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Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, UK
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, UK
Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Met Office Hadley Centre (Reading Unit), University of Reading, Reading, UK
Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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.
Received 2 August 2005; accepted 14 February 2006; published 24 June 2006.
Citation: (2006), Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006548.
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