1. The winter of 2013/2014- What happened to Climate Change? Part 2
Images from the following presentation:
The winter of 2013/2014- What happened to Climate Change? Part 2
Daria Kluver, Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Central Michigan University
August 13th, Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association Conference

3. From NOAA NCDC – 4th largest October Eurasian snowcover extent on record

4. From the Rutgers snow lab

5. Sea ice and the polar vortex

6. Image from NOAA.gov
Image: NOAA.gov

7. Stratospheric warming event
weakening

8. Image: the Washington Post

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Image: satellite observed surface temperatures in January 2014, from NASA

10. http://www. esrl. noaa. gov/psd/data/gridded/data. ncep. reanalysis

12. What went on outside of Michigan?
NCDC State of the climate-
California had its warmest winter on record (4.4F above 20th century average)
Arizona 4th warmest

13. 15th warmest in Australia
2nd warmest in Austria (247 year period of record)
Germany’s 4th warmest
Switzerland 3rd warmest
Netherlands 2nd warmest since 1706
Denmark 5th warmest
Alaska had 8th warmest winter on record