• Reduce uncertainties in trend estimates for climate observations and projections through use of modern statistical methods for spatio - temporal data. (judithcurry.com)
One estimate of that error for the MSU 2 product (a weighted average of tropospheric + lower stratospheric trends) is that two different groups (UAH and RSS) come up with a range of tropical trends of 0.048 to 0.133 °C / decade — a much larger difference than the simple uncertainty in the trend. (realclimate.org)
• the factors that contribute to uncertainties in the trends inferred from three categories of instrumental measurements — Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) carried aboard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites, radiosondes, and surface observations; (nap.edu)