Global temperature change is a central topic in climate change research, and predicting future temperature anomalies is a key to developing climate risk mitigation plans. To better predict the long-term trend of global temperature change, this paper uses the NASA GISTEMP dataset from 1880 to the present. It employs two widely used models for time-series forecasting, the ARIMA, and the ETS models, to model and forecast global temperature anomalies. Through model fitting and comparative analysis, this paper demonstrates the superior performance of the ARIMA model in dealing with the prediction of long-term trends in global temperature. It points out that the ETS model exhibits relatively low errors in highly fluctuating data. Considering AIC, BIC, MSE, and other indicators, the ARIMA model is more stable in long-term trend forecasting, especially when dealing with time series without obvious seasonal components.
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