Speaker: Cristi Proistosescu

Cristi Proistosescu will be presenting on Richardson et al. (2016): "Reconciled climate response estimates from climate models and the energy budget of Earth." His thoughts on the paper and additional background reading are below.

Richardson et al resolve discrepancies in transient climate response (TCR) estimates between models and observations by considering sampling and processing aspects of observational datasets. The HadCRUT4 temperature record preferentially samples slow warming regions and it uses a blend of air temperature measurements over land and sea ice with water measurements over the ocean. Sampling the models in a way that is consistent with observation in terms of sample locations and blending eliminates the discrepancy. Suggested additional reading: Cowtan and Way 2014 -  Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends.