[sclug] BBC climate model

[Graham]

> Looks fine from here for the shell and GUI mode, albeit a few GDK
> warnings..

Thanks, TOP now shows 98%  hadcm3transum_5

A few notes in a README.txt would have been nice.
I prefer a tgz, with instructions, but a SHAR is also OK.

As a related posting, (so its not off-topic - honest!)
here is a script that plots the world population
(6 billion at the Y2K line). Experiments with
different gnuplot ranges can be helpful.

The data source provides a reassuring projection of a plateau at 10B,
possibly due to population density at childbearing age,
possibly due to a prediction of avian-flu, (or whatever),
but maybe an open lie, to reassure the sponsors.

Does anyone have any URL's for tree-ring graphs,
ice-CO2 graphs, etc, etc. They are not easy to find,
and quickly drop off-screen on TV

Graham


#!/usr/bin/env gnuplot
plot 'pop.csv' using 3:4 with linespoints
pause -1

# pop.csv
POP, -,    YEAR,   lo,   hi
# extra point to get height above zero
POP, -,  -10000,    0.000001,   10,
POP, -,  -10000,    1,   10,
#POP, -,   -8000,    2,    5,
POP, -,   -8000,    5,    5,
POP, -,   -6500,    5,   10,
POP, -,   -5000,    5,   20,
POP, -,   -4000,    7,    7,
POP, -,   -3000,   14,   14,
POP, -,   -2000,   27,   27,
POP, -,   -1000,   50,   50,
POP, -,    -500,  100,  100,
POP, -,    -400,  162,  162,
POP, -,    -200,  150,  231,
POP, -,       1,  170,  400,
POP, -,     200,  190,  256,
POP, -,     400,  190,  206,
POP, -,     500,  190,  206,
POP, -,     600,  200,  206,
POP, -,     700,  207,  210,
POP, -,     800,  220,  224,
POP, -,     900,  226,  240,
POP, -,    1000,  254,  345,
POP, -,    1100,  301,  320,
POP, -,    1200,  360,  450,
POP, -,    1250,  400,  416,
POP, -,    1300,  360,  432,
POP, -,    1340,  443,  443,
POP, -,    1400,  350,  374,
POP, -,    1500,  425,  540,
POP, -,    1600,  545,  579,
POP, -,    1650,  470,  545,
POP, -,    1700,  600,  679,
POP, -,    1750,  629,  961,
POP, -,    1800,  813, 1125,
POP, -,    1850, 1128, 1402,
POP, -,    1900, 1550, 1762,
POP, -,    1910, 1750, 1750,
POP, -,    1920, 1860, 1860,
POP, -,    1930, 2070, 2070,
POP, -,    1940, 2300, 2300,
# POP, -,    1950, 2400, 2557,
#
# http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldpop.html
#
POP, -,    1950,  2556
POP, -,    1960,  3041
POP, -,    1970,  3708
POP, -,    1980,  4452
POP, -,    1990,  5282
POP, -,    2000,  6081
POP, -,    2005,  6555
#
POP, -,    2010,  6826
POP, -,    2020,  7563
POP, -,    2030,  8206
POP, -,    2040,  8739
POP, -,    2050,  9224
#
# this is an optimism - no way could it be true
# EST, -,    2200, 10000