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1Met Office, Hadley Centre (Reading Unit), Meteorology Building, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK. simon.tett@metoffice.gov.uk
Nature
|December 8, 2004
Resumen
Persisten discrepancias en las tendencias de la temperatura troposférica derivadas de los datos de la Unidad de Sondaje de Microondas (MSU) y los modelos climáticos. Este estudio critica un método para estimar el calentamiento, sugiriendo que sobreestima las tendencias y subestima la incertidumbre.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias de la atmósfera Ciencias atmosféricas.
- Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima
- La detección remota con sensores.
Sus antecedentes:
- Existe un debate con respecto a los cambios de temperatura troposférica medidos por la Unidad de Sondaje de Microondas (MSU) y las radiosondas.
- Fu y otros. propuso un método que combina canales MSU para tendencias de temperatura verticalmente integradas (850-300 hPa).
- Este método afirmaba la consistencia entre el calentamiento de la superficie y el calentamiento de la troposfera libre para un registro específico de MSU.
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