Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850

Brohan, Philip, Kennedy, John J., Harris, Ian, Tett, Simon F. B. and Jones, Philip D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5032-5493 (2006) Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 111 (D12).

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Abstract

The historical surface temperature data set HadCRUT provides a record of surface temperature trends and variability since 1850. A new version of this data set, HadCRUT3, has been produced, benefiting from recent improvements to the sea surface temperature data set which forms its marine component, and from improvements to the station records which provide the land data. A comprehensive set of uncertainty estimates has been derived to accompany the data: Estimates of measurement and sampling error, temperature bias effects, and the effect of limited observational coverage on large-scale averages have all been made. Since the mid twentieth century the uncertainties in global and hemispheric mean temperatures are small, and the temperature increase greatly exceeds its uncertainty. In earlier periods the uncertainties are larger, but the temperature increase over the twentieth century is still significantly larger than its uncertainty.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School: University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit
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Depositing User: Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2011 12:13
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2023 20:31
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/19602
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006548

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