E-M:/ Global warming? Or local warming & global cooling?

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Excerpts from the above are given below. In a nutshell, Christy argues that
the data supporting the global warming hypothesis are flawed; while localized
temperatures may have increased, global average has not. 

The 99 radiosondes reported an aggregate warming trend of 0.155 degrees
Celsius (about 0.28° Fahrenheit) per decade since 1979. Over those 99 spots on
the globe, the satellites also recorded a warming trend: 0.128 degrees Celsius
(about 0.23° Fahrenheit) per decade. 

Globally, however, the satellite data show a cooling trend of 0.03 degrees
Celsius per decade since the first NOAA TIROS-N satellites went into service. 

"These 99 radiosonde launch sites are just not distributed evenly around the
planet," Christy said. "They are not representative of the total globe." 

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In 1996, Spencer and Christy received the American Meteorological Society's
Special Award. They were honored "for developing a global, precise record of
the Earth's temperature from operational polar-orbiting satellites,
fundamentally advancing our ability to monitor climate." 

AMS Special Awards are given to individuals or organizations not appropriately
recognized by more specifically-defined awards, and who have made important
contributions to the science or practice of meteorology or to the society. 

In 1991, Spencer and Christy received NASA's Exceptional Scientific
Achievement Medal.


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