From Doctor Roy Spencer at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, July 2:
Latest Global Average Tropospheric Temperatures
Since 1979, NOAA satellites have been carrying instruments which measure the natural microwave thermal emissions from oxygen in the atmosphere. The intensity of the signals these microwave radiometers measure at different microwave frequencies is directly proportional to the temperature of different, deep layers of the atmosphere. Every month, John Christy and I update global temperature datasets that represent the piecing together of the temperature data from a total of fifteen instruments flying on different satellites over the years. A discussion of the latest version (6.0) of the dataset is located here.
The graph above represents the latest update; updates are usually made within the first week of every month. Contrary to some reports, the satellite measurements are not calibrated in any way with the global surface-based thermometer records of temperature. They instead use their own on-board precision redundant platinum resistance thermometers (PRTs) calibrated to a laboratory reference standard before launch.
The digital data for the above plot, as well as for various sub-regions of the Earth and for three other atmospheric layers, are available at the links below....
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The bet thus far:
May 2, 2024:
"Major eruption at Ruang volcano, ash to 19.2 km (63 000 feet) a.s.l., Indonesia"
Here's a prop bet for you. By May 15, 2026 we will see the satellite-
measured-inferred global lower atmospheric temperature anomaly decline by at least 1/2 degree C.The two keepers of the satellite record are Remote Sensing Systems in Santa Rosa CA and the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
Here's the temperature graph from UAH:....
....Again the baseline for the prop bet: the above "Latest Global Temp. Anomaly (March '24: +0.95°C)"....
May 5, 2024:
UAH Global Temperature Update: April Sees New High Temperature Anomaly For The Satellite Era
Great, just effin' great. I had to go shooting my mouth off with a prop bet on May 2, couldn't wait for the new number to be released, no sirree, had to be posted when the memory to post it was triggered:...
.... UAH Global Temperature Update for April, 2024: +1.05 deg. C....
June 5:
UAH Global Temperature Update: May Sees Temperature Anomaly Come Down A Bit
The University of Alabama-Huntsville is one of the two keepers of the satellite temperature record (along with Remote Sensing Systems). Here's UAH's Dr. Roy Spencer with the update and our adventures in prop bets after the jump.
UAH Global Temperature Update for May, 2024: +0.90 deg. C
And July 2, above:
UAH Global Temperature Update for June, 2024:+0.80°C
