Temperature Updates: Monitoring

This is a collection of websites and services that monitor or analyze the temperature of the Earth with regular, public updates.

Data Collectors and Analysis:

NASA: Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP)
- Make your own GISTEMP Plot
NOAA: National Climatic Data Center: State of the Climate
Hadley Center: Climate Research Unit
- Temperature Data Sets
BEST: Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature
- Summary of Findings
- from Climate Data Guide: Berkeley Earth and Summary
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
- JMA: Global Warming Tab
Copernicus/ECMWF: Copernicus Climate Service
The MetOffice: Monitoring Land and Atmosphere
World Meteorological Organ ization State of the Climate

Visualizations:

Bloomberg: What’s Really Warming the Earth?
Ed Hawkins: Temperature Spiral (Arctic Sea Ice, CO2)
NASA/GISS: Animation 1880-2014

Surface Temperature Readings (Data Quality)

Herring: Can Historical Temperature Data Records Be Trusted
GISS Surface Temperature Analysis: Look for material on quality control
Menne: Reliability US Temperature Trends
Thompson: Discontinuity of Surface Temperature Record

And to answer all of those challenges to climate change science: Skeptical Science

By Richard Rood|2022-01-01T21:22:56+00:00December 29th, 2021|Resources, Science, Topical Collection|

About the Author: Richard Rood

Richard B. (Ricky) Rood is a professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Prior to 2005, he held several leadership positions at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Rood is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and he holds the World Meteorological Organization's Norbert Gerbier Award. He has been recognized with the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.