Climate Indicators

Parameters that describe the changing climate without reducing climate change to only temperature. They comprise key information for the most relevant domains of climate change: temperature and energy, atmospheric composition, ocean and water as well as the cryosphere.

Climate Indicators

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A Climate Data Record of Altimetric Sea Level Change and Its Mass and Steric Components
In Naruto, Japan, a boundary between different water masses appears as a sliver of still water beyond turbulent waters.
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Salt of the Sea
Many locations north of the equator, such as Guyana, tend to receive more rain than locations in the southern tropics. (Courtesy T. Rampersad)
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Rooting Out Rainfall
A weather radar sits on a shipping container on Addu Atoll in the Indian Ocean where the Madden-Julian Oscillation spawns. Convective clouds form in the background. (Courtesy E. Maloney/Colorado State University)
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A Baffling Signal in the Tropics
The strong La Niña in 2010 and 2011 produced torrential rain that inundated many low-lying areas around the globe.
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When Oceans Drop
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The Secrets of Leaves
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The Un-Ice Age
In this image from the NASA Aqua satellite, a swirling phytoplankton bloom becomes visible from space when warm waters from the Kuroshio Current collide with the frigid waters of the Oyashio Current off the eastern coast of Japan.
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Probing the Black Current