STAR Microwave Sounding Calibration and Trends

NOAA/NESDIS/STAR MSU/AMSU-A/SSU global atmospheric temperature trendsMSU/AMSU-A/SSU Global Mean Layer Temperature Anomaly Time Series



Bottom three traces: STAR MSU/AMSU Version 2.0, monthly global mean anomaly time series and trends for the layer temperatures of mid-troposphere (TMT), upper-troposphere (TUT), and lower-stratosphere (TLS). The TMT, TUT, and TLS time series are updated every month. Each update adds the monthly- mean, inter-calibrated and well-merged AMSU-A observations from the latest month to the dataset. The up-to-date, monthly gridded (2.5 latitude by 2.5 longitude resolution)and global mean MSU/ASMU v2.0 data can be downloaded from here.

Top three traces: STAR SSU Version 1.0, 5-day averaged global mean anomaly time series and trends for layer temperatures of mid-stratosphere (TMS), upper-stratosphere (TUS), and top-stratosphere (TTS). The well- merged, gridded (2.5 latitude by 2.5 longitude resolution) global dataset for SSU v1.0 can be downloaded from here.

 

MSU AMSU Spatial Trend Patterns

Spatial trend patterns from STAR MSU/AMSU Version 2.0 monthly gridded time series for layer temperatures of mid-troposphere (TMT),upper-troposphere (TUT), and lower-stratosphere (TLS) for 1979 to last month.

Spatial trend patterns from STAR MSU/AMSU Version 2.0 monthly gridded time series for layer temperatures of mid-troposphere (TMT),upper- troposphere (TUT), and lower-stratosphere (TLS) for 1979 to last month.

 

SSU Spatial Trend Patterns

Spatial trend patterns for 1979-2006 from STAR SSU Version 1.0 pentad gridded time series for layer temperatures of mid-stratosphere (TMS,ch1), upper-stratosphere (TUS, ch2), and top-stratosphere (TTS, ch3)

Spatial trend patterns for 1979-2006 from STAR SSU Version 1.0 pentad gridded time series for layer temperatures of mid-stratosphere (TMS,ch1), upper-stratosphere (TUS, ch2), and top-stratosphere (TTS, ch3).