First the map

AQUA satellite, NASA, AIRS instrument. That is "Atmospheric Infra Red Sounder." CO2 anomalies, July 2009. at AQUA, they are always a bit slow, and they love July's because those are the least controversial. If you think humans are generating the CO2 and that the CO2 is warming the planet. But, AQUA is the world's most valuable satellite, so all things can be forgiven them. It totally negates AGW, all on its own, though its owners are not game to admit it. Yet

So we will start with last July. These are just my guesses, right?

Southern hemisphere.

South America. Up-welling on the west coast Chile) puts CO2 into the air, as the Antarctic Bottom Water de-pressurises and warms, in surfacing. The prevailing winds lift the CO2 up over the Andes, were AIRS then records it.

Africa. Ditto. Up-welling of the Africa Corps Unit of Antarctic Bottom Water, on the Namibian coast, provides the CO2, which reaches AIRS recording altitude (8 km) over Botswana. The anomaly location and the winds are all wrong for the South African cities or for it to be fumes from SASOL, the big oil-from-coal refinery. I think. The prevailing winds in July are northwesters and there is no industry on the Namibian coastline. It is serious desert. Been there and been done by that.

The faint CO2 band that runs around most of the southern hemisphere at the latitude of South Africa, going east eventually shows a major deflection southwards, when it gets to South America. I think that whole belt is from cold water being shifted north by the West Wind (the Ekman Spiral and Coriolis Force deflecting left in the southern hemisphere), warming and so losing CO2. The southerly sidestep is that water flowing through the Drake Passage. The Tierra del Fuego Tango?

For the northern hemisphere, compare the CO2 mp with this sea surface temperature anomaly map, from Bob Tisdale.

The centre of the biggest patch of heating of the lot is the Caspian Sea. Cold water goes there and warms in summer. And that is extended by the big sedimentary basin that it lies in and that extends to the south. More on that anon. The CO2 anomaly extension further east is probably the Russian and Chinese coal seam fires, that extend over at least 3,000 kms and have probably been burning since at least the Neolithic (not a joke).

The Black Sea is anaerobic on its floor, so when it warms in the northern summer, it puts out huge amounts of CO2, both from the bed and from the water itself.

(Warm water holds less CO2 than cold water, And lower the pressure, and ditto. Shake and open a warm Coke to check. Shake and open a warm ocean to crosscheck)

The Eastern Med warms in summer. More CO2. Red Sea and Persian Gulf, ditto, strongly visible other months, but not here.

Under the Western Sahara, as around the Caspian Sea, is a huge sedimentary basin. Some zoologists have it that most of the biosphere lives, as bacteria, in the pore spaces in permeable rocks. And those breathe out CO2. Big surprise. Big Brother is alive and well and living under a sand dune with camels attached. Someone go tell Al Gore.

The big CO2 patch off the US east coast is the North Atlantic Drift getting going. Warm water goes north and mixes in huge gyres with colder water, which then warms. And emits masses of CO2. See the SST map for the match. The CO2 in the Mississippi Basin is probably from sediments, unless they burn off the corn and wheat stubble. That on and off the US and Canadian west coasts is from up-welling, just like in the southern hemisphere, with the CO2 being lifted by the Rockies as it goes inland.

Which just leaves the warming water in the northern Pacific, running up to the Bering Strait, to complete the set. Game, set and match?

No sign of the industry of the USA, China, or Europe. They must all go to the beach in midsummer, and not use any cars when they are there. Damn considerate of them, ta, chaps.

What anthropogenic carbon dioxide was that, again? And, this lot, the natural CO2 output, is not anywhere near here the planet is warming, either. Don't miss the next thrlling episode.

I'm off to kip.

Oh, yeah. Here is that sedimentary basins map, almost forgot.

with the high CO2 pattern for an earlier time, March 2008, outlined in blue, as another comparison.

Its from here, where the sedcarb model is camped.

See ya, all

Peter.

PS. We need better kenneling, in this debate. That is the new in-phrase. You saw it here first.