Global average air temperature near the surface is dominated by the ocean (because it covers two thirds of the planet), particularly at low latitudes.
Not exact matches
Global warming, the phenomenon of increasing
average air temperatures near the surface of Earth over...
As far as this historic period is concerned, the reconstruction of past
temperatures based on deep boreholes in deep permafrost is one of the best past
temperature proxies we have (for the
global regions with permafrost — polar regions and mountainous regions)-- as a signal of
average temperatures it's even more accurate than historic direct measurements of the
air temperature, since the earth's upper crust acts as a
near perfect conservator of past
temperatures — given that no water circulation takes place, which is precisely the case in permafrost where by definition the water is frozen.
The annual anomaly of the
global average surface
temperature in 2014 (i.e. the
average of the
near - surface
air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.27 °C above the 1981 - 2010
average (+0.63 °C above the 20th century
average), and was the warmest since 1891.
What the report says about climate change and the Arctic: Over the past 50 years,
near - surface
air temperatures across Alaska and the Arctic have increased at a rate more than twice as fast as the
global average.
The researchers discovered a
temperature increase of just 1 degree Celsius in
near - surface
air temperatures in the tropics leads to an
average annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide equivalent to one - third of the annual
global emissions from combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation combined.
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Global Warming Defined
Global Warming Is The Increase In The
Average Temperature Of The Earth's
Near - surface
Air And Oceans Since The Mid-20th Century And Its Projected Continuation.
Global Warming Is The Increase In The
Average Temperature Of The Earth's
Near - surface
Air And Oceans Since The Mid-20th Century And Its Projected Continuation.
There is to mention, that the globally
average temperature of the
air near the surface (y = T) of about 288 K was calculated using the definition of a
global average, too.
Arctic
near - surface
air temperature has risen twice as fast as
average global warming over the last 2 decades.
I have to say that it would be much wiser to just say we don't have a good number on the OLWR and carry on with our analysis of total
global heat change and its relationship to
average global near - surface
air temperature.