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Global temperature evolution 1979–2010
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We analyze five prominent time series of global temperature (over land and ocean) for their common time interval since 1979: three surface temperature records (from NASA/GISS, NOAA/NCDC and HadCRU) and two lower-troposphere (LT) temperature records based on satellite microwave sensors (from RSS and UAH). All five series show consistent global warming trends ranging from 0.014 to 0.018 K yr−1. When the data are adjusted to remove the estimated impact of known factors on short-term temperature variations (El Niño/southern oscillation, volcanic aerosols and solar variability), the global warming signal becomes even more evident as noise is reduced. Lower-troposphere temperature responds more strongly to El Niño/southern oscillation and to volcanic forcing than surface temperature data. The adjusted data show warming at very similar rates to the unadjusted data, with smaller probable errors, and the warming rate is steady over the whole time interval. In all adjusted series, the two hottest years are 2009 and 2010.
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- Authors
- Foster, G., & Rahmstorf, S.
- Venue
- Environmental Research Letters
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2011-12-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 044022
- ISSN
- 1748-9326 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2139356899
- Cited by
- 399
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 23.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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