Not exact matches
Santer et al provide results for the
temperature of the lower
stratosphere (TLS), the mid - to
upper - troposphere (TMT), and the lower troposphere (TLT).
The other two climate records, so - called «
upper air» records, measure
temperatures in Earth's troposphere and
stratosphere.
Regarding your most recent comment, I believe you are making the same mistake you made earlier by confusing Tt with the
temperature of the
upper atmosphere (without ozone, it would be hard to call it a «
stratosphere» so I'll use that term in quotes).
The differences between the NOAA and Met Office global - mean time series are so large they call into question our fundamental understanding of observed
temperature trends in the middle and
upper stratosphere.
At the cold
temperatures of the tropical
upper troposphere and
stratosphere, it is not clear that correct values of the saturation vapor pressure are being used.
But the overall level of the
temperature plot in all planets is anchored by the weighted mean effect of the key absorbing layers, usually in the
stratosphere and
upper troposphere, where radiative balance with insolation is achieved.
Then we see the
temperature jump by 50 °C in the middle to
upper stratosphere in the polar regions.
This is also indicative of an ozone / UV link in determining
temperature in the
stratosphere,
upper troposphere and the tropical oceans.
The
temperature of the
upper troposphere is linked with ozone behaviour in the
stratosphere and the latter has numerous influences that all come back eventually to the sun.
So if I understand the science right, here, then the
upper troposphere should increase in
temperature while the
stratosphere should cool?
Mesospheric
temperature trends at mid-latitudes in summer, Berger et al, 11/2011; ``... This large cooling is primarily caused by long - term changes of ozone in the
upper stratosphere in combination with a CO2 increase.»
perturbations of ozone in the
upper troposphere and lower
stratosphere, which challenge the manner in which the stratospheric
temperature adjustment is done; and
(ii) In our calculations the
temperature throughout the troposphere varies at the fixed critical lapse rate, whereas in Manabe and Wetherald's calculations the increase in
temperature is confined to the lower troposphere, and the
upper troposphere and
stratosphere show an actual decreasing
temperature.
Temperatures in the
upper troposphere and
stratosphere of the Arctic have cooled in recent decades, consistent with increases in greenhouse gases and with decreases in stratospheric ozone since 1979 (Weatherhead et al., 2005).