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== CCSP reports and products ==
===SAP 1.1===
In May 2006, the first of 21 planned CCSP Synthesis and Assessment reports was issued with [[NOAA]] serving as the lead agency. Titled "Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences"<ref>[http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap1-1/finalreport/default.htm CCSP SAP 1.1 web page] Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences</ref> the report identifed and corrected errors in the satellite data and other temperature observations, allowing for increased confidence in the conclusion that on a global scale the lower atmosphere is growing warmer and that:
:"there is no longer a discrepancy in the rate of global average temperature increase for the surface compared with higher levels in the atmosphere." ... "the observed patterns of change over the past 50 years cannot be explained by natural processes alone".<ref>[http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/pressreleases/pressrelease2may2006.htm Press release of 2 May 2006] from [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]</ref>
The report also noted that:
:"all current atmospheric data sets now show global-average warming that is similar to the surface warming. While these data are consistent with the results from climate models at the global scale, discrepancies in the tropics remain to be resolved."<ref>[http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap1-1/finalreport/sap1-1-final-execsum.pdf Executive Summary of CCSP SAP 1.1]</ref>
===SAP 2.1===
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