The Shapeshifters of Bullshitistan
Have you finished the wall yet?I. ForewardI thought I would continue the phrase I coined during the Bush II Administration ("Bulshitistan"), however, I though it should be placed in a series rather...
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Fig. 1World Ocean DatabaseWe are moving closer to the polar regions (The Layered Approach To Big Water).Today, we look at Layer Six (Fig. 2) and Layer Eleven (Fig. 3).They are outlined with red lines...
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Fig. 1 Layers 5,12 @ WOD Database MapToday we are taking a look at Layer Five and Layer Twelve (Fig. 1). Perhaps we should review why we are incrementally moving our observation from the Equator toward...
View ArticleOn Thermal Expansion & Thermal Contraction - 12
Fig. 1I. BackgroundIn the midst of the ongoing series "The Layered Approach To Big Water"Â I noticed that the PSMSL folks had updated their database on "06 Feb 2017".Fig. 2So I downloaded the latest...
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Fig. 1After pausing yesterday for a look at the sea level changes associated with the layers already covered in this series, today we move on to Layer Four and Layer Thirteen (Fig. 1).The layers are...
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Don't stay in the shallowsI. The Import of Thermal FactorsWhy is ocean water (all of it, not just the surface) temperature important to the analysis of current and approaching sea level changes?The...
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The Banner and The BannerI. Unreal Banners In the first episode of The Shapeshifters of Bullshitistan I focused on two members, The Don and The ConWay.Today, I will focus on two more members "The...
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Fig. 1I. BackgroundToday, we will cover four layers (2,3,14, and 15), leaving the remaining four layers (0,1,16, and 17) for next time.Then, we will have covered the Earth's entire ocean surface, and...
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My Dog: Jack of HeartsA Dog Has Diedby Pablo NerudaMy dog has died.I buried him in the gardennext to a rusted old machine.Some day I'll join him right there,but now he's gone with his shaggy coat,his...
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Fig. 1 The WOD Ocean WorldThis post will complete the first look at all of the ocean areas on Earth (The Layered Approach To Big Water, 2, 3, 4, 5).The WOD database has 18 layers based on latitudes,...
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Fig. 1 Layer FourIn the posts prior to this one, I outlined some of the expectations I had about what the World Ocean Database (WOD) would reveal.Expectations were that a Dredd Blog series or so would...
View ArticlePolar Sea Ice Trend At Both Poles - 3
Fig. 1Â Not the sameSkimming the surface is a lot of fun when it comes to polar sea ice.Skimming the surface, in this context, is like the dynamic of the canary in the coal mine.It doesn't tell us the...
View ArticleDatabases Galore - 17
Josh and The Gang do Greenland BetterHey gang, a new dataset is available for the Greenland area.The NASA Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project has made its data available.I downloaded 183 "launches"...
View ArticleKeep on Truckin'
"I Wub You The Wong Way"Changing of the Guardsby Bob Dylan"... Gentlemen, he saidI don’t need your organization, I’ve shined your shoesI’ve moved your mountains and marked your cardsBut Eden is...
View ArticleOMG: Oceans Melting Greenland
Fig. 1Â Greenland WOD Zones (red square)In a recent post mentioned that I was looking at a new source of data on a NASA site (Databases Galore - 17).Fig. 2 All Greenland Zones (mean avg)The OMG project...
View ArticleA New Way of Analyzing The Depths
Fig. 1 All day-of-year values in Zone 1000As I indicated recently (Polar Sea Ice Trend At Both Poles - 3), I am working on modules that build a "day of year" factor into analyzing World Ocean Database...
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Fig. 1 Layer NineToday, let's peruse more beta graphs, because this beta phase has helped to find bugs.Today, I am fixing the bug that stops the day-of-year at 300 instead of at 366 (see graphs,...
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Fig. 1 Single Measurement structureI hope to update this post later today with some new graphs (building the new format tables is time consuming).If not, then I will present them in a separate post...
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Fig. 1 Layer NineIn the series The Layered Approach To Big Water (The Layered Approach To Big Water, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) we talked about the 18 layers in the WOD database (9 in each hemisphere).Those layers...
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"I'm just a singer in a rock n roll band." - Mighty QuinnWell, we covered The Don, The Banners, and Sgt. Dog in the previous posts of this series (The Shapeshifters of Bullshitistan, 2, 3).So, today...
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