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Expanded record of instrumental temperatures showing recent global warming

This figure shows the last 25 years of globally averaged instrumental surface temperature measurements according to data collected by the Hadley Centre of the UK Meteorological Office and the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia. Data set TaveGL2v was used. The most recent documentation for this data set is Jones, P.D. and Moberg, A. (2003).

Also shown is a history of fluctuations in the El Nino Southern Oscillation and the period of volcanic disturbance due to the stratosphere-piercing eruption of Mount Pinatubo. The volcanic period is defined as the period of satellite discernable volcanic ash in the upper atmosphere (Luo et al. 2002). The El Nino / La Nina periods are defined here as times when the five month average of the Nino-3 Index deviated from its mean (over these 25 years) by more than 0.5 °C. Many of the interannual variations in temperature relative to the trend can be explained by the release (during El Nino) or uptake (during La Nina) of thermal energy by the oceans. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo, one of the largest of the century, may have depressed global temperature as a result of expelled ash and sulfates.

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This figure was prepared by Robert A. Rohde from publicly available data and is incorporated into the Global Warming Art project.

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[edit] References

Jones, P.D. and Moberg, A. (2003) "Hemispheric and large-scale surface air temperature variations: An extensive revision and an update to 2001". Journal of Climate, 16, 206-223.
Luo Z, Rossow WB, Inoue T, Stubenrauch CJ (2002) Did the eruption of the Mt. Pinatubo volcano affect cirrus properties? J Clim 15:2806-2820 DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2806:DTEOTM>2.0.CO;2

Dragons flight's Temperature Record Series

This figure is part of series of plots created by Dragons flight to illustrate
changes in Earth's temperature and climate across many different time scales.

Time Period: 25 yrs | 150 yrs | 1 kyr | 2 kyr | 12 kyr | 450 kyr | 5 Myr | 65 Myr | 500 Myr

For articles related to this topic see: Temperature record

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