State of the Climate in 2002

Waple, A. M.; Lawrimore, J. H.

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State of the Climate in 2002

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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Waple, A. M. ; Lawrimore, J. H.
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NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
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Neutral ENSO conditions at the beginning of 2002 gave way to a strengthening El Niño episode during boreal summer. Weather patterns in many areas of the world reflected the warm phase conditions. The average global temperature in 2002 was 0.45°C above the 1961–1990 mean, which places 2002 as the second warmest year on record. Land temperatures were 0.78°C above average and ocean temperatures were 0.31°C above the 1961–1990 mean. This ranks both land and ocean as the second warmest on record.
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Climatic Changes Climatology Forecasting Synoptic Meteorology Climatic Changes Synoptic Meteorology
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(6), S1-S68.
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State of the Climate
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