| Name | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Consult | Specific product, period, and methodology |
Definition and context
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes products and information about the ocean, atmosphere, and climate. Its reference materials help explain how temperature series are constructed and what their anomalies represent.
When using a NOAA chart, it is advisable to cite the specific product, its version when indicated, and the definition of the variables. The institution’s name does not replace the result’s metadata. A land-and-ocean dataset may use procedures different from those of another institution’s reanalysis. This page helps identify a primary source and follow the link to its methods; it does not attribute review or approval of SciClue texts to NOAA.
What we know and its limits
Introductory reference sheet. Properties and applications depend on measurement conditions; consult the sources before making comparisons.
Follow the evidence
The original sources for exploring this explanation and its limits.
- Climate change: global temperature
NOAA Climate.gov
Context for global temperature series; annual rankings are not reproduced here. - Global Temperature Anomalies · Graphing Tool
NOAA Climate.gov
Construction and consultation of land and ocean temperature anomalies.
Image credits
2016-05-09 17 23 31 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters at the intersection of Colesville Road (Maryland State Route 384) and East-West Highway (Maryland State Route 410) in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland · Famartin · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and re-encoded as JPEG; full framing preserved.