Solar activity and global sea-surface temperatures

Joint Variability of Global Runoff and Global Sea Surface Temperatures

Global land surface runoff and sea surface temperatures (SST) are analyzed to identify the primary modes of variability of these hydroclimatic data for the period 1905–2002. A monthly water-balance model first is used with global monthly temperature and precipitation data to compute time series of annual gridded runoff for the analysis period. The annual runoff time series data are combined wit...

Dependence of global temperatures on atmospheric CO2 and solar irradiance.

Changes in global average temperatures and of the seasonal cycle are strongly coupled to the concentration of atmospheric CO2. I estimate transfer functions from changes in atmospheric CO2 and from changes in solar irradiance to hemispheric temperatures that have been corrected for the effects of precession. They show that changes from CO2 over the last century are about three times larger than...

Fine-resolution satellite-based daily sea surface temperatures over the global ocean

[1] The accuracy and relative merits of two sets of daily global sea surface temperature (SST) analyses are examined and compared. The 1/8 Modular Ocean Data Analysis System (MODAS) of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is based only on infrared satellite retrievals. The 1/2 Real-Time, Global (RTG) SST analysis of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) supplements infrared sa...

Extended Reconstruction of Global Sea Surface Temperatures Based on COADS Data (1854-1997)

The Correlation between U.S. Tornadoes and Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures

The correlation between tornadic activity in several regions of the United States and the monthly mean sea surface temperature over four zones in the tropical Pacific Ocean is examined. Tornadic activity is gauged with two mostly independent measures: the number of tornadoes per month, and the number of tornadic days per month. Within the assumptions set forth for the analysis, it is found that...