The climate models produce some aspects of the weather reasonably well, but they have yet to demonstrate an ability to confidently predict climate change in upper air temperatures. (treehugger.com)
The panel was asked to assess whether these apparently conflicting surface and upper air temperature trends lie within the range of uncertainty inherent in the measurements and, if they are judged to lie outside that range, to identify the most probable reason (s) for the differences. (nap.edu)
The finding of Lindzen and Giannitsis is in contrast with that of Forest et al. (2002, 2006) who consider the joint evolution of surface and upper air temperatures on much longer time scales. (ipcc.ch)