Climate change deniers and sceptics have long pointed to satellite data showing lower temperatures than those recorded on the ground.
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The new dataset shows more warming than most similar datasets constructed from satellites or radiosonde [weather balloon] data.”.
“Climate sceptics have long claimed that satellite data shows global warming to be less pronounced that observational data collected on the Earth’s surface,” he said.
The new data actually shows more warming than has been observed on the surface, though still slightly less than predicted in most climate models.”.
Dr Hausfather explained the problem with interpreting climate data from satellites due to their subtly changing orbit.
“Therefore, it is not too surprising that corrections to problems with satellite data would move them closer to surface records. »