Antarctic surface temperature in winter and summer 1979-2001

Thematic
Antarctica
William M. Connolley

Antarctic surface temperature in winter and summer. Data is the near-surface (1.5m) temperature from ECMWF 40 year reanalyses, for the period 1979-2001. There remain uncertainties in the values.

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Antarctic surface temperature in winter and summer 1979-2001