ex1507: Global Warming, Southern Hemisphere

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Global Warming, Southern Hemisphere

Description

The data are the temperatures (in degrees Celsius) averaged for the southern hemisphere over a full year, for years 1850 to 2010. The 161-year average temperature has been subtracted, so each observation is the temperature difference from the series average.

Usage

ex1507

Format

A data frame with 161 observations on the following 2 variables.

Year

year in which yearly average temperature was computed, from 1850 to 2010

Temperature

southern hemisphere temperature minus the 161-year average (degrees Celsius)

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.

References

Jones, P.D., D. E. Parker, T. J. Osborn, and K. R. Briffa, (2011) Global and Hemispheric Temperature Anomalies and and Marine Instrumental Records, CDIAC, http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/temp/jonescru/jones.html, Aug 4, 2011

Examples

str(ex1507)

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