Category Archives: NCDC

NOAA Releases New Pause-Buster Global Surface Temperature Data and Immediately Claims Record-High Temps for May 2015 – What a Surprise!

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

NOAA published their State of the Climate Report today for May 2015. Under the heading of Global Summary Information, they note: Note: With this report and data release, the National Centers for Environmental Information is transitioning to improved versions of … Continue reading →

Posted in LOST Update, NCDC, NOAA SOTC | 47 Comments

NOAA/NCDC’s new ‘pause-buster’ paper: a laughable attempt to create warming by adjusting past data

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This is a cross post from WattsUpWithThat. Did SNL’s Tommy Flanagan Oversee the New Surface Temperature Data? By Bob Tisdale and Anthony Watts, commentary from Dr. Judith Curry follows There is a new paper published the journal Science about the … Continue reading →

Posted in CAGW Proponent Arguments, Hiatus, NCDC, NOAA ERSST.v4 | 65 Comments

January 2015 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly & Model-Data Difference Update

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through January 2015 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through December 2014—and of the two suppliers of satellite-based lower troposphere temperature data (RSS … Continue reading →

Posted in GISS, Global Temperature Update, HADCRUT4, Lower Troposphere Temperature, NCDC, TLT and LOST Updates | 6 Comments

October 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly & Model-Data Difference Update

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

I’ve added a graph of the difference between the observed global temperature anomalies (GISS LOTI) and the climate model simulations of that metric by the models stored in the CMIP5 archive (used by the IPCC for their 5th Assessment Report).  … Continue reading →

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August 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through August 2014 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through July 2014—and of the two suppliers of satellite-based lower troposphere temperature data (RSS … Continue reading →

Posted in GISS, HADCRUT4, LOST Update, Lower Troposphere Temperature, NCDC, TLT Update | 1 Comment

July 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through July 2014 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through June 2014—and of the two suppliers of satellite-based lower troposphere temperature data (RSS … Continue reading →

Posted in GISS, HADCRUT4, LOST Update, NCDC, TLT and LOST Updates, TLT Update | 17 Comments

May 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

This post updates the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through May 2014 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through April 2014—and of the two suppliers of satellite-based global lower troposphere temperature data (RSS and UAH) … Continue reading →

Posted in GISS, HADCRUT4, LOST Update, Lower Troposphere Temperature, NCDC, TLT and LOST Updates, TLT Update, UKMO | 3 Comments

GISS LOTI & NCDC Global Temperature Data Drop in February 2014

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

This post will serve as February 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) Temperature Anomaly Update First GISS:  Global surface temperatures, as represented by the GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index (LOTI) data, dropped about 0.25 deg C from January to February 2014. See Figure … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t Global Surface Temperature Data Produced in Absolute Form?

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

The title question often appears during discussions of global surface temperatures.   That is, GISS, Hadley Centre and NCDC only present their global land+ocean surface temperatures products as anomalies.  The questions is: why don’t they produce the global surface temperature products … Continue reading →

Posted in GISS, HADCRUT4, NCDC | 56 Comments