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From the alkenone proxy data in Lorenz (2006), I calculated average tropic and extratropic temperature changes to present and came up with: tropics (30N to 30S) change from 7000 years BP (the Holocene Optimum) to present = 0.23 degrees C and for the extratropics (all other areas of the globe) this change = -1.45 degrees C.
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Steve M the only disagreement that I think Gator could be referring to and to which RichardT in comment #5 of this thread referred see below is that the authors appear to have presented data by temperature trend and not by tropic or extratropic location.
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The tropics have a similar value to december, but extratropic NH is +0,3; SH +0,2 and USA a whopping +1,0.
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The tropics have a similar value to december, but extratropic NH is +0,3; SH +0,2 and USA a whopping +1,0.
Watts Up With That? 2009
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So I’ll probably start with some southern extratropic sites – oncluded some of the Lorenz et al concessions and then get to the tropic sites.
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