In your first referenced link, the author doesn't discuss ocean currents. The East to West flow along the Equator in the Pacific is well known. If the waters in the Western Pacific are warmer to begin with, the energy flows would add to that underlying condition. There's a mixed near the surface and short term fluctuations in thermal energy don't make much difference. Then too, in the Eastern Pacific, the La Nina phase brings colder sub-surface water to the surface, which cools the air above.
Here's some graphics which shows the effects of the upwelling water quite nicely. Current anomaly: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/2009/anomp.12.10.2009.gif Archived October 2007 http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/2007/anomp.10.8.2007.gif E. S. ---------------------------------------------------- [email protected] wrote: > > and his co-authored CaltechWater.pdf> why shouldn't there be a [cut] > Some related links, that people may find interesting: > > http://www.arm.gov/publications/proceedings/conf04/extended_abs/arking_a.pdf > (clouds as thermostats) > > http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1398 > (circulation patterns acting as feedbacks in the case of arctic sea ice) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange
