Tamino, we're all looking forward to your updated comparison of
the RATPAC radiosonde data with the latest UAH & RSS data.
Not exact matches
GTTA are represented by
data from satellite microwave sensing units (MSU) for the period 1980 — 2008 and from
radiosondes (
RATPAC) for 1958 — 2008.
(
Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Accessing Climate (
RATPAC)-RRB-
Data source: Globe section at: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/
data/
ratpac/
ratpac-a/
RATPAC-A-annual-levels.txt
GTTA are represented by
data from satellite microwave sensing units (MSU) for the period 1980 — 2008 and from
radiosondes (
RATPAC) for 1958 — 2008.
Note that the
RATPAC radiosonde (weather balloon)
data are in close agreement with the higher tropospheric temperature estimates, as are the HadAT2
radiosonde data (Figure 3).
Here is a comparison of new and old RSS vs RICH
radiosonde data (If you are tired with
RATPAC and want an alternative).
However, detailed statistical analyses of the available satellite
data (RSS, UMd, UAH) since 1979 and of
radiosonde data (HadAT,
RATPAC, RICH, and IUK) since about 1959 has revealed that there are significant errors and uncorrected biases in all datasets.