Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to know, under the Freedom of Information Act, how
much money was spent on the Global Warming Facts and Myths section
of your website.

Could you also please let me know how much research the Met Office
did into the Cosmic Ray myth before declaring it a myth.
Furthermore I would like to know what measure of solar activity the
Met Office is using with respect to their "bunking" of this myth?
Is it Total Solar Irradience or Sun Spot number or some other
measurement?

You also state in the Myths section that the CO2 increase is
measurable and its effect is well quantified. Can you please direct
me to the papers which calculate the quantity of effect an increase
of CO2 has on temperature (I have never seen a paper that actually
shows me the "well quantified" effect, only a broad range of
effects taken from computer modelling which, as we all know, is
open to abuse by the pre-conceived ideas of the modellers)?

In your Fact 1 pdf you state that temperatures have risen by 0.7
degrees over the last 100 years. Can you please let me know a) how
much the background rise has been, on average, since the end of the
last ice age and b) which model of the last 100 years you have
used. Has this model been peer reviewed and ALL data, methods, and
computer code been open to external reviewers on request?

With respect to your Fact 2 you state that it has warmed by 0.1
degree in the past decade. Now that we have accurate satellite
measurements I assume that this number has come from these rather
than a model which, again, can reflect the pre-conceived ideas of
the modellers. Can you please confirm that this measurement comes
from the accurate satellite measurements and, if not, why not?

In Fact 3 you state that CO2 and temperature are linked. Can you
please let me know how much a rise in temperature lags behind CO2
increase?

In Fact 5 you state that global temperature will rise by 2-3
degrees this century according to one of the IPCC's mid-range
models. Regardless of the fact that the IPCC is a heavily
politicised organisation with reports written by a core of
"scientists" who refuse to disclose methods and data and are well
known for their bias towards proving that mankind is the sole
factor behind climate change; can you please tell me which model
output we are currently tracking according to satellite temperature
measurements.

In Fact 6 you state that climate models predict the main features
of future climate. Can you please let me know if the data entering
these models is available to ALL external reviewers, along with the
code and methodology. If not then please let me know why note? Can
you also please let me know how well the temperature increase in
the atmosphere, as predicted by these models, compares to that
observed by satellite measurements?

I thank you for your time.

Kind regards

Yours faithfully,

James Snowdome

Dear James

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Mr Snowdome

I attach response to your recent request for information.

Regards <<925 Snowdome re Myths PW.pdf>>

Marion Archer
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