a graphic and short story
   by me explaining what aspects of recent (post 1950) warming speak most clearly of probable
   human greenhouse influence (attribution).
   I can think of warmer winters, warmer nights, warming in oceans, changes in height of
   tropopause, cooling of stratosphere, modeling exercises with/without co2 buildup... all
   pointing to greenhouse forcing as culprit.
   I'll be stressing that it's a 'balance of evidence' argument, but if we wanted to create a
   graph of the long-term global mean temp rise AND one or two of the trends that are
   relevant, which would be most illustrative? (or is this even doable in a way average folk
   would comprehend?)
   a) what am i forgetting from the list above?
   b) what have i listed that does NOT make the case?
   Most important:
   c) would be great to know of any data you can provide that would help them build an image
   or box to illustrate this.
   The goal is to allow anyone confused out there to grasp what aspects of ongoing changes
   most speak of a greenhouse (human) influence.
   feel free to forward this to others who can help (promptly : - ) .
   thanks for any prompt ideas or info.
   the ccs in email addresses above are the two graphix editors, bill marsh and amy
   schoenfeld.
   their phone is 212 556 1839.

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