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Global temperature variations (Document No: 19930010879)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Christy, John R. Spencer, Roy W. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | Lower stratospheric temperature anomalies from MSU channel 4 were compared to ten years of radiosonde data to validate the satellite record, and the results were submitted for publication. Various assumed stratospheric weighting profiles were tested to determine whether the theoretical channel 4 weighting function had significant errors. It was found that the real weighting function is slightly sharper than the theoretical weighting function. We also found evidence for a step-function cooling in the radiosonde record during 1982, a period when two satellites were operating with no evidence of changes in the satellites. Lower tropospheric bulk temperature datasets continue to be sent to climate researchers and modelers, as well as to the Climate Analysis Center (CAC). The CAC is also implementing our MSU software to be able to do the MSU processing at their site. Drift in MSU channel 3 is being quantified and corrected to allow it to be used together with channel 2 for a better lowertropospheric gridpoint temperature product. A new global oceanic precipitation dataset has been produced from MSU channel 1 data, and compared to ten years of global raingage data. |
| File Size | 88442 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930010879 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8cg4mz55 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Climate Variations Stratosphere Precipitation Meteorology Remote Sensing Atmospheric Temperature Radiosondes Global Warming Weighting Functions Numerical Weather Forecasting Step Functions Anomalies Wind Variations Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |