Abstract
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.
Department
Earth Systems Research Center
Publication Date
8-1-2009
Journal Title
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Publisher
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Macdonald, A.M, L.C. Bowling, B.M. Fekete, R.B. Lammers, R. Lawford (2009) U.S. River Discharge for 2008, in Peterson, T.C., and M.O. Baringer (eds.) State of the Climate in 2008, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(8), S129.
Comments
This is an article published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in 2009, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-90-8-StateoftheClimate