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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. ; Lumpkin, R. ; Goni, G. ; Dohan, K. ; Meinen, C. S. ; Kanzow, T. O. ; Cunningham, S. A. ; Johns, W. E. ; Beal, L. M. ; Hirschi, J. J. M. ; Rayner, D. ; Longworth, H. R. ; Bryden, H. L. ; Marotzke, J. ; Merrifield, M. A. ; Nerem, R. S. ; Mitchum, G. T. ; Miller, L. ; Leuliette, E. ; Gill, S. ; Feely, R. A. ; Sabine, C. L. ; Wanninkhof, R. ; Takahashi, T. ; Behrenfeld, M. J. ; Siegel, D. A. ; O'Malley, R. T. ; Maritorena, S. ; Dickson, A. G. ; Diamond, H. J. ; L'Heureux, M. ; Bell, G. ; Halpert, M. S. ; Bell, G. D. ; Blake, E. ; Goldenberg, S. B. ; Kimberlain, T. ; Landsea, C. W. ; Pasch, R. ; Schemm, J. ; Weyman, J. ; Camargo, S. J. ; Gleason, K. L. ; Salinger, M. J. ; Trewin, B. ; Watkins, A. B. ; Luo, J. J. ; Richter-Menge, J. ; Overland, J. E. ; Wang, M. ; Walsh, J. ; Perovich, D. K. ; Meier, W. ; Nghiem, S. V. ; Walker, D. A. ; Bhatt, U. S. ; Raynolds, M. K. ; Comiso, J. E. ; Epstein, H. E. ; Jia, G. J. ; Romanovsky, V. ; Oberman, N. ; Drozdov, D. ; Malkova, G. ; Kholodov, A. ; Marchenko, S. ; Derksen, C. ; Brown, R. ; Wang, L. ; Sharp, M. ; Wolken, G. ; Box, J. E. ; Bai, L. S. ; Benson, R. ; Bhattacharya, I. ; Bromwich, D. H. ; Cappelen, J. ; Decker, D. ; DiGirolamo, N. ; Fettweis, X. ; Hall, D. ; Hanna, E. ; Mote, T. ; Tedesco, M. ; van de Wal, R. ; van den Broeke, M. ; Fogt, R. L. ; Scambos, T. A. ; Barreira, S. ; Colwell, S. ; Turner, J. ; Liu, H. ; Massom, R. A. ; Reid, P. ; Stammerjohn, S. ; Newman, P. A. ; Vincent, L. A. ; Stephens, S. E. ; Heim, R. R. ; Fenimore, C. ; Shulski, M. ; Ballard, R. A. ; Davydova-Belitskaya, V. ; Romero-Cruz, F. ; Fonseca-Rivera, C. ; Perez-Suarez, R. ; Lapinel, B. ; Cutie, V. ; Gonzalez, I. ; Boudet, D. ; Hernandez, M. ; Stephenson, T. S. ; Taylor, M. A. ; Spence, J. M. ; Rossi, S. ; Cupo, J. P. ; Martinez, R. ; Pabon, D. ; Leon, G. ; Jaimes, E. ; Quintero, A. ; Mascarenhas, A. ; Marengo, J. A. ; Baez, J. ; Ronchail, J. ; Aceituno, P. ; Bidegain, M. ; Quintana, J. ; Skansi, M. ; Rusticucci, M. ; Kabidi, K. ; Sayouri, A. ; Sebbari, R. ; Attaher, S. M. ; Khalil, A. ; Medany, M. ; Njau, L. N. ; Bell, M. A. ; Thiaw, W. M. ; Osman-Elasha, B. ; Oludhe, C. ; Ogallo, L. ; Mhanda, A. ; Mutasa, W. Z. C. ; Gamedze, M. S. ; Kruger, A. ; McBride, C. ; Obregon, A. ; Bissolli, P. ; Parker, D. E. ; Trigo, R. M. ; Barriopedro, D. ; Bulygina, O. N. ; Korshunova, N. N. ; Razuvaev, V. N. ; Guo, Y. ; Sakai, Y. ; Zhao, S. ; Wang, X. L. ; Lee, H. ; Rajeevan, M. ; Revadekar, J. ; Rogers, M. ; Khoshkam, M. ; Rahimzadeh, F. ; Trewin, B. C. ; McGree, S. ; Guard, C. ; Lander, M. A. ; Acheberger, C. ; Alfaro, E. J. ; Amador, J. A. ; Ashik, I. ; Calderon, B. ; Carmack, E. ; Chen, D. L. ; Coelho, C. A. S. ; Folland, C. K. ; Frolov, I. ; Gottschalck, J. ; Gouveia, C. C. ; Harris, G. ; Jones, G. S. ; Knight, J. ; Krishfield, R. ; Long, D. ; McLaughlin, F. ; McPhee, M. ; Monaghan, A. J. ; Morison, J. ; Mullan, A. B. ; Palmer, M. ; Pezza, A. B. ; Phillips, D. ; Polyakov, I. ; Proshutinsky, A. ; Rivera, E. R. ; Scaife, A. A. ; Sensoy, S. ; Shiklomanov, A. ; Shimada, K. ; Steele, M. ; Stott, P. A. ; Timmermans, M. L. ; Walther, A. ; Wang, S. H. ; Weingartner, T. ; Whitewood, R. ; Woodgate, R. ; Woodworth, P. L. Less -
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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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