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
Arguments
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)
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