Overall, significant improvements over previous models are seen, particularly in upper atmosphere temperatures and winds, cloud heights, precipitation, and sea level pressure. (pubs.giss.nasa.gov)
Dr. Lloyd was discussing surface temperatures, not the entire global system which includes upper atmosphere temperatures and more importantly ocean temperatures. (hubpages.com)
The temperature climatologies were supplemented by upper atmosphere temperature climatologies derived from the National Center for Environmental Prediction's North American Regional Reanalysis (Mesinger et al., 2006; emc.ncep.noaa.gov / mmb / rreanl /). (pacificclimate.org)