Satellite Failure Means Decade of Global Warming Data Doubtful

Official:
Satellite Failure Means Decade of
Global Warming Data Doubtful

by John O’Sullivan
guest post at Climate Change Fraud
Thursday, August 12th 2010,

US Government admits satellite temperature readings “degraded.” All
data taken offline in shock move. Global warming temperatures may be
10 to 15 degrees too high.

The fault was first detected after a tip off from an anonymous member
of the public to climate skeptic blog, Climate Change Fraud (view
original article) (August 9, 2010).

Caught in the center of the controversy is the beleaguered taxpayer
funded National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA’s
Program Coordinator, Chuck Pistis has now confirmed that the fast
spreading story on the respected climate skeptic blog is true.

However, NOAA spokesman, Program Coordinator, Chuck Pistis declined to
state how long the fault might have gone undetected. Nor would the
shaken spokesman engage in speculation as to the damage done to the
credibility of a decade’s worth of temperature readings taken from the
problematic ‘NOAA-16’ satellite.

‘NOAA-16’ was launched in September 2000, and is currently
operational, in a sun-synchronous orbit, 849 km above the Earth,
orbiting every 102 minutes providing automated data feed of surface
temperatures which are fed into climate computer models.

NOAA has reported a succession of record warm temperatures in recent
years based on such satellite readings but these may now all be
undermined.

ø You can see now why I give zero credence to
anything from NOAA

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| neither IPCC nor anyone else has provided one
| iota of valid data for global warming nor have
| they provided data that climate change is being
| effected by commerce and industry, and not by
| natural causes.