HadSST2 Diagnostics: Southern Hemisphere average

Annual series

The red bars show the southern hemisphere annual average sea surface temperature anomalies from 1850 to 2007. The error bars show the 95% uncertainty range on the annual averages. The green bar shows the provisional average for the present year. The thick blue line shows the annual values after smoothing with a 21 point binomial filter. The thin blue lines show the 95% uncertainty on the smoothed curve.

Annual series smoothed with a 21-point binomial filter

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Annual series

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Monthly series

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