MSU4 Some comparisons of tropical radiosondes with satellites.

MSU4

Some comparisons of tropical radiosondes with satellites

MSU4 and radiosondes at San Juan

MSU4

integrated

sonde

difference

seasonal cycles

deseasonalized anomalies

SSU15x and radiosondes at San Juan

seasonal cyclesSSU15x

integrated

sonde

differenceNash

Miller

Comparisons at Singapore

MSU4 SSU15x

More comparisons with MSU4

Majuro Cayenne Tahiti

note jumps in differences

1979-2004 trends derived from MSU4 and sondes

MSU4 trends

sonde trends

* note that most of the trend differences originate from discontinuous jumps

1979-2004 sonde trends vs. local time of measurement

MSU2 (troposphere) and radiosondes at San Juan

MSU2 (troposphere) and radiosondes

Cayenne Tahiti

note jumps

1979-2004 trends derived from MSU2 and sondes

MSU2 shows warming

sondes show cooling

* again, most of the trend differences originate from discontinuous jumps