[LEAPSECS] speeding up again?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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Tom Van Baak writes:

> Steve,
>
>  > We can probably put a lot of the blame onto El Niño
>
> That sounds plausible but I'm suspicious of quick and simple explanations.

I dont think the primary El Niño phenomena involves enough
mass transport to measurably change the angular momentum.  It is
mostly just a vertical inversion phenomena, which changes the
evaporation from the sea surface.  It has far ranging secondary
effects, but those are mostly orthogonal to the rotation, so their
effect is also attenuated.

What I wonder is if anybody has done the angular rotation math on
major forrest fires ?

They convert a lot of trees from rigidly rotating surface mass to gasses,
but I have no idea what the total incinerated mass might be...

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