perseus
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This is based on satellite data which is collated by Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama. He is one of the very few climate sceptics with any credentials. So can't really use the clause that if the data isn't to your liking the scientists must be corrupt!
A word of warning however, this temperature is not exactly the same as ground temperatures but a stretch of the lower atmosphere. The temperature rise is generally less pronounced the higher you go, however it is a useful check on ground observations which also recorded very high temperatures for January despite the sun being near solar minimum. This was due to high temperatures over the oceans, the polar regions and the southern hemisphere generally. In other words about 80% of the globe and well away from where most bloggers live!
A word of warning however, this temperature is not exactly the same as ground temperatures but a stretch of the lower atmosphere. The temperature rise is generally less pronounced the higher you go, however it is a useful check on ground observations which also recorded very high temperatures for January despite the sun being near solar minimum. This was due to high temperatures over the oceans, the polar regions and the southern hemisphere generally. In other words about 80% of the globe and well away from where most bloggers live!
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