Another unresolved problem comes up when extrapolating land - based
weather station data far into the Arctic Ocean.
For a couple years I have been pointing out (along with Judith Curry and others) that the latest fad — which puts a lot of warming in recent data — is to extend high - latitude land
weather station data far out over the Arctic Ocean.
Not exact matches
Some programs were huge, mobilizing cooperation among a dozen or more nations to provide
data from
weather stations, research ships, and (by
far the most expensive) satellites to monitor temperatures, clouds, ocean currents, ice sheets and more.
I have included both the GISS land Temperature
station (dTs) datasets - dTS 1200 km and dTs 250 km - which differ in how
far temperature
data may be extrapolated from a
weather station.
Thousands of
weather stations data around the world show a warming Earth, I don't care what it's doing
far above my head.
With a large crowd supplying
data, the real conditions of an area start to emerge and that information can be mapped and used to make predictions that can be drilled down to a small area or to provide more accurate
weather forecasts for people living
farther away from
weather stations.