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The change of color also and the fact that it’s temperature anomalies, not average temperature. I wonder what is actually behind ’temperature anomalies’, what
by alfor 4y ago
The change of color also and the fact that it’s temperature anomalies, not average temperature.
I wonder what is actually behind ’temperature anomalies’, what does it mean, how is it calculated?
- veltas 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_anomaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_anomaly As I understand it, this is a more useful number when trying to measure changes of average temperature over time.
- alfor 4y agoOk, I found the answer: it’s supposed to be the average of the difference of temperature over close to a million of region on the earth.
- turtledove 4y agoHere's the data source, which includes links out to papers on how the data is collected and calculated. https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/ https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/