WMO provisional statement on status of the climate in 2013

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WMO provisional statement on status of the climate in 2013 [1]

The year 2013 is currently on course to be among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The first nine months, January to September, tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period on record, with a global land and ocean surface temperature of about 0.48°C (0.86°F) above the 1961–1990 average. [2]WMO’s provisional annual statement on the Status of the Global Climate 2013 provides a snapshot of regional and national temperatures. It also includes details on precipitation, floods, droughts, tropical cyclones, ice cover and sea-level. The statement was released to inform negotiators at the United Nations climate change conference in Warsaw, Poland.

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Publication Date:

13/11/2013

Source: World Meteorological Organization [14]

Tags:

Climate [15], Climate Change [16], Extreme Weather Events [17], Atmosphere [18], Green House Gases [19], Sea Level Rise [20], Arctic [21], Antarctica [22], India [23], Global [24], Greenland [25]

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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/ProvisionalStatementStatusClimate2013.pdf
[3] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/typhoon-haiyan-casts-gloom-over-climate-change-summit
[4] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/climate-science-real-world
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[6] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/it-only-gets-hotter
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[8] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/global-climate-2001-2010-decade-climate-extremes
[9] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/state-greenhouse-gases-atmosphere-based-global-observations-through-2012
[10] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/turn-down-heat-climate-extremes-regional-impacts-and-case-resilience
[11] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/managing-risks-extreme-events-and-disasters-advance-climate-change-adaptation-0
[12] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/explaining-extreme-events-2012-climate-perspective
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