Claim That Simulated Temperature Trends For Tropics Inconsistent With Observations Is Flawed, Experts Argue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081010151121.htm

ScienceDaily (Oct. 13, 2008) — A team led by Livermore scientists has helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics.

Using state-of-the-art observational datasets and results from computer model simulations archived at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL researchers and colleagues from 11 other scientific institutions have refuted a recent claim that simulated temperature trends in the tropics are fundamentally inconsistent with observations. This claim was based on the application of a flawed statistical test and the use of older observational datasets.