BAMS State of the Climate - 2011

The State of the Climate in 2011 is a supplement to the July 2012 issue (Vol. 93, No. 7) of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).
Supplemental and Summary Materials
July 10, 2012 Webinar: Briefing Slides (PDF)
This briefing package was used in webinars associated with the report's release.
Webinar Slides (12 slides)
Highlights Materials
These highlights of the State of the Climate in 2011 were created by the climate.gov team in consultation with the report's editors and authors. They are based primarily upon the content of the report, but may draw upon other sources.
- State of the Climate in 2011: Highlights
- Major Weather & Climate Indicators
- Global Climate Indicators
- Double-Dip La Niña
- Polar Opposites: the Arctic & Antarctic
- Arctic's First Ozone Hole
- Q&A with Report Editor Jessica Blunden
Real-Time Attribution Paper
This article also appeared in the July 2012 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Explaining Extreme Events of 2011 from a Climate Perspective
Full Report
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Introduction:
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Global Climate:
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- Overview
- Temperature
- Cryosphere
- Hydrologic cycle
- Atmospheric circulation
- Earth radiation budget at top-of-atmosphere
- Atmospheric composition
- Land surface properties
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Global Oceans:
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- Overview
- Sea surface temperatures
- Ocean heat content
- Global ocean heat fluxes
- Sea surface salinity
- Subsurface salinity
- Surface currents
- Meridional overturning circulation observations in the subtropical North Atlantic
- Sea level variability and change
- Global ocean carbon cycle
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The Tropics:
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- Overview
- ENSO and the tropical Pacific
- The Madden-Julian Oscillation
- Tropical intraseasonal activity
- Tropical cyclones
- Tropical cyclone heat potential
- Intertropical convergence zones
- Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
- Indian Ocean dipole
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The Arctic:
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- Overview
- Air temperature, atmospheric circulation, and clouds
- Ozone and UV radiation
- Terrestrial snow
- Glaciers and ice caps (outside Greenland)
- Greenland ice sheet
- Permafrost
- Lake ice
- Sea ice cover
- Ocean
- Ocean acidification
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Antarctica:
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- Overview
- Circulation
- Surface manned and automatic weather station observations
- Net precipitation
- Seasonal melt extent and duration
- Sea-ice extent and concentration
- Ozone depletion
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Regional Climates:
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- North America
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Africa
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- Asia
- Oceania
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- Seasonal Summaries
- Relevant Datasets and Sources
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- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- References
How to cite the document
- Citing the complete report:Blunden, J., and D. S. Arndt, Eds., 2012: State of the Climate in 2011. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 (7), S1-S264.
- Citing a chapter (example): Gregg, M. C. and M. L. Newlin, Eds., 2012: Global Oceans [in "State of the Climate in 2011"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 (7), S57-92.
- Citing a section (example): Johnson, G. C., and J. M. Lyman, 2012: [Global Oceans] Sea surface salinity [in "State of the Climate in 2011"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 (7), S68-S69.


