«Thorne et al. ended with the conclusion that «there is no reasonable evidence of a fundamental disagreement between tropospheric temperature trends from models and observations when uncertainties in both are treated comprehensively».» (wattsupwiththat.com)
In regards to Michael Jankowski's comment (# 11), the Fu et al. (2004, Nature) article showed that the satellite record of tropospheric temperature trends, based on the Microwave Sounding Unit channel 2, is contaminated by stratospheric cooling on the order of -0.08 K / decade. (realclimate.org)
The new evidence in this Report (model - to - model consistency of amplification results, the large uncertainties in observed tropospheric temperature trends, and independent physical evidence supporting substantial tropospheric warming) favors the second explanation. (deepclimate.org)