How do they measure climate?

Answer 1

Changes in the mean global temperature can be measured by:

• Ground based weather records kept over a long time to track trends
• Sea water temperature records
• Satellite imagery
• Wildlife and plant life distribution
• Sea ice records

Answer 2

just measure. You cannot measure climate change.You can only measure aspects of climate which change every (say) 10 years. Aspects of climate which continually change , are :- daily temperates, daily humidity, daily air pressure, daily rainfall, daily wind speed. If accurate records are kept of all these things, we can calculate monthly averages of these factors. If we have records of all these things for (say) 100 years, we can compare these things and if graphs show a VERY OBVIOUS trend which indicates (say) a steady rise or fall over a 100 years , then we can logically conclude that the next few years will PROBABLY follow the same trend. To attempt to make future predictions about all aspects of climate variations , over the entire world, is, in my opinion, just not possible. The planet Earth is enormous and many parts of the world have no detailed records of any of the factors I have mentioned. When scientists make statements, about sea level changes, and annual temperature changes,for the next few decades, they are fooling themselves and fooling the public . Climate has changed and varied for the last thousand years and longer. If we are told by scientists that the temp of the planet will increase 0.2 degrees each year for the next few decades, they are making foolish statements . They just cannot know these things to that degree of accuracy. If it turns out that the world temperatures actually fell by say, 0.1 degree , then their prediction would have an error of 300% . Read a book by author, Professor Ian Plimer, titled:- How to get Expelled from School. Measuring Climate is like trying to measure a human's behavior. It is totally unpredictable and impossible to measure with any sensible degree of accuracy. .

Answer 3

Measurements to appreciate climate: temperature, volume of precipitations, atmospheric pressure, speed of winds, humidity, numbers of days with sun etc.

Answer 4

They look out the window

~Jeffery