Atmosphere Page

Temperature:

Global Surface & Sea Surface Temperature – NOAA PSL

⟳ The original NRL NOGAPS global SST image was retired when NOGAPS was replaced by NAVGEM in 2013. Equivalent current product now served by NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL), which assumed all ESRL PSD mapping functions.

NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) – Global Surface Temperature Anomalies – View animated version | PSL Map Room – Click the pic to view at source

Global – Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

⚠ The original NOAA NCDC weekly SST image (www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/wksst/5.gif) is no longer available. NCDC was reorganized as NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information) in 2015. Current SST anomaly products:

NOAA NCEI – Optimum Interpolation SST
NOAA Coral Reef Watch – Daily Global SST (5 km)
NOAA OSPO – Sea Surface Temperature Products

UAH Lower Atmosphere Temperature Anomalies – 1979 to Present (v6.0)

⟳ UAH LT charts update monthly. The images previously embedded here were hardcoded to September 2017 and are no longer current. The chart below links directly to Dr. Roy Spencer’s current temperature page.

University of Alabama – Huntsville (UAH) – Dr. Roy Spencer – v6.0 – Base Period 1981–2010 – drroyspencer.com – Click to view current chart at source

RSS MSU/AMSU Satellite Temperature Records – 1979 to Present (v4.0)

⚠ The four original RSS static PNG images (TLT, TMT, TTS, TLS, all v3.3) are no longer served — the /msu/graphics/plots/ directory contains no PNG files. RSS has upgraded to Version 4.0. Current charts are available via the RSS interactive time series browser below.

RSS MSU/AMSU Time Series Browser – TLT, TMT, TTS, TLS (v4.0) – Interactive
RSS – Upper Air Temperature Measurements Overview

Channels available: TLT = Temperature Lower Troposphere | TMT = Temperature Middle Troposphere | TTS = Temperature Troposphere/Stratosphere | TLS = Temperature Lower Stratosphere

Note: Per John Christy, RSS and UAH anomalies are not directly comparable — RSS uses a 1979–1998 base period (20 years), while UAH uses the WMO standard of 1981–2010.

Global – 50-hPa/mb Height Temperature Anomalies – ~20,100 m (66,000 ft) – NOAA CPC
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/intraseasonal/temp50anim.gif

Global – 30-hPa/mb Height Temperature Anomalies – ~23,700 m (77,800 ft) – NOAA CPC
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/intraseasonal/temp30anim.gif

Global – 10-hPa/mb Height Temperature Anomalies – ~31,000 m (101,700 ft) – NOAA CPC
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/intraseasonal/temp10anim.gif

Global Annual Temperature Deviations

⚠ The original CDIAC (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center) Angell temperature deviation chart is no longer available. CDIAC was formally closed in September 2017 and its servers taken offline. The Angell radiosonde-based temperature series (1958–2010) has not been continued in the same form. Current global temperature records:

NOAA NCEI – Global Temperature Anomalies
Berkeley Earth – Global Temperature Report
NASA GISS – Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP)


Atmospheric Transmission of Solar Radiation:

Apparent Atmospheric Transmission of Solar Radiation at Mauna Loa, Hawaii

NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) – Mauna Loa Observatory – gml.noaa.gov – Click the pic to view at source
(URL updated: formerly served by ESRL/GMD, now GML)


Atmospheric Moisture:

Atmospheric Relative Humidity – Global Monthly, 1948–Present

climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – climate4you.com – Click the pic to view at source

Atmospheric Specific Humidity – Global Monthly, 1948–Present

climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – climate4you.com – Click the pic to view at source


Clouds:

Global – Actual – Convective Cloud Top Heights in Thousands of Ft.

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Monterey Marine Meteorology Division – nrlmry.navy.mil – Click the pic to view at source


Atmospheric Pressure:

Global – 200-hPa/mb Height Anomalies – Atmospheric Pressure Anomalies at Approximately 12,000 m (40,000 ft)

NOAA – National Weather Service – Climate Prediction Center (CPC) – Click the pic to view at source

Northern Hemisphere – 500-hPa/mb Height Anomalies – Atmospheric Pressure Anomalies at Approximately 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

NOAA – National Weather Service – Climate Prediction Center (CPC) – Click the pic to view at source

Southern Hemisphere – 500-hPa/mb Height Anomalies – Atmospheric Pressure Anomalies at Approximately 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

NOAA – National Weather Service – Climate Prediction Center (CPC) – Click the pic to view at source


Wind Speed / Vectors:

Northern Hemisphere Heights and Wind Speeds – 250 hPa/mb (1 Day)

NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) – 250 hPa/mb Wind Analysis – View animated version at PSL – Click the pic to view at source
(URL updated: formerly ESRL PSD, now PSL)

View a Jet Stream Animation – 250 hPa/mb Wind Speeds and Pressure at Approximately 10,000 m (32,800 ft) from StormSurf.com: Click Here


Cosmic Rays:

Oulu Neutron Monitor – University of Oulu, Finland

University of Oulu – Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory – cosmicrays.oulu.fi – Click the pic to view at source

Bartol Research Institute Neutron Monitor Network
Newark (DE)  |  McMurdo (Antarctica)  |  Thule (Greenland)  |  Fort Smith (Canada)  |  Inuvik (Canada)

⚠ The five individual Bartol station GIF images (hosted at neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/~pyle/) are no longer available — that was a researcher’s personal web directory, last updated ~2017. All five stations are still operating; their data is now consolidated in the NMDB (Neutron Monitor Database), the international real-time archive hosted by the European Commission FP7 program.

NMDB – Neutron Monitor Database – Real-time data: Newark (NEWK), McMurdo (MCMU), Thule (THUL), Fort Smith (FSMT), Inuvik (INVK) – Open interactive chart tool at nmdb.eu

Individual Station Pages (NMDB):

Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware – neutronm.bartol.udel.edu | www.nmdb.eu


Source Guide:

climate4you.com – Ole Humlum
Home Page – https://www.climate4you.com/

DrRoySpencer.com – Dr. Roy Spencer (UAH v6.0)
Home Page – https://www.drroyspencer.com/
Current Temperature Page – https://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/

NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) (formerly ESRL Physical Sciences Division / PSD)
Home Page – https://psl.noaa.gov/
Map Room – https://psl.noaa.gov/map/
Current Weather Plots – https://psl.noaa.gov/map/wx/current.shtml
Data Page – https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/

NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) (formerly ESRL Global Monitoring Division / GMD)
Home Page – https://gml.noaa.gov/
Mauna Loa Observatory – https://gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/
Radiation Products – https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (formerly NCDC)
Home Page – https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
SST Products – https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/optimum-interpolation-sst

NOAA National Weather Service – Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
Home Page – https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Monitoring and Data – https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/MD_index.shtml
Atmospheric & SST Indices – https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/
Regional Climate Maps – https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/

Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) – MSU/AMSU v4.0
Home Page – https://www.remss.com/
Time Series Browser – https://images.remss.com/msu/msu_time_series.html
Upper Air Temperature – https://www.remss.com/measurements/upper-air-temperature/

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – Marine Meteorology Division
Home Page – https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/
Satellite Products – https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_products.html
Note: NOGAPS was retired in 2013 and replaced by NAVGEM.

University of Delaware – Bartol Research Institute – Neutron Monitor Program
Home Page – https://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/
Real-time Data (NMDB) – https://www.nmdb.eu/

University of Oulu – Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory – Cosmic Ray Station
Home Page – https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/

StormSurf.com
Home Page – https://www.stormsurf.com/
Global Jet Stream (250 mb) – Wind and Pressure Animation

Weather Models / Ryan Maue (formerly policlimate.com)
https://weathermodels.com/

IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library – Columbia University
Home Page – https://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/
Atmospheric Circulation – https://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/.Global/.Atm_Circulation/
Atmospheric Temperature – https://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/.Global/.Atm_Temp/

SSEC / CIMSS – University of Wisconsin–Madison
SSEC Home – https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/
CIMSS Home – https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/
SSEC Data Center – https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter/

ECMWF – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Home Page – https://www.ecmwf.int/
Charts – https://charts.ecmwf.int/


Additional Resources:

⚠ The UAH DISCOVER project (discover.itsc.uah.edu), which provided AMSU-derived temperature profiles at multiple altitude levels (surface through 135,000 ft), has been discontinued. For current upper-atmosphere temperature data see the RSS time series browser and UAH climate page linked above.

NASA Earth Observations (NEO)
https://neo.gsfc.nasa.gov/


General Subjects:

Atmospheric Circulation:
Wikipedia – Atmospheric Circulation
Wikipedia – Earth Global Circulation diagram

Atmospheric Pressure:
Wikipedia – Atmospheric Pressure

Atmospheric Waves:
Wikipedia – Atmospheric Wave

Brewer-Dobson Circulation:
Wikipedia – Brewer-Dobson Circulation

Ekman Transport:
Wikipedia – Ekman Transport

Gravity Waves:
Wikipedia – Gravity Wave
– Surface gravity waves (air–sea interface): Wikipedia – Surface Wave
– Internal gravity waves / inertial waves: Wikipedia – Inertial Wave

Geostrophic Currents and Wind:
Wikipedia – Geostrophic Current | Wikipedia – Geostrophic Wind

Jet Stream:
Wikipedia – Jet Stream

Polar Vortex:
Wikipedia – Polar Vortex

Precipitation:
Wikipedia – Precipitation

Rossby Waves:
Wikipedia – Rossby Waves

Trade Winds:
Wikipedia – Trade Winds

Tornadoes:
Wikipedia – Tornado

Tropical Cyclones:
Wikipedia – Tropical Cyclone

Westerlies:
Wikipedia – Westerlies

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Barbee
July 10, 2014 8:40 pm

Dear Anthony.
I have a question about this page-and its supposed accuracy. It is now 10:20 PM here in Texas on the 10th of July 2014. It’s early Summer here in the N hemisphere… Yes, it is. 🙂
You have an image here on your page-a global image. I look at it-and I doubt that I can trust it.
It shows that at this very moment on this very day the the current temperature in New Zealand is somewhere between 100 and 105 degrees. OMG!!! That’s incredible….!!!! I think: NOT.
So I looked it up and independently verified that it is, in fact “Winter” in New Zealand and a quite mild 75 degrees. “F” …so no Bull Sh#t. What gives?
Do I not understand ‘Winter” ? Is something wrong with me?
HELP!
Your readers want to trust you-your data’s accuracy reflects upon you.
Oh in case you have no idea what I’m referring to: that would be the 1st map on this page. The TOP one. The 1st one EVERYONE looks at the Highest priority, on the top of the column.
The temperature is colorized…darker is hottest and New Zealand is BLACK almost totally BLACK-the hottest color possible. (57 degrees? Hottest possible?)
Please educate my poor ignorant soul-LOL 🙂
Thanks
P.S. It matters that people like me understand and trust you.

Bill_W
August 3, 2014 4:10 am

Just the facts,
I agree with the 1st poster that the first map (NAVGEM) is odd. For Aug. 3rd it has all kinds of black all over the US. Is half the country really having 105 degrees right now?

Arno Arrak
June 20, 2015 11:48 am

You have to get over drawing straight lines that run from 1979 to present on satellite graphs. It is a pretty stupid distortion that hides what is really going on.There are physically distinct units there that must not be lumped together and thus hide what the graph really shows. For your info, any attempt to fit a straight line there is only allowed if the variations are random which they are not. A wonderful way to understand the stupidity of this is to look at the two versions of UAH lower atmosphere anomalies included. The first version is taken from the web site of Roy Spencer. He uses a running, centered 13-month average which is an improvement but it still distorts the top peaks as you can see. The second picture is a red/blue warm/cool block diagram that brings the full picture into focus. What you see is a division of the temperature field into a cool stretch to the left of the super El Nino of 1998 and a warm stretch to its right. It should mmake you understand that the left and the right half do not belong together. The warm stretch, in red on the right, is easy to recognize as the hiatus/pause we are living through now. There was a short warming right after the super El Nino was finished that raised global temperature by a third of ac degree in only three years and then stopped. This is why the twenty-first century is warmer than the twentieth was, not because of some cockamamie greenhouse warming. The blue stretch on the left is also a hiatus but the blueness goes up and down because of a wave train of five El Nino peaks (little reds) and La Nina valleys (deep blues) that are superimposed upon it. That is informative but resolution is poor. To improve the resolution you should use the graph of the full data-set as Roy Spencer does but instead of a calculated curve like his take a transparent red magic marker and mark the trend with it by hand. Make it wide enough so it will cover the random variations in the data which are caused by the cloudiness variable. In my book “What Warming?” I show how the visibility of trends in the raw data (figure 3) is greatly improved by this technique (figure 7). If you are dealing with ENSO oscillations you can go one step further and mark the center point of a line connecting an El Nino peak with is neighboring La Nina valley. That is the global mean temperature at that point in time. If you do it to all El Nino – La Nina combinations these dots will line up and reveal global mean temperature trend. I did this with the ENSO wave train on the left side of the UAH graph from Roy Spencer and found that the dots lined up in a horizontal straight line. Diagnosis: no warming in the eighties and nineties. That means a hiatus. I discovered this in 2008, before the word hiatus for no warming was invented. This means that we have two hiatuses, not one. The graph of this hiatus in the eighties and nineties is found in figure 15 in my book. It has been sitting there since 2010, completely ignored by those big shots who call themselves climate scientists. Actually not completely because they did busy themselves over-writing that that section of the temperature curve with a fake warming called late twentieth century warming. That went over big with ground-based temperature curves but they could not control the satellites and that is why that hiatus is still there in Roy Spencer’s temperature curve. The fact that everybody has been sitting there and not seeing the hiatus tells me that those temperature “experts” do not know what they are doing. The fact that they keep drawing imaginary straight lines is just one symptom of incompetence. They need to go back to school and learn about real data analysis. As to the two hiatuses, the implications are tremendous. Together they have prevented warming for 80 percent of the satellite era. That prevented warming was greenhouse warming. The rest of the satellite era was not greenhouse warming either which means no greenhouse warming at all during the entire satellite era. I will let you guess what happened before that.

May 16, 2016 5:21 am

Very useful and interesting, thank you.

Steve in Seattle
August 17, 2016 2:10 pm

Why did you give up on UNISYS SST Anomoly ? ?

Mike
June 19, 2017 6:53 am

The source of the image in question;
is US Navel Research Laboratory – Navy Operational Global…..
Is this a ‘Navel gazing’ entity or a US Naval facility??
Cheers
Mike M

September 1, 2017 3:53 am

If you are interested in reading about a brand new theory concerning global climate change, connect to
this link on a desktop monitor and study the graphics. It concerns ozone holes and wandering magnetic poles.
https://www.harrytodd.org