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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: The Days Are Getting Longer |
| Date | 2015-12-16 03:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <df37kc-drp.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <wIednR6iCOj9U-3LnZ2dnUU7-X-dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > The Days Are Getting Longer >> http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/the-days-are-getting-longer.html > > >> Abstract >> >> In 2002, Munk defined an important enigma of 20th century global mean >> sea-level (GMSL) rise that has yet to be resolved. First, he listed >> three canonical observations related to Earth?s rotation [(i) the >> slowing of Earth?s rotation rate over the last three millennia >> inferred from ancient eclipse observations, and changes in the (ii) >> amplitude and (iii) orientation of Earth?s rotation vector over the >> last century estimated from geodetic and astronomic measurements] and >> argued that they could all be fit by a model of ongoing glacial >> isostatic adjustment (GIA) associated with the last ice age. Second, >> he demonstrated that prevailing estimates of the 20th century GMSL >> rise (~1.5 to 2.0 mm/year), after correction for the maximum signal >> from ocean thermal expansion, implied mass flux from ice sheets and >> glaciers at a level that would grossly misfit the residual >> GIA-corrected observations of Earth?s rotation. We demonstrate that >> the combination of lower estimates of the 20th century GMSL rise (up >> to 1990) improved modeling of the GIA process and that the correction >> of the eclipse record for a signal due to angular momentum exchange >> between the fluid outer core and the mantle reconciles all three >> Earth rotation observations. This resolution adds confidence to >> recent estimates of individual contributions to 20th century >> sea-level change and to projections of GMSL rise to the end of the >> 21st century based on them. >> >> Citation >> >> Reconciling past changes in Earth?s rotation with 20th century global >> sea-level rise: Resolving Munk?s enigma by Jerry X. Mitrovica, >> Carling C. Hay, Eric Morrow, Robert E. Kopp, Mathieu Dumberry4,5 and >> Sabine Stanley published in Science Advances, DOI: >> 10.1126/sciadv.1500679 No shit? -- Jim Pennino
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The Days Are Getting Longer Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-15 20:37 -0600
Re: The Days Are Getting Longer jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-16 03:47 +0000
Re: The Days Are Getting Longer Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-12-16 07:47 -0500
Re: The Days Are Getting Longer "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 10:14 -0800
Re: The Days Are Getting Longer Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 12:15 -0600
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