"Atmospheric temperature" refers to the measure of how hot or cold the air in Earth's atmosphere is. It tells us whether the air is warm or cold at a certain place or time. Full definition
In other words, is the larger - than - earlier - thought increase in atmospheric temperatures occurring in tandem with the natural variation in ocean uptake during the last decade or so? (realclimate.org)
These uncertainties make it difficult to determine whether models still have common, fundamental errors in their representation of the vertical structure of atmospheric temperature change. (deepclimate.org)
As a result, the maintenance of global atmospheric temperature is dependent upon the heat released from the oceans approximately matching any deficit of heat lost by the whole atmosphere to space daily. (newclimatemodel.com)