In this post I present combined long term and recent trend charts of UAH Channel 5 temperature anomalies using R’s figure inside figure capability. This approach provides a better picture of global temperature trends than UAH’s day-of-year plots.
Introduction
The University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) provides a daily update to their Channel 5 global average temperature at 14,000 feet. I have previously posted about this data set here. The source data file link is here.
Like many others, I am trying to keep up with the Gulf of Mexico situation, particularly efforts to stop to flow of oil from the damaged 5,000 foot long riser line. I have found it difficult to get a realistic picture of the situation on the seabed floor, 5,000′ below the Gulf surface.
I will be posting what I find here.
######### Update3 5/16/10 @ 9:15 AM ESY
BP continues to try to capture oil release from the sunken riser. Here’s a BP graphic showing their Riser Insertion Tube approach.
NOLA.com has a PDF file at this link.
CO2 Trend Chart. Click to see larger size image.
NASA's Latest Solar Image.
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GISS Anomaly Map Click to see larger size image.
GISS Anomaly Trend. Click to see larger size image.
SST Anomaly Trend. Click to see larger size image.
Mean Sea Level Trends Click to see larger size image.
Arctic Oscillation - Last 120 Days Click to see larger size image.
NINO 3.4 SST Anomaly Trend. Click to see larger size image.
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Trend. Click to see larger size image.
