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State of the Climate in 2014 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2014 Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 96, No. 7, July 2015 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2014 Editors Jessica Blunden Derek S. Arndt Chapter Editors Howard J. Diamond Gregory C. Johnson Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge A. Johannes Dolman Ademe Mekonnen Ahira Sánchez-Lugo Ryan L. Fogt A. Rost Parsons Sharon Stammerjohn Dale F. Hurst Jared Rennie Peter W. Thorne Martin O. Jeffries James A. Renwick Kate M. Willett Technical Editor Mara Sprain AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY COVER CREDITS: FRONT: ADAM Ü — Argo float WMO ID# 4900835 upon deployment at 13° 43.22' N; 105° 21.23' W on 11 September 2007. This float was still fully functional and reporting data as of June 2015. BacK: ©iStockphotos.com/Robert Pavsic—Capital city of Maldives Male coastline. How to cite this document: Citing the complete report: Blunden, J. and D. S. Arndt, Eds., 2015: State of the Climate in 2014. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96 (7), S1– S267. Citing a chapter (example): Mekonnen, A., J. A. Renwick, and A. Sánchez-Lugo, Eds., 2015: Regional climates [in “State of the Climate in 2014”]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96 (7), S169–S219. Citing a section (example): Macara, G. R., 2015: New Zealand [in “State of the Climate in 2014”]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96 (7), S217–S219. EDITOR & AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS (ALPHabETIcaL BY NAME) Aaron-Morrison, Arlene P., Trinidad & Tobago Meteoro- Becker, Andreas, Global Precipitation Climatology Cen- logical Service, Piarco, Trinidad tre, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany Ackerman, Steven A., CIMSS, University of Wisconsin– Behrenfeld, Michael J., Oregon State University, Corval- Madison, Madison, Wisconsin lis, Oregon Adamu, J. I., Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Abuja, Ni- Bell, Gerald D., NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center, geria College Park, Maryland Albanil, Adelina, National Meteorological Service of Benedetti, Angela, European Centre for Medium-Range Mexico, Mexico Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom Alfaro, Eric J., Center for Geophysical Research and Bernhard, G., Biospherical Instruments, San Diego, Cali- School of Physics, University of Costa Rica, San José, fornia Costa Rica Berrisford, Paul, European Centre for Medium-Range Allan, Rob, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom Kingdom Berry, David I., National Oceanography Centre, South- Alley, Richard B., Department of Geosciences and Earth ampton, United Kingdom and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania Bettolli, María L., Departamento Ciencias de la Atmós- State University, University Park, Pennsylvania fera y los Océanos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Natu- Álvarez, Luis, Instituto de Hidrología de Meteorología y rales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM), Bogotá, Bhatt, U. 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E., Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, ronmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina Copenhagen, Denmark Barichivich, J., School of Geography, University of Leeds, Boyer, Tim, NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environ- Leeds, United Kingdom, and Center for Climate and Re- mental Information, Silver Spring, Maryland silience Research (CR)², Chile Braathen, Geir O., WMO Atmospheric Environment Re- Baringer, Molly O., NOAA/OAR Atlantic Oceanographic search Division, Geneva, Switzerland and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida Bromwich, David H., Byrd Polar and Climate Research Barreira, Sandra, Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service, Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Buenos Aires, Argentina Brown, L. C., Department of Geography, University of To- Baxter, Stephen, NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Cen- ronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ter, College Park, Maryland Brown, R., Climate Research Division, Environment Cana- Bazo, Juan, Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hi- da, Montreal, Quebec, Canada drología de Perú, Lima, Perú STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2014 JULY 2015 | Si Bulygina, Olga N., Russian Institute for Hydrometeoro- Davis, Sean M., Cooperative Institute for Research in En- logical Information, Obninsk, Russia vironmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Burgess, D., Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, On- and NOAA/OAR Earth System Research Laboratory, tario, Canada Boulder, Colorado Calderón, Blanca, Center for Geophysical Research, Uni- De Jeu, R. A. 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