References & Sources

Weather balloons deflate climate blow-up

Earth’s atmosphere is warming more slowly than the surface.

References:

Angell, J.K. 1999. Comparison of surface and tropospheric temperature trends estimated from a 63-station radiosonde network, 1958-1998. Geophysical Research Letters 26(Sept. 1):2761.

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R. 1998. Satellites misread global temperatures. Science News 154(Aug. 15):100.

Sources:

James K. Angell
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Air Resources Laboratory
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282

John R. Christy
University of Alabama, Huntsville
Global Hydrology Center
Department of Earth Systems Science
Huntsville, AL 35899

Frank J. Wentz
Remote Sensing Systems
438 First Street, Suite 200
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 10, September 4, 1999, p. 150. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.