Reply #1: Aver. temp. increase from NOAA buoy monitoring sites off Texas [View All]

[philb]

Average Temperature Increase from beginning of data period to end of period- by buoy site
(degrees Centigrade for sea surface temperatures and air tempertures)
NOAA monitoring buoy site: source: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml

Summary of average temperature increase by region and regression slope for trend (degrees C/decade)(F=9/5 C)
(Average temperature was compared for the first 3 or 4 or 6 or 8 years of period to similar period at end of data period)

Western Gulf data: www.flcv.com/Gmdata.html (other texas sites here also)
42002 S.E. of Sabine Texas

SST AT
Av 77to81 25.43 (6 years) Av 77to81 24.11
Av00to05 26.33 Av00to05 25.25
Increase 0.90 degrees C Increase 1.14 degrees C

regression SST regression AT
slope = .293 degrees/decade slope = .51 degrees/decade
Pearson r= 0.478 Pearson r= 0.69



42001 Mid Gulf S. Of New Orleans

SST Air Temp
Av77to81 25.60 (6 years) Av77to81 24.53
Av00to05 26.66 * Av00to05 25.23
Increase 1.06 degrees C Increase 0.70 degrees C

regression SST regression AT
slope = .30 degrees/decade slope = .16 degrees/decade
Pearson r = 0.564 Pearson r = 0.243


the software here mixed my spreadsheet around, but if you can't follow it the web site is
www.flcv.com/sitesum.html