Why the 13-Month Moving Average on Satellite Data?

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Explanation of the Satellite Data Moving Average: Global area-averaged lower tropospheric temperature anomalies (departures from 30-year calendar monthly means, 1981-2010). The 13-month centered average is meant to give an indication of the lower frequency variations in the data; the choice of 13 months is somewhat arbitrary… an odd number of months allows centered plotting on […]

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May 4, 2017 at 12:36AM