UAH TLT v6: +.27C globe; +.27 NH; +.26 SH

[MrPosti...@kymhorsell.com]

UAH has released its data for the TLT and TMT upper atm series v6.

As announced on Roy Spencer's blog early in the month, the TLT for the
globe came in at +.27C over the ~1980s making Apr 2017 the 5th warmest
of the 39 year series.

For the TMT middle troposphere series Apr 2017 saw +.21C over the
~1980s making that the 6th warmest in that series.

The various other regions of interest for the 2 series are:

TLT

Region Rank deg C rel to series avg (~1980s)
Trpcs 9 0.21
SH 4 0.26
Globe 5 0.27
NH 5 0.27
SHOcean 8 0.27
NHOcean 7 0.29
GlobeOcean 3 0.31
USA48 5 0.82


TMT

NH 6 0.20
Globe 6 0.21
NHOcean 8 0.22
SH 5 0.22
Trpcs 8 0.22
GlobeOcean 5 0.25
SHOcean 7 0.26
AUST 10 0.29
USA48 5 0.49

For both series the US managed to score the warmest Apr but even for
the lower trop at +.82C only ranked 5th-warmest since 1978.

While the TLT 3-10km may be much cooler than ground level its warming
trend is close to the surface. The official TLT v6 trends from UAH are:

Region Warming trend deg C/dec
Globe .12
Land .17
Ocean .11

NH .15
NH Land .18
NH Ocean .13

SH .10
SH Land .14
SH Ocean .09

Trpcs .12
(20S-20N)
Trpcs Land .14
Trpcs Ocean .11

No Pole .25
(60-90N)
No Pole Land .22
No Pole Ocean .28

So Pole .0
(90-60S)
So Pole Land .08
So Pole Ocean -.03

USA48 .17

Aust .16

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