Son of Mulder.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/200...-eruption/#more-8826
What a "telling" photo!
A nice picture, but it doesn't say much of the forcing to climate (whatever that constitutes). I'm curious, what do you think that this pictorial data adds to a climate debate other than justify one of the many reasons for a "space station" in orbit?
This is an obvious forcing to the regional climate, but to what extent would you expect this "one shot" phenomenon to exert a forcing to any interaction with local attractors at this level of interactivity (I know that this is a 'tall order' and I'll excuse your 'rebuttal')?
I think the "Els and Las" are the result of an MEP tipping point. The "normal mode" is El Niño, but when the ocean/atmosphere interface is swamped with energy the hydrocycle response trips the region into a La Niña mode. The result is a limit upon the maximum uptake of energy by the ocean. Pretty much the same as what Eschenbach postulates.
On the CA site, the question of a climate metric has been asked again. What would be your suggestion for a metric that would define the climate for a region? As I've said in the past, I think that total atmospheric column WV + water would best define this (as an H2O response seems to reflect the energy levels of many attractors), but what would be your choice for a metric?
Best regards, suricat.