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Evolutions of Global Surface and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomalies in...
This post compares the responses of global surface temperature anomalies and lower troposphere temperature anomalies for the 2015/16 El Niño and the comparatively strong 1997/98 El Niño. Datasets...
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Annual Global Lower Troposphere Temperature (TLT) Anomaly Update – Distant...
As expected, annual global lower troposphere temperature (TLT) anomalies in 2015 for both the RSS and UAH datasets ranked a remote third warmest. See Figures 1 through 3. Figure 1 (RSS) # # # Figure 2...
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Meteorological Year (December to November) Global Temperature Product...
It should come as no surprise that surface temperature products are showing record highs for the meteorological year of December 2014 to November 2015 and that lower troposphere temperature products...
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December 2015 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update
MONTHLY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY MAP The following is a Global map of Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies for December 2015. It was downloaded from the KNMI Climate Explorer....
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January 2016 ENSO Update – It Appears the El Niño Has Peaked
This post provides an update of many of the ENSO-related variables we presented as part of last year’s 2014-15 El Niño Series. For the posts about the 2015/16 El Niño, we’ve used the evolution years...
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How Strong Was That El Niño or La Niña? – No One Knows For Sure
We recently discussed and illustrated how the differences between sea surface temperature datasets prevented us from knowing which of the recent strong El Niño events (the 1982/83, 1997/98 or 2015/16...
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The Oddities in NOAA’s New “Pause-Buster” Sea Surface Temperature Product –...
UPDATE – I changed the title to better reflect the content. # # # NOAA revised their global surface temperature product in June 2015 to show more global warming during the post-1998 period. Those data...
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GISS and NOAA to Announce 2015 “Record High” Global Temperatures Today in...
SEE UPDATE 1 AT END OF POST: I’ve provided a link to the slides from the teleconference and updated monthly and annual graphs. # # # On January 15th, NOAA Communications notified the media Wednesday:...
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THE BLOB Seems to Be Disappearing at the Surface – But Will It Reemerge?
Sad to say, I suspect it may reemerge at the surface…maybe not as strong as in the past, but I don’t think it’s going to disappear completely in 2016. I hope my suspicions are wrong, though. NOTE:...
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On the Monumental Differences in Warming Rates between Global Sea Surface...
UPDATE: See the 2 updates under the heading of A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SHIP-BUOY BIAS ADJUSTMENTS. # # # Alternate Title: NOAA Has a Sea Surface Temperature Dataset with an EVEN HIGHER Warming Rate than...
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