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Petoukhov believes that we may already be seeing evidence of an increase in the frequency of cold winters compared with the more random, or stochastic, distribution of cold winters in previous decades that were associated with the NAO. "We have already had two chilly winters in Europe in the last decade, and this November situation, as it developed, also forces us to be on the alert. This makes it questionable that only a purely stochastic mechanism of the European cold winter extremes is at work, and this deserves an exhaustive investigation," he commented. The possibility suggested by Petoukhov that the Barents-Kara Sea effect could triple the probability of cold winter extremes in Europe,will almost certainly be of interest to policy makers and planners in north European states such as the UK where there is an ongoing debate about the level of investment required to deal with "occasional" cold weather events.
The possibility suggested by Petoukhov that the Barents-Kara Sea effect could triple the probability of cold winter extremes in Europe,will almost certainly be of interest to policy makers and planners in north European states such as the UK where there is an ongoing debate about the level of investment required to deal with "occasional" cold weather events.
Policy implications of colder European winters :
Petoukhov talks of other correlations being stronger, but the excerpts you quote don't really provide a theory of causation which explains why low ice in the East Arctic should result in colder winters in NW Europe and doesn't exclude the possibility of global warming ->low Arctic sea ice -> reduced thermohaline circulation -> weaker NAD -> colder winters.
In any case, I'm not qualified to debate the finer points of the available evidence and theories. My purpose was to demonstrate that whilst you cannot prove that exceptionally cold winters in NW Europe are caused by global warming, you cannot exclude that possibility either, and there is no reason why slow and gradual global trends cannot lead the sudden and dramatic localised fluctuations. Index of Frank's Diaries
Thanks for the excuse to update my understanding of this subject...
Anyway, if you won't believe me (and who could blame you), perhaps you'll believe...
the UK Met Office? It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
Just not relevant.
I don't mean to pick on the UK--I wouldn't believe the US either.
From your link
according to Vicky Pope, Head of Climate Change for Government at the UK Meteorological Office
Not to be rude, but lying is their job. The Fates are kind.
Not to be rude, but lying is their job.
I'm not sure I understand why this has to be the case. What are the institutional/class interests which are served by falsifying climate science? Index of Frank's Diaries
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