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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 datatemperature measurements]] 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: