Getting back to the original post and claims (from Christy) regarding 'no warming' in the data....here are 4 separate datasets which debunk that claim, INCLUDING a repost of the graph I linked earlier with Christy's OWN data.
I'm using the same method:
RED indicates temperatures UP TO the 1997 El Nino (thru Fall '97)
GREEN indicates temperatures during the '97/'98 El Nino up to Fall 2015 (just before this El Nino)
BLUE indicates temperatures starting from Fall 2015 (onset of the current El Nino)
All of the datasets clearly show minimal (if any) discernable warming during the 20 years leading up to the '97 El Nino. But there is a very clear bump in temperatures following the El Nino (nearly ALL of the GREEN temperature data is 0.2°C higher than the RED). And we can see the same pattern now developing with the BLUE data. This El Nino is going to bump us up another 0.1-0.2°C or more. The peak of this El Nino's effects will very likely spur a 0.5-0.6°C spike in the satellite data, just like the 1997 one did. And then temperatures won't settle back down below pre-El Nino levels; they will keep climbing. And we may wait another 10 or 20 years for the next big El Nino that will bump the temperatures up again, but it is virtually certain to happen.
Also, remember that the satellite data is lower troposphere - about Mt Everest height. It is actually a poorer indicator of surface warming, and is also less accurate (larger error bars in the actual data).
This is the RSS-MSU dataset, a separate satellite dataset from the UAH Christy data:
Here is Christy's own UAH satellite data:
Here is GISTEMP data, one of the more comprehensive global land/sea coverage datasets (instrumental)
Here is CRUTEM4 data (land only):
So, look at the datasets for yourself, and decide if the pundit claims and media coverage of 'no warming since 1997' is accurate, or if there doesn't appear to be any warming in the past 35 years.
Also, bear in mind that a change in global temperatures that is only a few °C is the difference between an Ice Age and now. And that temperature shifts on the paleo-scale like Ice Ages, take thousands of years to manifest - not just a few decades.
All of the graphs were made using the online tool at Woodfortrees.org, where they pull the actual data from the respective sites and let you do your own analysis/graphing. IMO, one of the nicer sites to look at the data objectively w/o some other website hiding aspects of the data from you....
