纠正数据集导致20世纪初海面变暖更加均
Duo Chan1, Elizabeth C Kent2, David I Berry2
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature
|July 19, 2019
概括
校正历史海面温度 (SST) 数据揭示了更加统一的海洋变暖模式. 调整船上桶数据的测量偏差可以提高全球温度记录的准确性和均性.
科学领域:
- 海洋学
- 气候科学
- 历史数据分析
背景情况:
- 20世纪初的现有海面温度 (SST) 估计表明海洋变暖异常,一些地区的变暖是全球平均水平的两倍,而其他地区则降温.
- 这些估计依赖于船上的水桶测量,已知这些水桶含有需要修正的重大偏差.
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