Antarctic Temperatures: 1958-2002


	Antarctic Temperatures: 1958-2002

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12-21-2007 9:36 AM

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Chapman, W.L. and Walsh, J.E.  2007.  A synthesis of Antarctic temperatures.  <I>Journal of Climate</I> <B>20</B>: 4096-4117.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V10/N51/C1.jsp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.co2science.org/img/B57762D0-EF1F-4269-93FC-679F1D4726B1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V10/N51/C1.jsp">Annual surface air temperature anomalies relative to the 1958-2002 mean for the region of the Southern Hemisphere extending from 60 to 90°S</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V10/N51/C1.jsp"><P><FONT face="Arial"><FONT size="3"><FONT size="2">he data in the figure above clearly indicate a post-1958 warming of Antarctica and much of the surrounding Southern Ocean.  From approximately 1970 to the end of the record, however, temperatures of the region simply fluctuated around an anomaly mean of about 0.12°C, neither warming nor cooling over the final 32 years of the record.  
</FONT></FONT></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial"><FONT size="3"><FONT size="2">This latter observation is truly amazing in light of the fact that the region of study includes the Antarctic Peninsula, which experienced <I>phenomenal</I> warming during this period.  Nevertheless, the mean surface air temperature of the <I>entire</I> region <I>changed not at all</I>, over a period of time that saw the air's CO<FONT size="1">2</FONT> concentration rise by approximately 47 ppm (about 15% of its 1970 value</FONT></FONT></FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A7BE714A-EB38-4A99-BB3B-A7B90EBFB4C5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>