GUIDING THE CREATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SURFACE TEMPERATURE RESOURCE FOR TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY CLIMATE SCIENCE

[...] we need to fully quantify and understand the uncertainties. [...] there can be no "one size fits all" solution and a renewed, vigorous effort at creating, comparing, and assessing multiple independently derived data products is needed from a truly comprehensive and publicly available...

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Published inBulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 92; no. 11; pp. ES40 - ES47
Main Authors Thorne, Peter W., Willett, Kate M., Allan, Rob J., Bojinski, Stephan, Christy, John R., Fox, Nigel, Gilbert, Simon, Jolliffe, Ian, Kennedy, John J., Kent, Elizabeth, Tank, Albert Klein, Lawrimore, Jay, Parker, David E., Rayner, Nick, Simmons, Adrian, Song, Lianchun, Stott, Peter A., Trewin, Blair
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston American Meteorological Society 01.11.2011
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Climate change
Climate models
Climate science
Climatology
Data products
Datasets
Decision making
Decision trees
Global climate models
Graphics
MEETING SUMMARIES
Meetings
Meteorology
Noise
Oceanic climates
Scientists
Surface temperature
Weather
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Summary:[...] we need to fully quantify and understand the uncertainties. [...] there can be no "one size fits all" solution and a renewed, vigorous effort at creating, comparing, and assessing multiple independently derived data products is needed from a truly comprehensive and publicly available data bank of the "raw" data. [...] success or failure will not depend upon the governance structure or the number of associated acronyms but on the degree of meaningful engagement with scientists and citizen scientists.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477
DOI:10.1175/2011BAMS3124.1