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... was asked to assess whether these apparently conflicting surface and upper air temperature trends lie within the range of uncertainty inherent in the measurements and, if they are judged to lie outside that range, to identify the most probable reasonks) for the differences.
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... The recent corrections in the MSU processing algorithms (referred to above) bring the global temperature tren(l derived from the satellite data into slightly closer alignment with surface temperature trends, but a substantial disparity remains.
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... A number of possible research strategies for improving the understanding of uncertainties inherent in the various measurement systems and the relationship between surface and upper air temperature trends are proposed in the report.
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