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State of the Climate in 2010 State of the climate in 2010 Citation Blunden, J., D. S. Arndt, and M. O. Baringer. “State of the Climate in 2010.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92 (2011): S1-S236. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. © 2011 American Meteorological Society As Published http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-92.6.S1 Publisher American Meteorological Society Version Final published version Accessed Mon Mar 26 14:41:06 EDT 2012 Citable Link http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67483 Terms of Use Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Detailed Terms J. Blunden, D. S. Arndt, and M. O. Baringer, Eds. Associate Eds. H. J. Diamond, A. J. Dolman, R. L. Fogt, B. D. Hall, M. Jeffries, J. M. Levy, J. M. Renwick, J. Richter-Menge, P. W. Thorne, L. A. Vincent, and K. M. Willett Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 92, No. 6, June 2011 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2010 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2010 JUNE 2011 | S1 HOW TO CITE THIS DOCUMENT __________________________________________________________________________________________ Citing the complete report: Blunden, J., D. S. Arndt, and M. O. Baringer, Eds., 2011: State of the Climate in 2010. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 (6), S1 –S­­­266. Citing a chapter (example): Fogt, R. L., Ed., 2011: Antarctica [in “State of the Climate in 2010”]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 (6), S161 –S171. Citing a section (example): Wovrosh, A. J., S. Barreira, and R. L. Fogt, 2011: [Antarctica] Circulation [in “State of the Climate in 2010”]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 (6), S161 –S163. S2 | JUNE 2011 Editor & Author Affiliations (ALPHABETICAL BY NAME ) Achberger, Christine, Earth Sciences Centre, University of Belward, Alan S., Global Environment Monitoring Unit, IES, EC Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy Ackerman, Steven A., CIMSS University of Wisconsin - Madi- Benedetti, Angela, European Centre for Medium-Range son, Madison, Wisconsin Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom Ahlstrøm, A., Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Berrisford, Paul, NCAS-Climate, European Centre for Medi- (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark um-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom Alfaro, Eric J., Center for Geophysical Research and School of Berry, David I., National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Physics, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica United Kingdom Allan, Robert J., Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, Beszczynska-Moeller, Agnieszka, Alfred Wegener Institute, United Kingdom Bremerhaven, Germany Alves, Lincoln, CPTEC/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Bhatt, Uma S., Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska (INPE), São Paulo, Brazil Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska Amador, Jorge A., Center for Geophysical Research and School Bidegain, Mario, Unidad de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad of Physics, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Amelie, Vincent, Seychelles Meteorological Services, Seychelles Bindoff, Nathaniel L., Centre for Australian Weather and Andrianjafinirina, Solonomenjanahary, Direction Générale Climate Research, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research; de la Météorologie Madagascar and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Antonov, John, NOAA/NESDIS National Oceanographic Data Tasmania; and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, and UCAR Joint Office for Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Science Support, Boulder, Colorado Bissolli, Peter, Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorologi- Arndt, Derek S., NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Cen- cal Service, DWD), Offenbach, Germany, and WMO RA VI ter, Asheville, North Carolina Regional Climate Centre on Climate Monitoring, Offenbach, Ashik, Igor, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Peters- Germany burg, Russia Blake, Eric S., NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center, Miami, Atheru, Zachary, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Florida Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Blunden, Jessica, STG Inc., NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Attaher, Samar M., Agricultural Research Center, MALR, Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina Cairo, Egypt Booneeady, Prithiviraj, Mauritius Meteorological Services, Baez, Julian, DMH-DINAC/CTA-UCA, Asunción, Paraguay Vacoas, Mauritius Banzon, Viva, NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Center, Bosilovich, Michael G., Global Modeling and Assimilation Asheville, North Carolina Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Baringer, Molly O., NOAA/OAR Atlantic Oceanographic and Maryland Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida Boudet, Dagne R., Institute of Meteorology of Cuba, Habana, Barreira, Sandra, Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service, Bue- Cuba nos Aires, Argentina Box, Jason E., Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State Barriopedro, David, Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de University, Columbus, Ohio Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Boyer, Timothy P., NOAA/NESDIS National Oceanographic Barthia, Pawan K., NASA Goddard Space Fight Center, Green- Data Center, Silver Spring, Maryland belt, Maryland Bromwich, David H., Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio Beal, Lisa M., Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanog- State University, Columbus, Ohio raphy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Brown, Ross, Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, Miami, Florida Montréal, Canada Becker, Andreas, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, Bryden, Harry L., National Oceanography Centre, Southamp- Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach am Main, Germany ton, United Kingdom Behrenfeld, Michael J., Oregon State University, Corvallis, Bulygina, Olga N., Russian Institute for Hydrometeorological Oregon Information, Obninsk, Russia Bell, Gerald D., NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center, Camp Burrows, John, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany Springs, Maryland Butler, J., NOAA/OAR Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2010 JUNE 2011 | S3 Cais, Philippe, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de Demircan, M., Turkish State Meteorological Service, Kalaba, l’Environment (LSCE), CEA-CNR-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, Ankara, Turkey France Derksen, Chris, Climate Research Division, Environment Calderon, Blanca, Center for Geophysical Research, University Canada, Downsview, Canada of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica Diamond, Howard J., NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Callaghan, T. V., Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Abisko Center, Silver Spring, Maryland Naturvetenskapliga Station, Abisko, Sweden Dlugokencky, Ed J., NOAA/OAR Earth System Research Labo- Camargo, Suzana J., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The ratory, Boulder, Colorado Earth Institute at Columbia University, Palisades, New York Dohan, Kathleen, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, Washing- Cappelen, John, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, ton Denmark Dolman, A. Johannes, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty Carmack, Eddy, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and of Earth and Life Science, VU University Amsterdam, the Oceans Canada, Sidney, Canada Netherlands Chambers, Don P., University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Dorigo, Wouter, Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Florida Sensing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria Chelliah, Muthuvel, NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center, Drozdov, Dmitry S., Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tumen, Russia Camp Springs, Maryland Durack, Paul J., Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Chidichimo, Maria P., Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Research, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research; and Hamburg, Germany Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tas- Christiansen, H., University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, mania; and Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, Norway CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Christy, John, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama Dutton, Geoffrey S., Cooperative Institute for Research in Coelho, Caio A. S., CPTEC/INPE, Center for Weather Fore- Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, casts and Climate Studies, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil Colorado Colwell, Steve, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Easterling, David, NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Kingdom Center, Asheville, North Carolina Comiso, Josefino C., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ebita, Ayataka, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tokyo, Greenbelt, Maryland Japan Compo, Gilbert P., CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Univer- Eischeid, Jon, NOAA/OAR Earth System Research Laboratory, sity of Colorado, and NOAA/Earth System Research Labora- Boulder, Colorado tory, Boulder, Colorado Elkins, James W., NOAA/OAR Earth System Research Labora- Crouch, Jake, NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Center, tory, Boulder, Colorado Asheville, North Carolina Epstein, Howard E., Department of Environmental Sciences, Cunningham, Stuart A., National Oceanography Centre, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Southampton, United Kingdom Euscátegui, Christian, Instituto de Hidrología de Meteorología Cutié, Virgen C., Institute of Meteorology of Cuba, Habana, y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM), Colombia Cuba Faijka-Williams, Eleanor, National Oceanography Centre, Dai, Aiguo, Earth Observation Laboratory, NCAR, Boulder, Southampton, United Kingdom Colorado Famiglietti, James S., UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling Davydova-Belitskaya, Valentina, Department of Environmen- Earth System Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
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