[palmer]

As noted, the satellite data is imperfect with known uncertainties in the tropical troposphere. So I don't view it as the final court of appeal.

And do those uncertainties affect the trend or just the absolute value? Remember all we need to do is compare to 1998, nothing fancy.

[cogitator]

And do those uncertainties affect the trend or just the absolute value?

Not a simple question to answer. Let me take a look.