12-29-2002


From: Ferdinand Engelbeen ferdinand.engelbeen@pandora.be


Ironically, The Mount Wilson observatory at one hour drive of Los Angeles
shows a cooling trend of 0.2 degr.C per decade in the period 1918-1998...
See: http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/Articles/1999/asutask.htm

Other long-time rural station records of California also show near no
trends over the long run, except for a much warmer period around 1900 and a
warm period 1930-1940:
http://www.vision.net.au/~daly/stations/sta-cruz.gif
http://www.vision.net.au/~daly/stations/willows.gif
http://www.vision.net.au/~daly/stations/colfax.gif

The average for the rural stations of the United States can be found just
above:
http://www.vision.net.au/~daly/#nasa

But central Los Angeles is heating up, not by global climate, but by its
own local heat island effect. About heat island effects:
http://eetd.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/HighTemps/

Trends in heat island effects, 0.5-1 degr. F per decade for large towns, see:
http://eetd.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/HighTemps/IncreasingTemps.html

Rural cooling, global warming or heat island effect?

Ferdinand Engelbeen

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At 21:13 12/25/02 -0800, Michael Meuser wrote:
>http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2002/2002-12-23-09.asp#anchor10
>
>Free Stones Concert Will Highlight Global Warming
>LOS ANGELES, California, December 23, 2002 (ENS) - The Rolling Stones
>will perform a special free concert to raise awareness about global
>warming on February 6, 2003 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
>
>The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is partnering with the
>Rolling Stones to stage the landmark event, hoping to turn up the
>heat on the Bush administration's inaction regarding global warming.
>The partners also want to spotlight opportunities that exist right
>now to start addressing the problem.
>
>"If you're a planet, too hot is bad. (Drought, disease, floods, heat
>waves.) But when it comes to turning up the heat to solve the urgent
>problem of global warming, there's no such thing as too hot," states
>the NRDC on its website. "That's why NRDC and the Rolling Stones are
>staging a free concert to raise awareness about global warming and
>spotlight existing opportunities to fix the problem. Then, with the
>flame of public attention burning, we can all turn up the heat on
>U.S. leaders (guess which country's the biggest global warming
>polluter?) to put solutions in place."
>
>A private donor will be absorbing all expenses for the free concert.
>The NRDC will also have a limited number of tickets as part of their
>fund raising efforts.
>
>Fans can enter a sweepstakes to win two free tickets by completing an
>online entry form, or by mailing a 3x5 index card with the entrant's
>name, address, telephone number and date of birth to NRDC Stones
>Concert, P.O. Box 15099, North Hollywood, CA 91615-5099. No donation
>is required to enter or win tickets.
>
>Online entries will be accepted from 9 am on December 23, 2002, until
>midnight on January 6, 2003. Mail in entries must be postmarked
>between December 23, 2002, and January 6, 2003, and must be received
>by January 10, 2003.
>
>The winners will be selected at random and announced the week of
>January 13, 2003, and notified via email or regular mail. Each winner
>and each guest must pick up a ticket and a wristband at STAPLES
>Center in Los Angeles from February 4 through 6. Each winner's guest
>may not attend the concert without the winner.
>
>The goal of the event is to encourage the public to learn more about
>global warming. The NRDC says that global warming is the toughest
>environmental challenge the world ever faced, threatening the health
>of people, wildlife and economies around the globe.
>
>"The Rolling Stones' commitment will help build unprecedented support
>for NRDC efforts to fight global warming," said NRDC president John
>Adams. "The Rolling Stones deserve a standing ovation for putting the
>environment on center stage."
>
>The Rolling Stones are completing the North American stretch of their
>sold out 40 Licks World Tour and will launch the international leg
>starting in Australia on February 18 with shows to follow in Asia and
>Europe.
>
>For more information, visit: http://www.nrdcstonesconcert.org
>
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++
>Michael R. Meuser,
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