Central America [in State of the Climate in 2008]

 

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Autores: Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto, Alfaro Martínez, Eric J., Rivera Fernández, Erick, Calderón Solera, Blanca
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2009
Descripción: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. The year 2008 was also characterized by heavy precipitation in a number of regions of northern South America, Africa, and South Asia. In contrast, a prolonged and intense drought occurred during most of 2008 in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, causing severe impacts to agriculture and affecting many communities.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/89839
Acceso en línea:https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/90/8/bams-90-8-stateoftheclimate.xml
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89839
Palabra clave:CENTRAL AMERICA
TEMPERATURE
PRECIPITATION
CLIMATE