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Air Temperature Change, Observed and Projected, 1900 to 2100 relative to 1960-1979 average
Air temperatures have increased over the last 100 years in both the Pacific Island and Caribbean regions. Larger increases are projected in the future, with higher emissions scenarios1 producing considerably greater increases. The shaded areas show the likely ranges while the lines show the central projections from a set of climate models. Image References: Smith et al.2, CMIP3-A3
References
- 1. [91] various. footnote 91., 2009.
- 2. [72] Smith, T. M., R. W. Reynolds, T. C. Peterson, and J. Lawrimore. "Improvements to NOAA's Historical Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880-2006)." Journal of Climate 21, no. 10 (2008): 2283-2296.
- 3. [93] various. footnote 93., 2009.
Summary
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