The sawtooth pattern for day 18.
MASIE versus NSIDC – Day 17 – 2016
MASIE and NSIDC are two different sea ice indexes. The difference between the two methodologies is here.
“MASIE relies on data from the Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) that runs at the National Ice Center (NIC). The IMS product uses several satellite data sources including passive microwave, but it is also based on visual analysis and other data sources and undergoes a form of manual data fusion.”
“The Sea Ice Index (SII) relies on satellite passive microwave data as its only data source. These data are automatically processed using an algorithm and have known biases and limitations;”
Ron Clutz made a comment here that had me thinking what was the difference between the two methodologies over time? The comparison starts in 2006 because that is the oldest MASIE data available.The value being graphed is the NSIDC SII value minus the MASIE value.
As you can see … once upon a time the NSIDC SII was generally higher than MASIE. Now MASIE is generally higher.
What does it mean? I don’t know.
MASIE Arctic Day 17 – 2016
MASIE is running about 400,000 sq km above the NSIDC Sea Ice Index.
MASIE = 14.08 million sq km
NSIDC = 13.605 million sq km
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 17 – 2016
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 16 2016
Thermometertree: A magic tree selected out of a forest
The big magic tree con continues. Take millions of trees and select a few that sort of match the temperature records and claim trees are magic thermometers. Never publish the data of the rejected trees. Collect grant money.
“So instead of a validation of the robustness of the data, or the robustness of the field, what we have is is a paper demonstrating the robust willingness of climate scientists to sell trickery as science for both money and for the cause. These authors should be ashamed but even when caught truncating series, they simply push on producing ever more garbage for the small brained sheep in the media, politics and the public to use as propaganda for the government agenda.”
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 15
Elderly People Skimp on Heating to Cut Winter Fuel Bills
The AGW Cult (financed by rich people who bribe scientists to tell lies) prefer that poor people pay a lot more for energy. All the while the rich people and their cult fly in private jets or business class all over the world.
If the rich feel guilty about being rich, why not a surtax on rich people? Why punish the poor and elderly?
“More than 60 per cent of elderly people will ration their heating this winter amid fears over high energy bills, according to a new survey.
As many as two in five (42 per cent) said they would also consider cutting back on food in order to meet the cost of heating their homes, comparison website comparethemarket.com said.”
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