The issue focused on water temperature at higher altitudes is brought up by Jim Rogers in his email on July 24, 2006: This article gives some context for some of the scientific literature that goes into producing values for sea level at higher altitudes. On page 52 of his March 2006 paper on sea level at higher altitudes: Dr. Rogers explains that there are four primary authors on this paper: Robert Mahler and Brian Turner

George Cook and Brian Turner are directly connected to American geophysicist Robert Mahler