How temperatures have changed around the world

• Main Author: Kennedy, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2017
• Subjects: Climate Science; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5455768; https://figshare.com/articles/media/How_temperatures_have_changed_around_the_world/5455768

The animation shows how temperatures have changed through time at different latitudes over the oceans and over land. Each coloured bar shows a running 12-month average and advances one month at a time. The thickness of the bar is proportional to the area of the earth's surface at that latitude. Temperatures change - year to year and decade to decade - by different amounts in different places. The Arctic is one area where temperatures vary a lot and you can see large temperature changes. Temperatures over land vary more vigorously than temperatures over the oceans. Data are from the following datasets produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre and the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia: HadSST3 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/h... CRUTEM4 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/c...