Steve Sherwood, chief investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and lead author for the study, explained that he and his colleague Nidhi Nishant used improved methods of analysis and more recent data to reexamine radiosondes, or the global
weather balloon network.
«Using more recent data and better analysis methods we have been able to re-examine the global
weather balloon network, known as radiosondes, and have found clear indications of warming in the upper troposphere,» said lead author ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science Chief Investigator Prof Steve Sherwood.
Not exact matches
The M.I.T. and Georgia Tech teams proved most successful in using social
networks to pinpoint the locations of 10 red
weather balloons scattered throughout the U.S.
Tweets and status updates have been buzzing for weeks about DARPA's
Network Challenge, even though the event does not officially kick off until 10 A.M. Eastern time Saturday when hundreds of technophiles will compete in an effort to be the first to track down the locations of 10 large red
weather balloons positioned across the U.S. throughout the day (pdf).