The atmospheric temperature record varies between balloons and
satellite microwave methods.
Not exact matches
The opaqueness of seawater to the passage of light or radio waves makes it difficult to efficiently study the seafloor or the deep interior of the oceans with either optical
methods (cameras, etc), or with radar or
microwave radiation (such as used in
satellites).
Roy and I were the first to build climate - type global temperature datasets from
satellite microwave sensors, so we learned as we went — and were aided by others who read our papers and checked our
methods.
RSS was tracking with UAH until spring of 2016 when RSS changed their
method of diurnal correction using GCMs and also decided to favor an older
microwave sensing units MSU
satellites that were diverging in the warm direction from a newer AMSU
satellite.