State of the Climate in 2008
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2009
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Series: State of the Climate
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Journal Title:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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Personal Author:Peterson, T. C. ; Baringer, M. O. ; Thorne, P. W. ; Menne, M. J. ; Kennedy, J. J. ; Christy, J. ; Seidel, D. ; Mears, C. ; Haimberger, L. ; Wang, J. H. ; Zhang, L. ; Levinson, D. H. ; Hilburn, K. A. ; Kruk, M. C. ; Robinson, D. A. ; Foster, M. J. ; Ackerman, S. A. ; Bennartz, R. ; Heidinger, A. K. ; Maddux, B. C. ; Rossow, W. B. ; Macdonald, A. M. ; Fekete, B. M. ; Bowling, L. C. ; Lammers, R. B. ; Lawford, R. ; Allan, R. ; Wong, T. M. ; Stackhouse, P. W. ; Kratz, D. P. ; Wilber, A. C. ; Schnell, R. C. ; Dlugokencky, E. J. ; Montzka, S. A. ; Elkins, J. W. ; Dutton, G. S. ; Haywood, J. ; Bellouin, N. ; Jones, A. ; Weber, M. ; Pelto, M. S. ; Belward, A. S. ; Bartholome, E. ; Achard, F. ; Brink, A. B. ; Gobron, N. ; Levy, J. M. ; Xue, Y. ; Reynolds, R. W. ; Johnson, G. C. ; Lyman, J. M. ; Willis, J. K. ; Levitus, S. ; Boyer, T. ; Antonov, J. ; Schmid, C. ; Goni, G. J. ; Yu, L. ; Weller, R. A. ; Knaff, J. A.
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Lumpkin, R.
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Goni, G.
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Dohan, K.
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Meinen, C. S.
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Kanzow, T. O.
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Cunningham, S. A.
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Johns, W. E.
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Beal, L. M.
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Hirschi, J. J. M.
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Rayner, D.
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Longworth, H. R.
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Bryden, H. L.
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Marotzke, J.
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Merrifield, M. A.
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Nerem, R. S.
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Mitchum, G. T.
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Miller, L.
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Leuliette, E.
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Gill, S.
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Feely, R. A.
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Sabine, C. L.
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Wanninkhof, Rik
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Takahashi, T.
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Behrenfeld, M. J.
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Siegel, D. A.
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O'Malley, R. T.
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Maritorena, S.
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Dickson, A. G.
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Diamond, H. J.
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L'Heureux, M.
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Bell, G.
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Halpert, M. S.
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Bell, G. D.
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Blake, E.
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Goldenberg, S. B.
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Kimberlain, T.
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Landsea, C. W.
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Pasch, R.
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Schemm, J.
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Weyman, J.
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Camargo, S. J.
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Gleason, K. L.
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Salinger, M. J.
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Trewin, B.
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Watkins, A. B.
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Luo, J. J.
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Richter-Menge, J.
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Overland, J. E.
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Wang, M.
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Walsh, J.
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Perovich, D. K.
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Meier, W.
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Nghiem, S. V.
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Walker, D. A.
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Bhatt, U. S.
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Raynolds, M. K.
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Comiso, J. E.
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Epstein, H. E.
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Jia, G. J.
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Romanovsky, V.
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Oberman, N.
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Drozdov, D.
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Malkova, G.
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Kholodov, A.
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Marchenko, S.
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Derksen, C.
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Brown, R.
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Wang, L.
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Sharp, M.
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Wolken, G.
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Box, J. E.
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Bai, L. S.
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Benson, R.
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Bhattacharya, I.
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Bromwich, D. H.
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Cappelen, J.
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Decker, D.
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DiGirolamo, N.
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Fettweis, X.
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Hall, D.
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Hanna, E.
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Mote, T.
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Tedesco, M.
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van de Wal, R.
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van den Broeke, M.
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Fogt, R. L.
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Scambos, T. A.
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Barreira, S.
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Colwell, S.
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Turner, J.
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Liu, H.
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Massom, R. A.
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Reid, P.
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Stammerjohn, S.
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Newman, P. A.
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Vincent, L. A.
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Stephens, S. E.
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Heim, R. R.
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Fenimore, C.
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Shulski, M.
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Ballard, R. A.
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Davydova-Belitskaya, V.
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Romero-Cruz, F.
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Fonseca-Rivera, C.
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Perez-Suarez, R.
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Lapinel, B.
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Cutie, V.
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Gonzalez, I.
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Boudet, D.
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Hernandez, M.
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Stephenson, T. S.
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Taylor, M. A.
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Spence, J. M.
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Rossi, S.
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Cupo, J. P.
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Martinez, R.
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Pabon, D.
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Leon, G.
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Jaimes, E.
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Quintero, A.
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Mascarenhas, A.
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Marengo, J. A.
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Baez, J.
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Ronchail, J.
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Aceituno, P.
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Bidegain, M.
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Quintana, J.
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Skansi, M.
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Rusticucci, M.
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Kabidi, K.
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Sayouri, A.
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Sebbari, R.
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Attaher, S. M.
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Khalil, A.
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Medany, M.
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Njau, L. N.
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Bell, M. A.
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Thiaw, W. M.
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Osman-Elasha, B.
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Oludhe, C.
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Ogallo, L.
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Mhanda, A.
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Mutasa, W. Z. C.
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Gamedze, M. S.
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Kruger, A.
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McBride, C.
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Obregon, A.
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Bissolli, P.
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Parker, D. E.
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Trigo, R. M.
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Barriopedro, D.
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Bulygina, O. N.
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Korshunova, N. N.
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Razuvaev, V. N.
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Guo, Y.
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Sakai, Y.
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Zhao, S.
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Wang, X. L.
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Lee, H.
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Rajeevan, M.
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Revadekar, J.
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Rogers, M.
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Khoshkam, M.
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Rahimzadeh, F.
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Trewin, B. C.
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McGree, S.
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Guard, C.
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Lander, M. A.
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Acheberger, C.
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Alfaro, E. J.
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Amador, J. A.
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Ashik, I.
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Calderon, B.
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Carmack, E.
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Chen, D. L.
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Coelho, C. A. S.
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Folland, C. K.
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Frolov, I.
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Gottschalck, J.
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Gouveia, C. C.
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Harris, G.
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Jones, G. S.
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Knight, J.
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Krishfield, R.
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Long, D.
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McLaughlin, F.
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McPhee, M.
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Monaghan, A. J.
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Morison, J.
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Mullan, A. B.
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Palmer, M.
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Pezza, A. B.
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Phillips, D.
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Polyakov, I.
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Proshutinsky, A.
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Rivera, E. R.
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Scaife, A. A.
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Sensoy, S.
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Shiklomanov, A.
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Shimada, K.
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Steele, M.
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Stott, P. A.
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Timmermans, M. L.
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Walther, A.
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Wang, S. H.
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Weingartner, T.
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Whitewood, R.
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Woodgate, R.
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Woodworth, P. L.
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Description:The global mean temperature in 2008 was slightly cooler than that in 2007; however, it still ranks within the 10 warmest years on record. Annual mean temperatures were generally well above average in South America, northern and southern Africa, Iceland, Europe, Russia, South Asia, and Australia. In contrast, an exceptional cold outbreak occurred during January across Eurasia and over southern European Russia and southern western Siberia. There has been a general increase in land-surface temperatures and in permafrost temperatures during the last several decades throughout the Arctic region, including increases of 1° to 2°C in the last 30 to 35 years in Russia. Record setting warm summer (JJA) air temperatures were observed throughout Greenland. The year 2008 was also characterized by heavy precipitation in a number of regions of northern South America, Africa, and South Asia. In contrast, a prolonged and intense drought occurred during most of 2008 in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, causing severe impacts to agriculture and affecting many communities.
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Source:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(8), S1-S196.
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