GISTEMP global surface temperature record

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The GISTEMP global surface temperature record is NASA’s long-running dataset that tracks and analyzes changes in Earth’s average surface temperature over time to monitor global warming and climate trends.

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instanceOf NASA dataset
climate data record
global surface temperature dataset
accessMethod programmatic access via scripts
web download
alsoKnownAs GISTEMP global surface temperature record
surface form: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis

GISTEMP global surface temperature record
surface form: GISTEMP

GISTEMP global surface temperature record
surface form: GISTEMP analysis
applies homogeneity adjustments
spatial interpolation
urban heat island corrections
comparedWith Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project
surface form: Berkeley Earth surface temperature record

HadCRUT global temperature record
NOAA global temperature record
covers global land and ocean surface
dataFormat gridded data
tabular time series
developedBy James Hansen
colleagues at NASA GISS
hostedAt NASA GISS website
license publicly available
maintainedBy NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
surface form: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
measures global mean surface temperature anomaly
organization gridded at 2°×2° latitude–longitude resolution (approximate)
primaryPurpose analyze long-term climate trends
monitor global warming
provides global mean temperature anomaly series
spatial temperature anomaly maps
zonal mean temperature anomaly series
referencePeriod 1951–1980
reports temperature anomalies relative to 1951–1980 average
spatialResolution global
supports evidence of long-term global warming
evidence that recent decades are the warmest in the instrumental record
temporalCoverageStart 1880
timeResolution annual
monthly
updated annually
monthly
usedBy Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
climate scientists
usedFor climate change detection and attribution studies
policy-relevant climate assessments
usesDataFrom Antarctic research stations
buoy observations
meteorological station records
sea surface temperature measurements
ship-based observations

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Goddard Institute for Space Studies notableWork GISTEMP global surface temperature record
GISTEMP global surface temperature record alsoKnownAs GISTEMP global surface temperature record
this entity surface form: GISTEMP
GISTEMP global surface temperature record alsoKnownAs GISTEMP global surface temperature record
this entity surface form: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis
GISTEMP global surface temperature record alsoKnownAs GISTEMP global surface temperature record
this entity surface form: GISTEMP analysis