Research Article, Geoinfor Geostat An Overview Vol: 1 Issue: 1
A New Estimate of the Average Earth Surface Land Temperature Spanning 1753 to 2011
Robert Rohde1, Richard A. Muller1,2,3*, Robert Jacobsen2,3, Elizabeth Muller1, Saul Perlmutter2,3, Arthur Rosenfeld2,3, Jonathan Wurtele2,3, Donald Groom3 and Charlotte Wickham4 | |
1Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, Novim Group, USA | |
2University of California, Berkeley, USA | |
3Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA | |
4Oregon State University, USA | |
Corresponding author : Richard A. Muller Berkeley Earth Project 2831 Garber St. Berkeley CA, 94705, USA Tel: 510 735 6877 E-mail: RAMuller@LBL.gov |
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Received: September 24, 2012 Accepted: December 02, 2012 Published: December 07, 2012 | |
Citation: Rohde R, Muller RA, Jacobsen R, Muller E, Perlmutter S, et al. (2013) A New Estimate of the Average Earth Surface Land Temperature Spanning 1753 to 2011. Geoinfor Geostat: An Overview 1:1.. doi:10.4172/2327-4581.1000101 |
Abstract
A New Estimate of the Average Earth Surface Land Temperature Spanning 1753 to 2011
We report an estimate of the Earth’s average land surface temperature for the period 1753 to 2011. To address issues of potential station selection bias, we used larger sampling of stations than having prior studies. For the period post 1880, our estimate is similar to those previously reported by other groups, although we report smaller error uncertainties. The land temperature rise from the 1950s decade to the 2000s decade is 0.90 ± 0.05°C (95% confidence).