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To: BobL

The satellite temps actually adjust for urban heat islands.

From memory - they measure air temp at more than 10,000 feet, which nullifies most of the increase.

Also, the satellites scan the entire globe, so urban heat islands make up just a fraction of 1% of the temp samples.

However - urban heat islands do have a huge impact on land temp averages, because a huge percentage of those temps come from urban instruments.


8 posted on 07/03/2024 6:53:12 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen; BobL; Red Badger; SunkenCiv

Good summary. Satellite global average temperatures are only ones that are worth reviewing.

But they can go no earlier than Nov 1979.


10 posted on 07/03/2024 7:02:13 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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