{"id":296000,"date":"2024-01-16T08:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=296000"},"modified":"2024-01-16T08:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:54:45","slug":"big-claims-about-tiny-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=296000","title":{"rendered":"Big Claims About Tiny Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"296004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=296004\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0depositphotos_181688056-stock-illustration-funny-cartoon-numbers.jpg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Watts Up With That?\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[UPDATE: An alert commenter, Izaak Walton, notes below that I\u2019d used 10e21 instead of 1e21. This means&nbsp;<strong>all my results were too large by a factor of 10<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2026 I\u2019ve updated all the numbers to fix my error. Mea maxima culpa. This is why I love writing for the web \u2026 my errors don\u2019t last long.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our marvelous host, Anthony Watts, alerted me about a new paper yclept \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00376-024-3378-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, since I\u2019m \u201cthe very model of a modern major general\u201d, my first thought was<em>&nbsp;\u201cIs there gender balance among the authors as required by DEI?\u201d<\/em>. I mean, according to the seminal paper \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/ocean-sciences-must-incorporate-dei-scholars-argue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ocean sciences must incorporate DEI, scholars argue<\/a>\u201c, that\u2019s a new requirement. Not balance by sex. Balance by gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it turns out that there are thirty-five authors of the new paper. I downloaded the citation. It says \u201cCheng, L., Abraham, J., Trenberth, K., Boyer, T., Mann, M., Zhu, J., Wang, F., Yu, F., Locarnini, R., Fasullo, J., Zheng, F., Li, Y., Zhang, B., Wan, L., Chen, X., Wang, D., Feng, L., Song, X., Liu, Y., Reseghetti, F., Simoncelli, S., Gouretski, V., Chen, G., Mishonov, A., Reagan, J., Von Schuckmann, K., Pan, Y., Tan, Z., Zhu, Y., Wei, W., Li, G., Ren, Q., Cao, L., Lu, Y.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ooogh \u2026&nbsp;gonna be hard to determine their genders. Can\u2019t just check their names, that would be transphobic. Have to contact each one and ask them about their sexual proclivities \u2026&nbsp;that\u2019ll go over well \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, there\u2019s a numerical problem with genders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, from the San Francisco \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giftincome.org\/_files\/ugd\/40a234_fa065a88cf9b481bbae6e47c5598270c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIFT<\/a>\u201d program, which will give $1,200\/month in taxpayer money preferentially to&nbsp;<em>illegal alien ex-con transgender prostitutes with AIDS who can\u2019t speak English<\/em>, is their checkbox list of genders. (And no, I\u2019m not kidding\u2014that is their preferred recipient, the person that goes to the head of the line for \u201cfree\u201d taxpayer money. But I digress\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So buckle up and keep your hands in the vehicle at all times, let\u2019s take a ride through their official list of genders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GENDER IDENTITY (Check all that apply)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cis-gender woman<br>Woman<br>Transgender Woman<br>Woman of Trans experience<br>Woman with a history of gender transition<br>Trans feminine<br>Feminine-of-center<br>MTF (male-to-female)<br>Demigirl<br>T-girl<br>Transgirl<br>Sistergirl<br>Cis-gender man<br>Man<br>Transgender man<br>Man of Trans experience<br>Man with a history of gender transition<br>Trans masculine<br>Masculine-of-center<br>FTM (female-to-male)<br>Demiboy<br>T-boy<br>Transguy<br>Brotherboy<br>Trans<br>Transgender<br>Transsexual<br>Non-binary<br>Genderqueer<br>Agender<br>Xenogender<br>Fem<br>Femme<br>Butch<br>Boi<br>Stud<br>Aggressive (AG)<br>Androgyne<br>Tomboy<br>Gender outlaw<br>Gender non-conforming<br>Gender variant<br>Gender fluid<br>Genderfuck<br>Bi-gender<br>Multi-gender<br>Pangender<br>Gender creative<br>Gender expansive<br>Third gender<br>Neutrois<br>Omnigender<br>Polygender<br>Graygender<br>Intergender<br>Maverique<br>Novigender<br>Two-spirit<br>Hijra<br>Kathoey<br>Muxe<br>Khanith\/Xanith<br>X-gender<br>MTX<br>FTX<br>Bakla<br>Mahu<br>Fa\u2019afafine<br>Waria<br>Palao\u2019ana<br>Ashtime<br>Mashoga<br>Mangaiko<br>Chibados<br>Tida wena<br>Bixa\u2019ah<br>Alyha<br>Hwame<br>Lhamana<br>Nadleehi<br>Dilbaa<br>Winkte<br>Ninauposkitzipxpe<br>Machi-embra<br>Quariwarmi<br>Chuckchi<br>Whakawahine<br>Fakaleiti<br>Calabai<br>Calalai<br>Bissu<br>Acault<br>Travesti<br>Questioning<br>I don\u2019t use labels<br>Declined<br>Not Listed:&nbsp;<strong><em><strong><em>_________________<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heck, there are only about a hundred \u201cgenders\u201d there. That means there shouldn\u2019t be any problem determining which author in this paper is a \u201cCalabai\u201d and which is a \u201cCalalai\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the number of authors brings up what I modestly call \u201cWillis\u2019s First Rule Of Authorship\u201d, which states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Paper Quality \u2248 1 \/ (Number Of Authors)<sup>2<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But enough digression \u2026 moving on to the paper, there\u2019s a fascinating claim in the abstract, viz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, the sea surface temperature (SST) and upper 2000 m ocean heat content (OHC) reached record highs. The 0\u20132000 m OHC in 2023 exceeded that of 2022 by 15 \u00b1 10 ZJ (1 Zetta Joules = 10<sup>21<\/sup>&nbsp;Joules) (updated IAP\/CAS data); 9 \u00b1 5 ZJ (NCEI\/NOAA data).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So \u2026 what is the relationship between ZJ and the temperature of the top 2000 meters? Let me use the NCEI\/NOAA data. Here are the calculations, skip them if you wish, the answer\u2019s at the end. Items marked as [1] are the computer results of the calculation. Everything after a # is a comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; (seavolume=volbydepth(2000)) #cubic kilometers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] 647,988,372<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; (seamass = seavolume * 1e9 * 1e3 * 1.025) # kg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] 6.641881e+20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; (specificheat=3850) # joules\/kg\/\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] 3850<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; (zjoulesperdeg=specificheat * seamass \/ 1e21) #zettajoules\/\u00b0C, to raise seamass by 1\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] 2557.124<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; (zettajoules2023 = 9) # from the paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; (tempchange2023 =zettajoules2023 \/ zjoulesperdeg) # \u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] 0.0035<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So all the angst is about a temperature change of three and a half<em>&nbsp;thousandths&nbsp;<\/em>of one degree. EVERYONE PANIC!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that wasn\u2019t the interesting part. The interesting part is their uncertainty, which per NCEI\/NOAA is \u00b1 5 ZJ. Let me note to start that the results of the two groups, IAP\/CAS and NCEI\/NOAA, differ by 6 ZJ \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the above calculations, 5 ZJ is \u00b1 0.0019\u00b0C \u2026 they are seriously claiming that we can measure the temperature of the top 2,000 meters of the ocean to within \u00b10.0019\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And how are they doing that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say\u00a0<em>\u201cThe main subsurface observing system since 2005 is the profiling floats from the Argo program\u201d<\/em>. These are amazing floats that sleep a thousand meters down deep in the ocean, then periodically wake up, sink further down to two thousand meters, and then rise slowly to the surface, measuring temperature and salinity along the way. When they reach the surface, they phone home like ET, report the measurements, and sink down a thousand meters to go to sleep again. They\u2019re a fascinating piece of technology. Here\u2019s a map of the float locations from a few years back.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"531\" data-attachment-id=\"296002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=296002\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-279.png?fit=720%2C531&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,531\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-279\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-279.png?fit=720%2C531&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-279.png?resize=720%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-279.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-279.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are about 4,000 floats, each of which measures the temperature as it rises from 2000 meters up to the surface every 10 days. Note that they tend to concentrate in some areas, like the intertropical convergence zone by the Equator and the US East Coast, while other areas are undersampled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So to start with, ignoring the uneven sampling. each float is theoretically representative of an area of about 92,000 square kilometers and down to two kilometers depth. That\u2019s a bit more area than Austria, Portugal, or the state of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now consider their claim for a moment. We put one single thermometer in Austria, take one measurement every 10 days for a year \u2026 and claim we\u2019ve measured Austria\u2019s annual average temperature with an uncertainty of \u00b10.0019\u00b0C???<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah \u2026&nbsp;that\u2019s totally legit \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But wait, as they say on TV, there\u2019s more. That\u2019s just measuring the surface temperature, but the Argo floats are measuring a 3D volume, not the surface. So their claimed uncertainty is even less likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s another way to look at it. We\u2019re talking about the uncertainty of the average of a number of measurements. As we get more measurements, our uncertainty decreases \u2026 but it doesn\u2019t decrease directly proportionally to the number of measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, it decreases proportionally to the&nbsp;<em>square root<\/em>&nbsp;of the number of measurements. This means if we want to decrease the uncertainty by one decimal point, that is to say we want to have one-tenth of the uncertainty, we need&nbsp;<em>one hundred times as many measurements<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, this works in reverse as well. If we have one-hundredth of the number of measurements, we lose one decimal point in the uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let\u2019s apply that to the ARGO floats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claimed uncertainty with 4,000 floats = \u00b1 0.0019\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, uncertainty with 40 floats = \u00b1 0.019\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And uncertainty with 4 floats = \u00b10.19 time the square root of 10 = 0.06\u00b0C \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their claimed uncertainty says that four ARGO floats could measure the temperature of the entire global ocean to an uncertainty of less than one tenth of one degree \u2026 yeah, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, I fear that\u2019s as far as I got in their paper \u2026&nbsp;I was laughing too hard to continue. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s all sciency and everything, but they lost me by hyperventilating over an ocean warming of three and a half thousandths of a degree and put me over the edge by claiming an impossibly small uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, a sunny morning in the redwood forest after a day of strong rain, with football playoffs (not the round ball kind) starting in a little while\u2014what\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My very best to all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">w.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ADDENDUM] To close the circle, let me do a sensitivity analysis. The paper mentions that there are some other data sources for the analysis like XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) and other ship-deployed instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let\u2019s assume that there were a further 4,000 scientific research vessels who each made a voyage where they made thirty-six XBT measurements. That would double the total number of measurements taken during the year. Never mind that there aren\u2019t 4,000 scientific research vessels, this is a sensitivity analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That would change the calculations as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claimed uncertainty with 8,000 floats + measurements = \u00b1 0.0019\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, uncertainty with 80 floats + measurements = \u00b1 0.019\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And uncertainty with 8 floats + measurements = \u00b10.019 time the square root of 10 = 0.06\u00b0C \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We come to the same problem. There\u2019s no way that 8 thermometers taking temperatures every 10 days can give us the average temperature of the top two kilometers of the entire global ocean with an uncertainty of less than 0.1\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MY USUAL: When you comment please&nbsp;<strong>quote the exact words you are discussing<\/strong>. It avoids endless misunderstandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alert commenter, Izaak Walton, notes below that I\u2019d used 10e21 instead of 1e21. This means all my results were too large by a factor of 10 \u2026 I\u2019ve updated all the numbers to fix my error. 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