Climate data past and future: Can we more effectively monitor and understand our changing climate? Peter Thorne.

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Climate data past and future: Can we more effectively monitor and understand our changing climate? Peter Thorne

Talk outline Global warming is unequivocal … – But uncertainty remains and is poorly quantified We can do better at analysing what we have – Example of surface temperatures We can do better with observing strategies in the future – Example of GRUAN Summary

5 Huge range of instrument types, siting exposures etc. regionally, nationally and globally with many changes over time.

Historical measurement issues have practical consequences

For the surface (similar list would exist for balloon based or remotely sensed data …) Station moves Instrument changes Observer changes Automation Time of observation biases Microclimate exposure changes Urbanization And so on and so forth …

Historical observational uncertainties have real implications

What we have is … A lack of traceability to absolute or relative standards for most, if not all, of the historical records A lack of comparability between different measurements A lack of adequate documentation of the (ubiquitous) changes sufficient to characterize on a station by station basis in an absolute sense their changing measurement characteristics.

Better understanding present observations We can do better with present observational resources Example here is International Surface Temperature Initiative – The themes are broadly transferable to other parameters and observational techniques. Statistical insights can help us to better estimate the true climate system evolution

1. Improve data holdings of fundamental basic data

2. Benchmarking With real world data we do not have the luxury of knowing the truth – we CANNOT measure performance of a specific method or closeness to real world truth of any one data-product. We CAN focus on performance of underlying algorithms (AKA software testing) Consistent synthetic test cases, simulating real world noise, variability and spatial correlations potentially enable us to do this

Need multiple approaches Structural uncertainty is the key – Raw data is far from traceable to international measurement standards. – Data artifacts are numerous and have myriad causes – Metadata describing station histories is patchy at best and often non-existent – Data is discrete in both space and time – No “how to” … rather very many cases of “it may work …” – Multiple subjective decisions required even in automated procedures (thresholds, periods, test type etc.) – Different approaches may have different strengths and weaknesses – No single dataset can answer all user needs

Future strategies Does it always have to be this way? – No, with a little effort and joined up thinking – We do not need perfect measures everywhere – We do need a sufficient set of well characterized measurements to be able to have a chance to understand the remainder of the observations – Reference quality measurements e.g. US Climate Reference Network and GCOS Reference Upper Air Network, are required on a sustained basis. – Need a truly multi-point system » Don’t rob Peter to pay Paul

Reference networks can Provide long-term measurement series in their own right Constrain measurements from more globally complete measurement systems by providing a finite set of well characterized tie-points Serve to improve process understanding

A reference quality observation Is traceable to an SI unit or an accepted standard Provides a comprehensive uncertainty analysis Is documented in accessible literature Is validated (e.g. by intercomparison or redundant observations) Includes complete meta data description

Establishing reference quality Best estimate +Uncertainty Uncertainty of input data Traceable sensor calibration Transparent processing algorithm Disregarded systematic effects Black box software Proprietary methods Literature:  Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM, 1980)  Reference Quality Upper-Air Measurements: Guidance for developing GRUAN data products, Immler et al. (2010), Atmos. Meas. Techn.

Example – RS92 radiosonde Sources of measurement uncertainty:  Sensor orientation  Unknown radiation field  Lab measurements of the radiative heating  Ventilation  Ground check  Calibration  Time lag

Still a long way to go … Bring in extra data streams (radiometers, lidars etc.) Expand the network – Truly global – Sufficient stations to characterize climate Maintain the network for decades to come – We need continuous and high quality measurements Do science with the network measurements – Funding will only be secure if we show reference measurement networks are truly valuable. Saying so does not make it so.

Usage challenges – some Questions (finite list) If we have multiple measurements of the same variable at the same (nominal) site can we combine to get a better quantified estimate? How can we compare two (or more) measurements that are non-coincident in space or time or both? What is the role of other tools such as data assimilation? GAIA-CLIM ( aims to address such Questions for satellite measure characterisationwww.gaia-clim.eu

Summary No question as to the trajectory of the climate system Significant ambiguity in the details as a result of past measurement practices We can do better in the here and now in estimating the past changes using statistical insights We can also instigate and maintain measurements that better assure the future through instigating traceable and comparable reference measurement networks It is unambiguous that statistics has a key role to play in all of this And the good news is that there are many potential ways to get involved So, let’s make sure that happens

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