NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming
At the present rate of global warming of 0.13 degrees Celsius (0.23 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade, the team inferred the frequency of these storms can be expected to increase by six percent per decade.
Climate modelers have long speculated that the frequency and intensity of severe storms may or may not increase with global warming. Aumann said results of the study will help improve their models.
“Clouds and rain have been the weakest link in climate prediction,” said Aumann. “The interaction between the daytime warming of the sea surface under clear-sky conditions and increases in the formation of low clouds, high clouds and, ultimately, rain is very complicated. The high clouds in our observations—typically at altitudes of 20 kilometers (12 miles) and higher—present the greatest difficulties for current climate models, which aren’t able to resolve cloud structures smaller than about 250 kilometers (155 miles) in size.”
Note the usual AGW religious weasel words in this latest scripture: “inferred, speculated, may or may not, weakest link, very complicated, aren’t able to resolve, help to improve.”
And based on crap like this, we are supposed to dismantle our economy and go live in caves in the cold and dark.
Are people really this stupid?
Yes, yes, of course they are.
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Five years is what, a second in geological terms? I’d say insufficient data for any scientific conclusions. And considering the problems Hubble had, can we rely on this data?
Just why is the Jet Propulsion Lab doing climate studies? Mission creep?
genes, the JPL is the outfit responsible for developing a lot of American satellite technology, and has been since the 50s(?). Since they build the weather sats, they get first crack at the data.
SDN, in what way does that qualify them as climatologists?
It doesn’t, but you asked why they were the ones doing this; that’s why. It isn’t really even mission creep; they’ve always been analyzing satellite data.