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Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(8), S1-S258
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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:Blunden, J. ; Arndt, D. S. ; Achberger, C. ; Ackerman, S. A. ; Albanil, A. ; Alexander, P. ; Alfaro, E. J. ; Allan, R. ; Alves, L. M. ; Amador, J. A. ; Ambenje, P. ; Andrianjafinirina, S. ; Antonov, J. ; Aravequia, J. A. ; Arendt, A. ; Arevalo, J. ; Ashik, I. ; Atheru, Z. ; Banzon, V. ; Baringer, M. O. ; Barreira, S. ; Barriopedro, D. E. ; Beard, G. ; Becker, A. ; Behrenfeld, M. J. ; Bell, G. D. ; Benedetti, A. ; Bernhard, G. ; Berrisford, P. ; Berry, D. I. ; Bhatt, U. ; Bidegain, M. ; Bindoff, N. ; Bissolli, P. ; Blake, E. S. ; Booneeady, R. ; Bosilovich, M. ; Box, J. E. ; Boyer, T. ; Braathen, G. O. ; Bromwich, D. H. ; Brown, R. ; Brown, L. ; Bruhwiler, L. ; Bulygina, O. N. ; Burgess, D. ; Burrows, J. ; Calderon, B. ; Camargo, S. J. ; Campbell, J. ; Cao, Y. ; Cappelen, J. ; Carrasco, G. ; Chambers, D. P. ; Chang'a, L. ; Chappell, P. ; Chehade, W. ; Cheliah, M. ; Christiansen, H. H. ; Christy, J. R. ; Ciais, P. ; Coelho, C. A. S. ; Cogley, J. G. ; Colwell, S. ; Cross, J. N. ; Crouch, J. ; Cunningham, S. A. ; Dacic, M. ; De Jeu, R. A. M. ; Dekaa, F. S. ; Demircan, M. ; Derksen, C. ; Diamond, H. J. ; Dlugokencky, E. J. ; Dohan, K. ; Dolman, A. J. ; Domingues, C. M. ; Dong, S. F. ; Dorigo, W. A. ; Drozdov, D. S. ; Duguay, C. R. ; Dunn, R. J. H. ; Duran-Quesada, A. M. ; Dutton, G. S. ; Ehmann, C. ; Elkins, J. W. ; Euscategui, C. ; Famiglietti, J. S. ; Fang, F. ; Fauchereau, N. ; Feely, R. A. ; Fekete, B. M. ; Fenimore, C. ; Fioletov, V. E. ; Fogarty, C. T. ; Fogt, R. L. ; Folland, C. K. ; Foster, M. J. ; Frajka-Williams, E. ; Franz, B. A. ; Frith, S. H. ; Frolov, I. ; Ganter, C. ; Garzoli, S. ; Geai, M. L. ; Gerland, S. ; Gitau, W. ; Gleason, K. L. ; Gobron, N. ; Goldenberg, S. B. ; Goni, G. ; Good, S. A. ; Gottschalck, J. ; Gregg, M. C. ; Griffiths, G. ; Grooss, J. U. ; Guard, C. ; Gupta, S. K. ; Hall, B. D. ; Halpert, M. S. ; Harada, Y. ; Hauri, C. ; Heidinger, A. K. ; Heikkila, A. ; Heim, R. R. ; Heimbach, P. ; Hidalgo, H. G. ; Hilburn, K. ; Ho, S. P. ; Hobbs, W. R. ; Holgate ; Hovsepyan, A. ; Hu, Z. Z. ; Hughes, P. ; Hurst, D. F. ; Ingvaldsen, R. ; Inness, A. ; Jaimes, E. ; Jakobsson, M. ; James, A. I. ; Jeffries, M. O. ; Johns, W. E. ; Johnsen, B. ; Johnson, G. C. ; Johnson, B. ; Jones, L. T. ; Jumaux, G. ; Kabidi, K. ; Kaiser, J. W. ; Kamga, A. ; Kang, K. K. ; Kanzow, T. O. ; Kao, H. Y. ; Keller, L. M. ; Kennedy, J. J. ; Key, J. ; Khatiwala, S. ; Pour, H. K. ; Kholodov, A. L. ; Khoshkam, M. ; Kijazi, A. ; Kikuchi, T. ; Kim, B. M. ; Kim, S. J. ; Kimberlain, T. B. ; Knaff, J. A. ; Korshunova, N. N. ; Koskela, T. ; Kousky, V. E. ; Kramarova, N. ; Kratz, D. P. ; Krishfield, R. ; Kruger, A. ; Kruk, M. C. ; Kumar, A. ; Lagerloef, G. S. E. ; Lakkala, K. ; Lander, M. A. ; Landsea, C. W. ; Lankhorst, M. ; Laurila, T. ; Lazzara, M. A. ; Lee, C. ; Leuliette, E. ; Levitus, S. ; L'Heureux, M. ; Lieser, J. ; Lin, II ; Liu, Y. Y. ; Liu, Y. ; Liu, H. X. ; Liu, Y. J. ; Lobato-Sanchez, R. ; Locarnini, R. ; Loeb, N. G. ; Loeng, H. ; Long, C. S. ; Lorrey, A. M. ; Luhunga, P. ; Lumpkin, R. ; Luo, J. J. ; Lyman, J. M. ; Macdonald, A. M. ; Maddux, B. C. ; Malekela, C. ; Manney, G. ; Marchenko, S. S. ; Marengo, J. A. ; Marotzke, J. ; Marra, J. J. ; Martinez-Guingla, R. ; Massom, R. A. ; Mathis, J. T. ; McBride, C. ; McCarthy, G. ; McVicar, T. R. ; Mears, C. ; Meier, W. ; Meinen, C. S. ; Menendez, M. ; Merrifield, M. A. ; Mitchard, E. ; Mitchum, G. T. ; Montzka, S. A. ; Morcrette, J. J. ; Mote, T. ; Muhle, J. ; Muhr, B. ; Mullan, A. B. ; Muller, R. ; Nash, E. R. ; Nerem, R. S. ; Newlin, M. L. ; Newman, P. A. ; Ng'ongolo, H. ; Nieto, J. J. ; Nishino, S. ; Nitsche, H. ; Noetzli, J. ; Oberman, N. G. ; Obregon, A. ; Ogallo, L. A. ; Oludhe, C. S. ; Omar, M. I. ; Overland, J. E. ; Oyunjargal, L. ; Parinussa, R. M. ; Park, G. H. ; Park, E. H. ; Parker, D. ; Pasch, R. J. ; Pascual-Ramirez, R. ; Pelto, M. S. ; Penalba, O. ; Peng, L. ; Perovich, D. K. ; Pezza, A. B. ; Phillips, D. ; Pickart, R. ; Pinty, B. ; Pitts, M. C. ; Purkey, S. G. ; Quegan, S. ; Quintana, J. ; Rabe, B. ; Rahimzadeh, F. ; Raholijao, N. ; Raiva, I. ; Rajeevan, M. ; Ramiandrisoa, V. ; Ramos, A. ; Ranivoarissoa, S. ; Rayner, N. A. ; Rayner, D. ; Razuveav, V. N. ; Reagan, J. ; Reid, P. ; Renwick, J. ; Revedekar, J. ; Richter-Menge, J. ; Rivera, I. L. ; Robinson, D. A. ; Rodell, M. ; Romanovsky, V. E. ; Ronchail, J. ; Rosenlof, K. H. ; Sabine, C. L. ; Salvador, M. A. ; Sanchez-Lugo, A. ; Santee, M. L. ; Sasgen, I. ; Sawaengphokhai, P. ; Sayouri, A. ; Scambos, T. A. ; Schauer, U. ; Schemm, J. ; Schlosser, P. ; Schmid, C. ; Schreck, C. ; Semiletov, I. ; Send, U. ; Sensoy, S. ; Setzer, A. ; Severinghaus, J. ; Shakhova, N. ; Sharp, M. ; Shiklomanov, N. I. ; Siegel, D. A. ; Silva, V. B. S. ; Silva, F. D. S. ; Sima, F. ; Simeonov, P. ; Simmonds, I. ; Simmons, A. ; Skansi, M. ; Smeed, D. A. ; Smethie, W. M. ; Smith, A. B. ; Smith, C. ; Smith, S. L. ; Smith, T. M. ; Sokolov, V. ; Srivastava, A. K. ; Stackhouse, P. W., Jr. ; Stammerjohn, S. ; Steele, M. ; Steffen, K. ; Steinbrecht, W. ; Stephenson, T. ; Su, J. ; Svendby, T. ; Sweet, W. ; Takahashi, T. ; Tanabe, R. M. ; Taylor, M. A. ; Tedesco, M. ; Teng, W. L. ; Thepaut, J. N. ; Thiaw, W. M. ; Thoman, R. ; Thompson, P. ; Thorne, P. W. ; Timmermans, M. L. ; Tobin, S. ; Toole, J. ; Trewin, B. C. ; Trigo, R. M. ; Trotman, A. ; Tschudi, M. ; van de Wal, R. S. W. ; Van der Werf, G. R. ; Vautard, R. ; Vazquez, J. L. ; Vieira, G. ; Vincent, L. ; Vose, R. S. ; Wagner, W. W. ; Wahr, J. ; Walsh, J. ; Wang, J. H. ; Wang, C. Z. ; Wang, M. ; Wang, S. H. ; Wang, L. ; Wanninkhof, R. ; Weaver, S. ; Weber, M. ; Werdell, P. J. ; Whitewood, R. ; Wijffels, S. ; Wilber, A. C. ; Wild, J. D. ; Willett, K. M. ; Williams, W. ; Willis, J. K. ; Wolken, G. ; Wong, T. ; Woodgate, R. ; Worthy, D. ; Wouters, B. ; Wovrosh, A. J. ; Xue, Y. ; Yamada, R. ; Yin, Z. G. ; Yu, L. S. ; Zhang, L. Y. ; Zhang, P. Q. ; Zhao, L. ; Zhao, J. ; Zhong, W. ; Ziemke, J. ; Zimmermann, S. Less -
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Description:For the first time in several years, the El Nino-Southern Oscillation did not dominate regional climate conditions around the globe. A weak La Niña dissipated to ENSO-neutral conditions by spring, and while El Niño appeared to be emerging during summer, this phase never fully developed as sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific uncharacteristically returned to neutral conditions. Nevertheless, other large-scale climate patterns and extreme weather events impacted various regions during the year. A negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation from mid-January to early February contributed to frigid conditions in parts of northern Africa, eastern Europe, and western Asia. A lack of rain during the 2012 wet season led to the worst drought in at least the past three decades for northeastern Brazil. Central North America also experienced one of its most severe droughts on record. The Caribbean observed a very wet dry season and it was the Sahel’s wettest rainy season in 50 years.
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