Climatology for the Borneo, Guam, and Darwin regions from the NCEP/NCAR reanalyses

Dr. Paul A. Newman (NASA/GSFC) has put together this climatology to provide a broad meteorological context for the PACE mission.

The plots have been standardized to Orthographic projections centered on the equator.

The met data used herein are derived from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis fields. NCEP and NCAR cooperated to produce a 40-year record of global analyses of atmospheric fields in support of the needs of the research and climate monitoring communities. This effort involved the recovery of land surface, ship, rawinsonde, pibal, aircraft, satellite and other data, quality controlling and assimilating those data with a data assimilation system which is kept unchanged over the reanalysis period 1957 through 2000. This eliminated perceived climate jumps associated with changes in the data assimilation system. Further details can be found at the NCEP/NCAR CDAS/Reanalysis Project homepage.

Temperature averages

These temperature time averages (color) are derived from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data from 1979-2007. Black contours are indicated for every 1 K. The thick solid white lines are the stream lines derived from the zonal and meridional wind averages. The stream line values have been normalized by dividing by the Earth's radius.

  • November
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  • December
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  • January
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  • February
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  • March
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  • April
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  • May
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  • June
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  • July
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  • August
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  • September
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  • October
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    January Temperature for individual years

    The value next to the year is the Multivariate El Nino Index (MEI). Strong positive values are El Nino events, while strong negative values are La Nina.

  • 1979 0.61
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  • 1980 0.65
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  • 1981 -0.3
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  • 1982 -0.29
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  • 1983 2.72 El Nino
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  • 1984 -0.35
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  • 1985 -0.56
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  • 1986 -0.31
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  • 1987 1.25 El Nino
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  • 1988 1.13 El Nino
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  • 1989 -1.11
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  • 1990 0.23
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  • 1991 0.31
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  • 1992 1.71 El Nino
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  • 1993 0.64
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  • 1994 0.39
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  • 1995 1.17 El Nino
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  • 1996 -0.60
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  • 1997 -0.42
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  • 1998 2.40 El Nino
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  • 1999 -1.02
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  • 2000 -1.11
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  • 2001 -0.52
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  • 2002 -0.01
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  • 2003 1.23 El Nino
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  • 2004 0.32
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  • 2005 0.31
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  • 2006 -0.38
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  • 2007 1.01 El nino
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    July Temperature for individual years

    The value next to the year is the Multivariate El Nino Index (MEI). Strong positive values are El Nino events, while strong negative values are La Nina.

  • 1979 0.61
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  • 1980 0.65
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  • 1981 -0.3
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  • 1982 -0.29
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  • 1983 2.72 El Nino
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  • 1984 -0.35
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  • 1985 -0.56
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  • 1986 -0.31
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  • 1987 1.25 El Nino
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  • 1988 1.13 El Nino
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  • 1989 -1.11
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  • 1990 0.23
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  • 1991 0.31
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  • 1992 1.71 El Nino
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  • 1993 0.64
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  • 1994 0.39
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  • 1995 1.17 El Nino
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  • 1996 -0.60
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  • 1997 -0.42
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  • 1998 2.40 El Nino
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  • 1999 -1.02
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  • 2000 -1.11
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  • 2001 -0.52
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  • 2002 -0.01
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  • 2003 1.23 El Nino
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  • 2004 0.32
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  • 2005 0.31
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  • 2006 -0.38
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  • 2007 1.01 El nino
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    Dr. Paul A. Newman

    Code 613.3 Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch

    Laboratory for Atmospheres

    NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, MD 20771

    Building 33, Room E320
    (301) 614-5985 fax: x-5903

    Last Updated: 2008-11-26
    Author: Dr. Paul A. Newman (NASA/GSFC, Code 613.3) )