Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project
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The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project is a scientific initiative that independently analyzes and reconstructs global land and ocean temperature records to better understand climate change.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Berkeley Earth | 1 |
| Berkeley Earth surface temperature record | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
climate data analysis project
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nonprofit research organization ⓘ scientific research initiative ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve understanding of climate change
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independently analyze global temperature data ⓘ provide open climate data to the public ⓘ reconstruct historical temperature records ⓘ |
| comparesWith |
HadCRUT temperature dataset
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NASA GISTEMP NERFINISHED ⓘ NOAA global temperature dataset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludes |
Earth has warmed significantly since the mid-20th century
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recent global warming is consistent with human-caused greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataAccessibility |
freely available datasets
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open data ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
gridded NetCDF files
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tabular text files ⓘ |
| dataSource |
buoy measurements
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existing global temperature datasets ⓘ land weather stations ⓘ ocean measurements ⓘ ship-based observations ⓘ |
| field |
climate science
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climatology ⓘ environmental science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
climate change
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global temperature records ⓘ global warming ⓘ land surface temperature ⓘ sea surface temperature ⓘ |
| hasOutput |
air pollution exposure datasets
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country-level climate summaries ⓘ global mean temperature anomaly series ⓘ regional temperature analyses ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://berkeleyearth.org ⓘ |
| publishes |
global temperature time series
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gridded temperature fields ⓘ summary reports on climate trends ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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climate policy discussions ⓘ |
| supports | scientific consensus on global warming ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general public
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policymakers ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| timeCoverage |
industrial era to present
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mid-18th century to present ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
data homogenization
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quality control of station records ⓘ statistical analysis of temperature records ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Richard Muller
subject surface form:
Richard Muller
this entity surface form:
Berkeley Earth
GISTEMP global surface temperature record
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Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project
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this entity surface form:
Berkeley Earth surface temperature record